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1. Battery life sucks. I had to bring a charger to work. Battery life sucks so bad that I switched back to my Thunderbolt, a phone not known for its great battery life either, but at least I'm no longer a slave monitoring my battery use. I can stream music and browse or game at the same time without needing a charger close at hand.
2. The gnex screen is a disappointment, especially at low back light levels. And I thought that SAMOLED pentile matrix screens were supposed to be energy efficient compared to normal LCD displays, but I've never seen such a battery life sucker in a phone. Inverted apps and black backgrounds don't help.
3. CDMA/LTE Radio. Not horrible, and getting better. Pretty much all if my LTE problems were network related. CDMA has been flakier for me but the 4.04 update seemed much better for the short time I used it. All CDMA/LTE combo phones suck battery life.
4. Apps/Market/ICS. So many of the games I've purchased are incompatible with the gnex its laughable. I must have $50 of games that I can't play on my gnex.
5. No good car and home docks.
This criticism post isn't meant to rile up gnex fanboys. My intention is to give valid criticism for people doing research before buying a new phone.
The VZW Nexus is a high maintenance phone, which needs users to constantly monitor battery use, make compromises on how they use their phone, and need chargers close at hand, but there are no good charging docks. Many games are incompatible with the gnex too.
So due to the hassles of using a VZW Nexus, I've gone back to my Thunderbolt as my every day phone, and my gnex has been relegated to being a mini wifi tablet that has a charger nearby.
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You lost me when you said you went back to a Thunderbolt and were previously *****ing about battery life, LTE radios, and the like.
Logical.....not.
Battery life is increased with the 4.0.4 patch.
Games not working isn't the fault of the GNex, its up to the game dev to update their game to make it work in Ice Cream Sandwich.
Poor radio...that's subjective. I get great reception in my town. Its not necessarily the phones fault you get poor signal. Also, signal strength is improved in the 4.0.4 patch.
This phone may not have the most features forever, but that's the point. Nexus phones spur innovation in the other OEM's.
Sorry you're disappointed.
Funny, I came from a Thunderbolt and I thought it had decent battery. Will disagree on the fact that this Nexus is worse than that; it's been better (much better) compared to a Tbolt.
Whatever floats your boat though. One less battery thread then I guess.
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You lost me when you said you went back to a Thunderbolt and were previously *****ing about battery life, LTE radios, and the like.
Logical.....not.
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This is the same guy that got his other thread locked because he's just bashing this phone. And going back to the thunderbolt. What a joke. Leave now plz.
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1. You're doing something wrong with your battery. I'm consistently getting 1 day on the battery and still having some juice left over, and each GNex owner I know personally is getting the same results.
2. Backlight? You do know how AMOLED works right? On power efficiency, remember how you've got an HD display on the GNex? it has more pixels to push than the TBolt. It has already been proven that "pure black" is more efficient, but no one does that. Look at the power draw of the Rezound screen, it's ugly.
You're trolling, don't pretend you aren't.
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This is the same guy that got his other thread locked because he's just bashing this phone. And going back to the thunderbolt. What a joke. Leave now plz.
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yeap, thread closed then opened another one for the same thing.. stupidity has no bounds here..
Where's operation iron fist when you need it?
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What don't you understand? I'd be happy to explain it to you.
On my thunderbolt, I was able to stream the entire Super Bowl (commercials and halftime show too) over LTE with lots of battery life to spare. With my gnex, I would have had to put it on a charger or changed the battery some time in the 3rd quarter.
With my gnex I'm constantly making compromises on my phone use. Do I want to stream music or do want to browse or game? With my thunderbolt, I don't need to worry about making those compromises, I just stream music constantly, and browse and game without constantly monitoring battery usage.
With the vzw gnex, no kernel or rom yet has really helped the battery suck, but my Bolt on stock Sense sips on the battery by comparison. And as I mentioned in my OP, the Thunderbolt isn't known for good battery life, only in a head to head comparison with the gnex does the Bolt seem to have efficient battery use.
Do you still have a Thunderbolt? Go back to using that for a week. You'll be amazed at how much more use you'll get out of it compared to the gnex.
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What don't you understand? I'd be happy to explain it to you.
