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My criticism of the VZW CDMA/LTE Nexus

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.

adrynalyne said:
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.

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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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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kurttrail said:
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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lrs421 said:
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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kurttrail said:
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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Phone gets very HOT

I have had my Galaxy Nexus for a cupple of months now and I noticed that it get so ****ing HOT. I can feel that it burns a little bit in my pocket when the phone is there. The strange thing is that it gets this hot only when I am not connected to wifi or are at a place where the 3g connextion isn't that good, on the buss for example. So what do you guys think that I shuld do? Can I even return it now?
Thanks for answers

dennis_hammarby said:
I have had my Galaxy Nexus for a cupple of months now and I noticed that it get so ****ing HOT. I can feel that it burns a little bit in my pocket when the phone is there. The strange thing is that it gets this hot only when I am not connected to wifi or are at a place where the 3g connextion isn't that good, on the buss for example. So what do you guys think that I shuld do? Can I even return it now?
Thanks for answers
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Same thing happens to me and my wife's phone. It's gotta be the 3g chip.

JayDaKissEP said:
Same thing happens to me and my wife's phone. It's gotta be the 3g chip.
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Are you going to try and return it?

Also could be the kernel i have the same problem though

The only time I have noticed my phone getting very hot is when I stream music or use Wifi-tether.

Mine gets very hot only when I'm downloading torrents and don't have a wifi connection.

What baseband are you on? Was trying to sort out my phones heat and accompanying drain for ages! Exactly the same symptoms (only when using 3g, particularly with poor signal.) . Turns out my issue was baseband. Switched from kk6 to kl1 and so much better. Might be worth experimenting.
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Also it would only get hot like that is data connection is consistently working. You might want to also check if there are apps that are constantly connecting in the background that you don't really need.
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cyberkid2002 said:
What baseband are you on? Was trying to sort out my phones heat and accompanying drain for ages! Exactly the same symptoms (only when using 3g, particularly with poor signal.) . Turns out my issue was baseband. Switched from kk6 to kl1 and so much better. Might be worth experimenting.
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I am on baseband I9250XXKK6, have never changed it so I should try that. You know which baseband I should have? I have a GSM/Europe Galaxy nexus.
It solved your problems with the phone getting hot?
Chrono_Tata said:
Also it would only get hot like that is data connection is consistently working. You might want to also check if there are apps that are constantly connecting in the background that you don't really need.
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Well yes I have apps that requires data connection like twitter but I think a Smart phone like Galaxy Nexus should be able to handle that without getting super hot.

I have a cdma galaxy nexus and my phone gets really hot also but i notice when my phone gets hot it is when their is crappy signal or low 3g signal

dennis_hammarby said:
I am on baseband I9250XXKK6, have never changed it so I should try that. You know which baseband I should have? I have a GSM/Europe Galaxy nexus.
It solved your problems with the phone getting hot?
Well yes I have apps that requires data connection like twitter but I think a Smart phone like Galaxy Nexus should be able to handle that without getting super hot.
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Yeah, I'd definately give it a shot. I'm in UK and KL1 seems pretty good to me. Tried quite a few and ALL were better than kk6! Like a completely different phone after!
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My old one used to do that as well and it was a radio hardware issue. Received a replacement and all is well. I was within the 1 year warranty.

cyberkid2002 said:
Yeah, I'd definately give it a shot. I'm in UK and KL1 seems pretty good to me. Tried quite a few and ALL were better than kk6! Like a completely different phone after!
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Updating Radio right now. Will report back later unfortnatley I am changing carrier today so I will not have access to 3g for 2 weeks

tclarkey said:
My old one used to do that as well and it was a radio hardware issue. Received a replacement and all is well. I was within the 1 year warranty.
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Ohhh nooo so its hardware related and cannot be fixed? How long time after you bought did you returned it?

dennis_hammarby said:
Ohhh nooo so its hardware related and cannot be fixed? How long time after you bought did you returned it?
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It was actually my 2nd replacement. My first issue was with the phone bootlooping (not related to ROMs) after about 3 months after purchase (only rooted). It was that replacement when the radios sucked. Phone was always hot and it ate through a full charge in about 4 hours. The phone was going into a deep sleep when inactive (verified with CPUSpy) and the Phone was eating the wakelock (BetterBatteryStats) as it kept looking for a signal. Didn't matter which radios I used (4.0.2 or 4.0.4) the results were the same.
Turned that phone in stating just the phone was eating the battery looking for a signal (battery showed red for phone signal) and they sent another replacement. This one is ok (running Gummy 1.0.1 with 4.0.4 radios).