On my thunderbolt, I was able to stream the entire Super Bowl (commercials and halftime show too) over LTE with lots of battery life to spare. With my gnex, I would have had to put it on a charger or changed the battery some time in the 3rd quarter.
With my gnex I'm constantly making compromises on my phone use. Do I want to stream music or do want to browse or game? With my thunderbolt, I don't need to worry about making those compromises, I just stream music constantly, and browse and game without constantly monitoring battery usage.
With the vzw gnex, no kernel or rom yet has really helped the battery suck, but my Bolt on stock Sense sips on the battery by comparison. And as I mentioned in my OP, the Thunderbolt isn't known for good battery life, only in a head to head comparison with the gnex does the Bolt seem to have efficient battery use.
Do you still have a Thunderbolt? Go back to using that for a week. You'll be amazed at how much more use you'll get out of it compared to the gnex.
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Nobody cares what phone you use or what phone you think is better. We all know you're a troll.
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spencer88 said:
This is the same guy that got his other thread locked because he's just bashing this phone. And going back to the thunderbolt. What a joke. Leave now plz.
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LOL! Its my valid criticism of the phone after using it for over a month and a half.
And I'm still using it as a mini wifi tablet.
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kurttrail said:
LOL! Its my valid criticism of the phone after using it for over a month and a half.
And I'm still using it as a mini wifi tablet.
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It's your "valid criticism" that no one cares about. Go troll the thunderbolt forums, leave the adults alone.
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Azeolus said:
1. You're doing something wrong with your battery. I'm consistently getting 1 day on the battery and still having some juice left over, and each GNex owner I know personally is getting the same results.
2. Backlight? You do know how AMOLED works right? On power efficiency, remember how you've got an HD display on the GNex? it has more pixels to push than the TBolt. It has already been proven that "pure black" is more efficient, but no one does that. Look at the power draw of the Rezound screen, it's ugly.
You're trolling, don't pretend you aren't.
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1. When I use my phone the most is over lte. I doubt you'll get that battery life the way I use my phone. I've spent the last month and a half compromising my use to the gnex's battery suck, in comparison to my phone use with my Bolt. I'm sick and tired of being a slave to monitoring battery use.
2. I've installed every inverted app that I can find. Inverted the browser, and have a pure black background. The energy savings is no more than mere minutes.
And I'm not trolling. I'm sharing my valid criticism of my gnex in comparison to my Bolt. Why can't a person do that without being called a troll?
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Where's operation iron fist when you need it?
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Iron fist? Can't a person post valid criticism in this forum without veiled threats of violence?
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Iron fist? Can't a person post valid criticism in this forum without veiled threats of violence?
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Violence????? Lol. Iron fist is XDA's garbage cleaning initiative. Sigh.
http://www.xda-developers.com/announcements/operation-iron-fist-is-now-in-full-force/
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spencer88 said:
Nobody cares what phone you use or what phone you think is better. We all know you're a troll.
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Is name calling allowed in this forum? It certainly isn't on topic, which is my valid criticism of using a VZW Nexus for over a month and a half in comparison to my Bolt.
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I'm more interested to hear what the phone has to say about about you as an owner. And blame the game devs...
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lrs421 said:
It's your "valid criticism" that no one cares about. Go troll the thunderbolt forums, leave the adults alone.
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People researching their next phone purchase may care. And that's my intended audience.
With all the "I get great battery life" posts in this forum, a contrary opinion is needed, especially when you see the screen shots with hardly any display use.
I get great battery use too, in airplane mode and on standby, but if I want to use the display and 4g, the battery sucks much much faster than the same use on my Bolt. That's a fact, Jack!
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Fahrenheit said:
Battery life is increased with the 4.0.4 patch.
Games not working isn't the fault of the GNex, its up to the game dev to update their game to make it work in Ice Cream Sandwich.
Poor radio...that's subjective. I get great reception in my town. Its not necessarily the phones fault you get poor signal. Also, signal strength is improved in the 4.0.4 patch.
This phone may not have the most features forever, but that's the point. Nexus phones spur innovation in the other OEM's.
Sorry you're disappointed.
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I'm using the 4.04 leak now. CDMA Radio seems more stable. I get great LTE signal where I use my phone the most, so constantly switching radios hasn't been a problem, nor a major battery drain for me.
My problem was with CDMA flakiness when driving, but 4.04 seems to have stabilized that, which I did mention in my OP.
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bowsersoulstar said:
Funny, I came from a Thunderbolt and I thought it had decent battery. Will disagree on the fact that this Nexus is worse than that; it's been better (much better) compared to a Tbolt.
Whatever floats your boat though. One less battery thread then I guess.
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How is the VZW Nexus better than your Bolt? Please give an example on how the gnex battery usage is " much better," because I can stream music constantly while browsing or gaming for hours more on my Bolt than I can on my gnex.
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So
I just got in my extended battery for my nexus and now its absolutely the perfect device running miui and francos kernel! This is the one im going to keep, I just know it. I now call the nexus my soulmate phone.
My previous devices were the rezound and the bionic...both of which had nearly the same flaws....battery life and crappy kernels....lol
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So
I just got in my extended battery for my nexus and now its absolutely the perfect device running miui and francos kernel! This is the one im going to keep, I just know it. I now call the nexus my soulmate phone.
My previous devices were the rezound and the bionic...both of which had nearly the same flaws....battery life and crappy kernels....lol
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I am running the exact same set up and couldnt happier. All i need now is to figure out how to bring back the voice key on the keyboard.
The GPS, battery, and camera could be better.
The GPS completely blows.
Best phone on the market but I wouldn't call it perfect.
What gps problem? It locks so fast on me
Perfect device? When a product needs you to buy something extra to make it perfect, it's not perfect already.
Plus the camera literally blows.
While we complain about threads of other phones in this forum, yet we get this kind of worship threads and it's okay. What an irony.
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Can you post the link to the miui rom you're using? Is it 2.5.4? Trying to look for a good stable base for my daily driver
kingofthebraves said:
Can you post the link to the miui rom you're using? Is it 2.5.4? Trying to look for a good stable base for my daily driver
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+1
Gesendet von meinem Galaxy Nexus
The perfect phone has a better than RGBG pentile screen.
I am running Liquid 1.3, Trexcell 3800 battery, and Franco kernel. Getting 5 1/2 hours screen time, about 18 hours total with very heavy use (4g, wifi, no power management, 3d games etc). I love the camera after putting in the high quality mods, it's no standard point and shoot but it's good enough for me!
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What gps problem? It locks so fast on me
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Mine doesn't. And when it does it's often wrong. Like it thinks I'm on the next street.
Does it matter where I live? I'm in Houston.
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Mine doesn't. And when it does it's often wrong. Like it thinks I'm on the next street.
Does it matter where I live? I'm in Houston.
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everything is bigger in Texas.
And so are your problems.
hbkmog said:
Perfect device? When a product needs you to buy something extra to make it perfect, it's not perfect already.
Plus the camera literally blows.
While we complain about threads of other phones in this forum, yet we get this kind of worship threads and it's okay. What an irony.
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Literally blows?
Thats a small opening...but hey go for it.
PS--There is nothing wrong with people liking their device...on the correct forum.
adrynalyne said:
Literally blows?
Thats a small opening...but hey go for it.
PS--There is nothing wrong with people liking their device...on the correct forum.
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Will someone please give ^this man more thanks for me? Damn XDA only lets me give him one.
Meets34 said:
Mine doesn't. And when it does it's often wrong. Like it thinks I'm on the next street.
Does it matter where I live? I'm in Houston.
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I'm in Houston and my GPS is great. Occasionally it goes wack but usually it corrects itself quickly. Atrix was best GPS phone I ever had. And then occasionally any GPS is susceptible to less optimal conditions but that is rare.
...of the people, by the people, for the people...
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I'm in Houston and my GPS is great. Occasionally it goes wack but usually it corrects itself quickly. Atrix was best GPS phone I ever had. And then occasionally any GPS is susceptible to less optimal conditions but that is rare.
...of the people, by the people, for the people...
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I guess its my phone. One time I drove all the way to my destination and it never connected. It just kept searching for GPS.
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devilsrogue said:
So
I just got in my extended battery for my nexus and now its absolutely the perfect device running miui and francos kernel! This is the one im going to keep, I just know it. I now call the nexus my soulmate phone.