I can vouch for this. I usually have my wifi on at work and at home with no heat issues at all. But the last two nights I was at chili's which had no wifi so I turned my 3g on and within 10 mins of super slow browsing my phone was getting ridiculously hot. I read on another thread that if the 3g signal is low or weak then it will continuously ping the server which causes something inside to heat up very quickly whether its the radio or cpu. This is definitely an issue but I'm not sure if its fixable with a new kernel or radio flash.
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Did it work Dennis?
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Hello.
For several days I have exactly the same problem.
Since I install AOKP milestone 5 and franco.kernel milestone 3, my phone started strongly hot.
Temperatures can reach 66 degrees, and the rear cover gets really hot.
Is it a hardware defect or problem is in the settings or Rom/kernel?

mini21 said:
Hello.
For several days I have exactly the same problem.
Since I install AOKP milestone 5 and franco.kernel milestone 3, my phone started strongly hot.
Temperatures can reach 66 degrees, and the rear cover gets really hot.
Is it a hardware defect or problem is in the settings or Rom/kernel?
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You mean 66 degrees Celsius correct?
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cyberkid2002 said:
Did it work Dennis?
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I didn't had the time yestorday should be able to do it today!
The only problem is that I dont have acess to 3g right now, changing carrier.
Had the phone today and It never got hot so something is fishy with the 3g ship/singnal.

[Q] How hot does your nexus run?

So I'm running a custom kernel with lowered voltages... even over wifi this thing runs hot. After about 15 minutes The screen emulates heat don't even have to touch it to feel it. Even underclocked its still running warm. Coming from a single core you would think having another core would reduce some heat but my epic never got this hot at all. So how hot does your nexus run? If I would guestamate I would say around 100° or so. The brightness isn't that high however my rgb values are pretty high at least the blue value is. I like a cool screen temp.
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go back to stock kernel, you can undervolt/underclock the stock one too!

I run around 119°F at the hottest I've seen, regularly. So you're fine.

RogerPodacter said:
I run around 119°F at the hottest I've seen, regularly. So you're fine.
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Wow seriously and thats normal? I'm just a little worried is all. Then again these phones shut off when too hot anyways. Thanks for the input.
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Hi,
Maybe this might help you:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1380449&highlight=cpu+temp
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1626294&highlight=cpu+temp
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1620202&highlight=cpu+temp
And the most important,what kernel,what settings,overclock...?
When you're in wi-fi...what are you doing,browsing,light use,deep sleep...?
For me that's meant nothing or I don't understand...
I like a cool screen temp.
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I never had my screen hot
By the way 100°F mean about 37-38°C...I don't see where is the problem...Depend exactly what you're doing...
Read the above links

Mine is 118°F/48°C right now. Pretty normal for browsing on wifi and texting and the odd YouTube video.
Your temps are fine buddy.

nodstuff said:
Mine is 118°F/48°C right now. Pretty normal for browsing on wifi and texting and the odd YouTube video.
Your temps are fine buddy.
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Mine runs pretty hot too.

Alright just making sure.. cuz um not used to the heat. Thanks for all the info and responses.
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nodstuff said:
Mine is 118°F/48°C right now. Pretty normal for browsing on wifi and texting and the odd YouTube video.
Your temps are fine buddy.
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Mach3.2 said:
Mine runs pretty hot too.
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Hummm...
Guys specify your settings,otherwise it makes no sense...
Mine is at 56°C max...OK...AND...HOT...
And HOT...what does that mean hot (for Mach3.2)....
Here's my settings:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=25618966&postcount=388
Idle:22°C
Normal use (mean settings/apps):about 37-42°C
Browsing:about 45-57°C
Benchmarks:abou 68-80°C
Use System Tuner on the Play Store to look at you CPU temp...
With my settings,I insist,take a good look.
As for the threads on battery life/best kernel/best ROM/best time-on screen/best settings/best HTC one X killer/best....
There is redondant threads here,the worst is... with little info...