My previous devices were the rezound and the bionic...both of which had nearly the same flaws....battery life and crappy kernels....lol
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What size extended battery did you buy? I was thinking about getting one for my GSM gnex. I get decent battery life now, but I could always use more
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no amount of extended batteries will fix the camera and somewhat dodgy screen on the galaxy nexus... My HSPA+ version on tmobile gets great battery life tho
Meets34 said:
Mine doesn't. And when it does it's often wrong. Like it thinks I'm on the next street.
Does it matter where I live? I'm in Houston.
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That's weird cause I get a fast lock too. About 5 seconds to fully pinpoint me with 8 satellites. Sometimes 10 seconds.
jajaofopobo said:
no amount of extended batteries will fix the camera
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What are the problems u're facing with ur camera?
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No problem here with GPS and camera takes great pictures for what I use it for (Have a DSLR camera for when I need high quality shots). I agree though this, for me, is a perfect phone (Although its not perfect and I will admit it, but for ME this phone is perfect).
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Got a few questions:
Now then coming from a Galaxy Note and Iphone 4s.
1) Battery life is it as good as the above phones
2) How quick does it recharge, not a slow re charger, needs to be as speedy as the Iphone
3) Wifi strength is it OK like the Note or powerful like the Iphone
4) GPS does it find satellites instantly like the Note or pretty quick like the Iphone..
Other than that the One X seems to be hitting all the plus points for me, hope you don't mind the comparisons to other phones
theres a problem with the wifi antenna, which also serves as the bluetooth antenna. the wifi is that good on the one x, that even when its broken it can still get good signal.
the gps may also use the same antenna not 100% sure. so if you got a one x with the antenna problem (which afaik, all one x's have a chance of getting this)
the battery life is good - however when you actually start using the phone, it does go pretty quickly. not much more quickly than the iphone though. in standby times, it wouldn't surprise me if hox had better battery life.
it charges quick enough (probabyl about 2-3hours). if you're using sat nav whilst charging, then it'll charge slower. but that happens with any phone anyway.
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Got a few questions:
Now then coming from a Galaxy Note and Iphone 4s.
1) Battery life is it as good as the above phones
2) How quick does it recharge, not a slow re charger, needs to be as speedy as the Iphone
3) Wifi strength is it OK like the Note or powerful like the Iphone
4) GPS does it find satellites instantly like the Note or pretty quick like the Iphone..
Other than that the One X seems to be hitting all the plus points for me, hope you don't mind the comparisons to other phones
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Read around the forum mate, then are tons of threads like this - all your questions answered with a simple search.
twistedh said:
Read around the forum mate, then are tons of threads like this - all your questions answered with a simple search.
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hmm was expecting this kind of response, thanks
Thanks Lawrence750, nice helpful stuff. appreciated:good:
I have a issues free One X and everything work flawlessly. GPS , wifi, and bluetooth are all very good.
I don't have a Note to compare but I heard the battery is very good on it (big battery with relatively modest specs so i guess it makes sense) so I don't think the battery on the hox quite compare to the note BUT, the main battery drainer on the One X is the screen which is phenomenal but it seems all this glory comes at a price and it s not uncommun to end the day with 75%+ battery usage from the screen only.
What this means is that on stand by or set on low brightness (the auto brightness tend to be to bright), the phone barely use any power so you can easily manage your power consumption.
That being said the battery life is good enough to handle a day of regular usage and is improving with each update (maybe jelly bean will improve it too).
So I guess I need to check and see if wifi gps and bt work OK before buying it seems.
Looking at some of the developers in here take me back to the Touch HD and HD2 days...
Yes been on XDA since 2007...eeek what an ole git
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hmm was expecting this kind of response, thanks
Thanks Lawrence750, nice helpful stuff. appreciated:good:
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Yet you still started a new thread without searching? Sorry, I am fairly tolerant of noobs not thinking of searching first, it happens but if you expected this kind of response then not searching was rude and ignorant.
Back on topic. Battery life is not as good as the note but with lesser spec and bigger battery that's to be expected.
Screen on time will be close to iPhone 4s but probably slightly less, stand by time is days on end and beats almost any smart phone due to the very low power companion core which is all that runs in standby.
My one x wifi works 40-50 yards from the house with nothing but a free Sky (netgear) router and we have solid 9inch Victorian walls.
Gps lock takes a few seconds generally.
Lastly, you WILL NOT regret buying the One X. The screen and performance are mind boggling!
Sorry tried searching as always on XDA, but so many conflicting responses came back it confused me, sometimes putting your defined questions in one can get more accurate answers, and so far your all extremely helpful, I do apologise if I have been rude and ignorant, but Its also good to see how the community is, as I shall spend ages trawling through this XDA ONE X zone, one of the friendliest sections was the HD2 and loved spending time in there, but the Sammy S2 and S3 seem to have there fair share of pretty rude people, actually puts me off going for an S3, you might say "WHAT" its just a phone, but its not its the community that goes with it...that makes it a better phone
As an ex note user, I can safely say battery life is poor in comparison, however the hox more than makes it up in most other aspects. By far the best android phone around at the moment.
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People tend to get rude if you coach the question with comparisons to other phones. You'll have to pardon that since there are a metric ton of phone trolls that love to stir the pot.
My HOX is trouble free. Wifi is awesome and GPS is spot on. I don't have the update yet but that should improve battery life.
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apallohadas said:
People tend to get rude if you coach the question with comparisons to other phones. You'll have to pardon that since there are a metric ton of phone trolls that love to stir the pot.
My HOX is trouble free. Wifi is awesome and GPS is spot on. I don't have the update yet but that should improve battery life.
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you're right, i was sooo tempted to slag off the iphone a bit lol.
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you're right, i was sooo tempted to slag off the iphone a bit lol.
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Don't ask...I create animation for App developers so needed one for testing purposes...god its yawnful
Oh Another thing, the sound quality on the Note was pretty mediocre to say the least, the Iphones is pretty spot on, but I can imagine the Beats HTC is the best Yay?
THUDUK said:
Got a few questions:
Now then coming from a Galaxy Note and Iphone 4s.
1) Battery life is it as good as the above phones
2) How quick does it recharge, not a slow re charger, needs to be as speedy as the Iphone
3) Wifi strength is it OK like the Note or powerful like the Iphone
4) GPS does it find satellites instantly like the Note or pretty quick like the Iphone..
Other than that the One X seems to be hitting all the plus points for me, hope you don't mind the comparisons to other phones
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1 - Battery life is great, I've never had a day where it has died, always lasts the day which is all you need in a phone, as it can then be charged during sleep?
2 - Re-charge is also great, mine goes from Red to 100% within a couple of hours.
3 - WiFi strength isn't bad, always as good as, if not better than my laptop and PC
4 - It always has a good signal, what I will say that I have noticed is that sometimes, not all the time but sometimes, if you lose signal it will not repick the signal up until the phone has restarted.
Hope this helps.
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Don't ask...I create animation for App developers so needed one for testing purposes...god its yawnful
Oh Another thing, the sound quality on the Note was pretty mediocre to say the least, the Iphones is pretty spot on, but I can imagine the Beats HTC is the best Yay?
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the speaker on the one x sucks. but when plugged in its pretty good. Apt-x (hs3000) sounds almost better than having it plugged in, which makes the headphone socket seem pretty crap, but trust me its fine.
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Got a few questions:
Now then coming from a Galaxy Note and Iphone 4s.
1) Battery life is it as good as the above phones
2) How quick does it recharge, not a slow re charger, needs to be as speedy as the Iphone
3) Wifi strength is it OK like the Note or powerful like the Iphone
4) GPS does it find satellites instantly like the Note or pretty quick like the Iphone..
Other than that the One X seems to be hitting all the plus points for me, hope you don't mind the comparisons to other phones
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1 - OK with last update!
2 - Charges a bit slow, but I think it's normal for such a big battery.
3 - Currently there is no phone on the market with better signal strength than hox.
4 - Few seconds.
THUDUK said:
Got a few questions:
Now then coming from a Galaxy Note and Iphone 4s.
1) Battery life is it as good as the above phones
2) How quick does it recharge, not a slow re charger, needs to be as speedy as the Iphone
3) Wifi strength is it OK like the Note or powerful like the Iphone
4) GPS does it find satellites instantly like the Note or pretty quick like the Iphone..
Other than that the One X seems to be hitting all the plus points for me, hope you don't mind the comparisons to other phones
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I should also contribute my lil piece of advice here, as you seem genuine interested and not just the troll kind. Its true that people get offended from threads about phone comparison, but from what I have seen about those 'troll threads" it is all about "Which phone is better? Give me your opinion blah blah blah..." and provides no specific needs, when other people are the ones trying to figure out what the op really wants. and have they spoonfeed to the op. Anyways, I will tell you that you definitely won't regret having a HOX (not really a crapple fan). Comparing to the brick design of the iPhone and the gigantic Note (a bigger brick), to me the HOX phone built really stands out. This is also the first and only smartphone i ever had and I am already enjoying playing around with it. Having said that, I cannot tell you which phones are better in what aspect as I do not possess those smartphones you mentioned. There are lots of battery saving threads you can check around to make the phone easily last about one day and a half depending how you use it. Charging is really not a problem for me because outlets are literally everywhere in this age, even on your computer/ laptop (unless you are coming from a miserable background where outlets are considered luxurious). Before going to bed just simply leave the phone charging and will be good to go when i wake up. GPS... I don't really use it a lot as I mainly rely on the car GPS or google map. Speaking about Wifi, I will say kind of disappointed not because it is not good but I was expecting it to be strong as my laptop. But apparently some bird told me smartphones do have weaker wifi connection.
The biggest blessing for this phone is that there is no need to spend time waiting, praying, and scheming to break out the jail (thanks to Crapple). With One X, I can customize it to my needs (custom roms/ mods/ etc...) I really enjoy using the One Extreme Sound Enhancer to improve the sound quality. There are tons of custom roms floating around this forum so choose it to your liking. The issues you mentioned above, I have heard most are software related glitches and can be fixed by flashing roms. Hope that helps you make the choice. Good luck and have fun with your gadget.
Did you install the latest update from htc? I get 5 hours screen on time which is a lot. Usually i have 20-30% battery left at the end of the day now. It really makes a difference and now my phone is perfect.
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WOW...still mulling this one over, so confused been reading lots of the forum and there are so many conflicting reviews of the phone, from people having to return there HOX's 10 times or so, to antenna, wifi terrible GPS and even amazing extremes of battery usage.
as long as i get the same length of time as my Iphone 4s and it charges nearly as quick i'm happy can always get a battery booster charger like those Anker ones for flights etc...
Just got this reply on AVforums...
I'll suggest you wait for the upgraded HOX+, get the S3, or wait till the end of the month to see what the new Note will be all about. In terms of battery life the HOX is probably the worst of the current bunch of top end phones, however Motorola have a couple of phones with very large battery capacities.
What is a HOX+ ?
Mostly rumour and conjecture based on some benchmark results that appeared online. It's probably specific to some network and marginally tweaked. Might not even work on your network. Nobody knows yet.
For me, it's how if I press a navbar key while an app is lagging, it registers as a long press. Since I have my navbar super modded out with custom long press functions, it causes my phone to do random unintended things!
I think it would have to be that it refuses to get up and bring me coffee in the morning. I mean come on, I don't ask for much, just get me some damn coffee.
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I think it would have to be that it refuses to get up and bring me coffee in the morning. I mean come on, I don't ask for much, just get me some damn coffee.
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Me too oh and it won't Cook either lol :banghead:
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Wish the camera was quicker in capturing unexpected moments. No matter what ROM is installed, it's just not fast enough. I'm speaking about time from picking up the phone, unlocking it, launching the camera app, and then taking a picture.
dustrho said:
Wish the camera was quicker in capturing unexpected moments. No matter what ROM is installed, it's just not fast enough. I'm speaking about time from picking up the phone, unlocking it, launching the camera app, and then taking a picture.
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If you use the stock lock screen, just swipe from right to left. That'll launch the camera.
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If you use the stock lock screen, just swipe from right to left. That'll launch the camera.
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I've reverted from the latest 4.2.2 jelly bean ROMs (primarily MMuzzy) back to 4.0.4 ice cream sandwich, because I was getting horrible battery life. Back on ICS I'm getting almost a day of battery life with 2-4 hours onscreen time, and because of that odd backwards switch I lost that ability with the camera. Even then, there was still some lag getting the camera app running, and then it took a while to focus on the subject you were trying to capture.
Good suggestion to anyone who didn't know about that, though.
Probably the fact that I can't seem to find a good GLASS screen protector for it that will fit with my otterbox commuter case and that won't start to peel up after a few months.
Besides that with the phone itself....the radios. I've owned low end android devices with specs much worse than this phone and I always had better reception.
Oh and the USB port. Just got a insurance replacement and it has USB issues off the bat. Dealing with it as long as I can because I'm hearing asurion no longer offers the 32gb nexus.
Waiting for the next one.
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fredryk said:
For me, it's how if I press a navbar key while an app is lagging, it registers as a long press. Since I have my navbar super modded out with custom long press functions, it causes my phone to do random unintended things!
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laggy
horizontal banding and reception little below my expectations.
The battery life. I am definitely buying a zero lemon extended battery for my gsm when it gets released on May.
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Battery life for sure!
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RoyJ said:
Probably the fact that I can't seem to find a good GLASS screen protector for it that will fit with my otterbox commuter case and that won't start to peel up after a few months.
Besides that with the phone itself....the radios. I've owned low end android devices with specs much worse than this phone and I always had better reception.
Oh and the USB port. Just got a insurance replacement and it has USB issues off the bat. Dealing with it as long as I can because I'm hearing asurion no longer offers the 32gb nexus.
Waiting for the next one.
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That's the only size that was ever made for Verizon. What phone are they giving out instead?
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LarsAussems said:
Battery life for sure!
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Well, you can really say that about almost every smartphone.
The cheap plastic look of it compared to say an iPhone 5 which is well built ,even though gnex peferms better an has better features the build quality is crap.
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I say battery life as mentioned earlier but I love this phone I just came across an unlocked Motorola Droid Razr Hd ,battery life on it doubles my GneX and the camera is much better still running GneX as daily hoping to see a Moto GneX soon
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Roam Control doesn't work
Let's see, I hate 4.2.2, its buggy and the lock screen widgets are slow. The battery life sucks, the camera sucks in anything but sunlight. Besides that, I guess I'll be able to put up with it for another couple months, already had it for a year and 5 months.
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SirBindy said:
That's the only size that was ever made for Verizon. What phone are they giving out instead?
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It's a 16gb version. That's the only difference. There was a thread somewhere in these forums about it not too long ago. Someone got an asurion replacement and found out it was only 16gb and when he called they said that's what they had now....found it kinda odd because I just got a 32gb version from them maybe 4 days before the thread popped up. If you search you can find it I'm sure, but I'm getting ready to flash a ROM:thumbup: One of my favorite things about having a nexus
Battery life but I'm sure every android has that problem , except droid RAZR
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Agree the radios are terrible. When going to a different town I have to data toggle once I get to my destination. Which is lame but I've just lived with it.
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tcs.computergeek said:
Agree the radios are terrible. When going to a different town I have to data toggle once I get to my destination. Which is lame but I've just lived with it.
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Oh yeah I forgot how ****ty the radios are. This goes hand in hand with battery life, my school is practically a dead spot on the lower level with my nexus while other phone have no problem maintaining signal. The crap signal slaughters my battery, literally drops like 30%.
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Ok so i have a DNA and i have a Gnex im having trouble deciding which i should keep for the long run. Obviously specs are on the DNA's side, but customizability is with the Gnex. My main question is battery and signal, i havent had my gnex long enough to see how these perform with the Dna so i was hoping you could help. My Gnex is rooted running Muzzy's latest 4.3 build im using Tinykernal also i am using the hyperion 3800 mah extended battery. Will this combination last as long as my dna throughout the day if not longer, and will the phone be able to hold on to somewhat of the same signal that my dna has? Thanks.
i'd hold on to the Dna cause it has better hardware than the gnex
and i'm sure the DNA has decent development no?
In terms of updates Gnexus wins all the way to KLP. Knowing HTC practice, you may not even get KLP
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The DNA doesn't have support like the gnex obviously, but the DNA does have that pesky Sim card error problem that is very annoying.
comments on battery life and signal strength between the 2? Like I said I use the extended battery I know the stock nexus battery can't last all day to save its life.
Friend of mine has the DNA and I've never heard him complain about battery, and he's outlasted me before too.
Development? I think they have some decent stuff going on, not sure.
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Yea development's cool
they got AOKP, CM10.2 , Carbon , uXYLON and a handful of other roms as well
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The DNA doesn't have support like the gnex obviously, but the DNA does have that pesky Sim card error problem that is very annoying.
comments on battery life and signal strength between the 2? Like I said I use the extended battery I know the stock nexus battery can't last all day to save its life.
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Thats if you live and breathe your phone. I hardly ( and this is the MAJORITY of the users) ever go past 1:30 display time. To anyone who goes over this "average" time has serious issues and should stop to think if most of the interaction is between a computer or actual people. If you view movies and things like that, thats another story but equally annoying. Its a small screen, I can't possibly see myself enjoying a movie in a 4.65 inch screen as a lot of the details are lost but thats just me.
On topic: The GN is a great phone but only due to the work the developers around here. You will receive biased opinions here and thats mainly because many if not most of us have not had a first hand experience with the DNA. So with that said, go with the GN lol
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Ok so i have a DNA and i have a Gnex im having trouble deciding which i should keep for the long run. Obviously specs are on the DNA's side, but customizability is with the Gnex. My main question is battery and signal, i havent had my gnex long enough to see how these perform with the Dna so i was hoping you could help. My Gnex is rooted running Muzzy's latest 4.3 build im using Tinykernal also i am using the hyperion 3800 mah extended battery. Will this combination last as long as my dna throughout the day if not longer, and will the phone be able to hold on to somewhat of the same signal that my dna has? Thanks.
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The DNA runs circles around our phones spec wise, the gnex is getting old, given the gnex will last a long time even after google drops support for it, but your DNA will probably be a device you'll want to use more, bigger screen, better specs, and the development is just fine there.
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Thats if you live and breathe your phone. I hardly ( and this is the MAJORITY of the users) ever go past 1:30 display time. To anyone who goes over this "average" time has serious issues and should stop to think if most of the interaction is between a computer or actual people. If you view movies and things like that, thats another story but equally annoying. Its a small screen, I can't possibly see myself enjoying a movie in a 4.65 inch screen as a lot of the details are lost but thats just me.
On topic: The GN is a great phone but only due to the work the developers around here. You will receive biased opinions here and thats mainly because many if not most of us have not had a first hand experience with the DNA. So with that said, go with the GN lol
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Serious issues for using your phone for more than 1:30 a day? Browsing social networks and texting casually throughout the day will easily go past 1:30 screen on time.
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Serious issues for using your phone for more than 1:30 a day? Browsing social networks and texting casually throughout the day will easily go past 1:30 screen on time.
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+1
4hrs here
Seraz007 said:
+1
4hrs here
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I'd be lucky to get that much screen on time lmao
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Garridon said:
I'd be lucky to get that much screen on time lmao
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hehe
well that was on 4.3
on 4.2 i used to get about 3.5 hrs or so
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hehe
well that was on 4.3
on 4.2 i used to get about 3.5 hrs or so
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With all your same apps installed?
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The DNA gets 2-3 more bars than the Galaxy Nexus, but that doesn't mean better download/upload speeds. The RAZR M usually has the same signal strength as the GalNex, yet 10 times outta 10 the RAZR M beats the GalNex in download speeds... Though ping and upload are about the same. So if you're concerned about that, run speedtests on both in a Verizon store.
I don't like the non-removable battery and storage (if you're going to limit the storage with no SD card option, at least make it 32 GB....), and I really don't like the plug over the micro USB port. Also, 9/10 or so used DNAs on eBay have scratched screens... Not sure if that matters to you, but yours will probably fall victim, it's apparently not Gorilla Glass.
Also, I'm done with HTC, ever since they ****ed over the Thunderbolt owners with updates and releasing the kernel source, I think a lot of us have been weary. How many phones can you say have 4.3 on stock or a ROM? There's the Google Play edition phones, the Nexus line (save the One and S).... Not much else I'm sure. Most devices don't have it anyway.
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With all your same apps installed?
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yes