viking37 said:
Hummm...
Guys specify your settings,otherwise it makes no sense...
Mine is at 56°C max...OK...AND...HOT...
And HOT...what does that mean hot (for Mach3.2)....
Here's my settings:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=25618966&postcount=388
Idle:22°C
Normal use (mean settings/apps):about 37-42°C
Browsing:57°C
Benchmarks:68°C
Use System Tuner on the Play Store to look at you CPU temp...
With my settings,I insist,take a good look.
As for the threads on battery life/best kernel/best ROM/best time-on screen/best settings/best HTC one X killer/best....
There is redondant threads here,the worst is... with little info...
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Just sitting here on Xda charging underclocked its at 107°F...
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Wifi on, surfing webpages on Chrome Beta for maybe 15 to 20 minutes, then the casing gets pretty hot.
I'm sure it's high 40+ degrees Celsius or maybe 50+
Sorry for not including details
All units are in degree Celsius.
Idles at 32
Normal use not sure, but should be around 30+ range

It only runs that hot when really pushing the phone hard for me.

Don't forget ambient temperature makes a big difference also. And case trapping heat.
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So I downloaded b35 of aokp. Wiped data... and dalvik. Formatted the system and now its cool as ice. I'm on the charger running at 1.2 and its not getting warm. Before I was @ 900mhz and it was getting really warm... I'm amazed at what corrupt data will do.
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Sorry,wrong thread
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[Q] Is overheating still present in Jelly Bean?

I remember reading somewhere that it was a software not hardware problem so JB could have a fix for it.

I've never had an overheating problem. I also don't recall many having that problem.
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Overheating? I've never had any of my phones overheat, on GB, ICS or JB.

Are people really having serious overheating (as in phone crashing or shutting down from heat) on a stock device? I have a feeling anyone overheating on ICS is running a custom ROM with voltage changes or overclocks.

My GNex on AOKP and stock voltages does overheat while, for example, playing Modern Combat 3.
Ok maybe overheat is a wrong term a bit since it never crashed or force closed. It just gets fairly hot in the area above camera.
And I'm asking people who did have the problem and upgraded to JB.

My GNex does seem to be running hotter than normal on JB than ICS but not by much. No serious overheating problems at all.
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Oliie23 said:
My GNex on AOKP and stock voltages does overheat while, for example, playing Modern Combat 3.
Ok maybe overheat is a wrong term a bit since it never crashed or force closed. It just gets fairly hot in the area above camera.
And I'm asking people who did have the problem and upgraded to JB.
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Getting hot and overheating are completely different. The phone gets hot where the battery and processor are, that's just how its going to be, especially when playing 3D games.

martonikaj said:
Getting hot and overheating are completely different. The phone gets hot where the battery and processor are, that's just how its going to be, especially when playing 3D games.
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No no, my battery stays fairly cool (39 celsius degrees) but the area above camera compared to that is really hot. Way too hot than I think it should be. My previous phone - HD2 was never that hot unless I overclocked it.

Oliie23 said:
No no, my battery stays fairly cool (39 celsius degrees) but the area above camera compared to that is really hot. Way too hot than I think it should be. My previous phone - HD2 was never that hot unless I overclocked it.
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Around the camera is where the processor etc. is. The HD2 is also severely less powerful than the Galaxy Nexus.

My cdma nexus doesnt seem to get as hot. I havent really noticed it as much as i did on ICS.

I've been getting overheating since Jelly Bean. Keep in mind that google "improved" things by ramping the CPU up when the screen is touched, even if it's to do a simple task that doesn't require full CPU power... this might exacerbate the overheating issue if you're actively using your device.

Way less then usual. Maybe 50% less. when it does it gets a bit hotter.
So in conclusion I think it's better at this job then ics.

Oliie23 said:
My GNex on AOKP and stock voltages does overheat while, for example, playing Modern Combat 3.
Ok maybe overheat is a wrong term a bit since it never crashed or force closed. It just gets fairly hot in the area above camera.
And I'm asking people who did have the problem and upgraded to JB.
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Wtf I can't run mc3 just keeps force closing and a ton if others on gnex have that issue I wish I knew why because Gameloft is no help
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Tbbo514 said:
Wtf I can't run mc3 just keeps force closing and a ton if others on gnex have that issue I wish I knew why because Gameloft is no help
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Do u have 2D rendering whatever it's called on???
Turned mine off when playing GL games. And it's better.

EP2008 said:
I've been getting overheating since Jelly Bean. Keep in mind that google "improved" things by ramping the CPU up when the screen is touched, even if it's to do a simple task that doesn't require full CPU power... this might exacerbate the overheating issue if you're actively using your device.
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It doesn't ramp it to full clock speed, it ramps it up one step, or two, whatever.
Ramping it up to full speed on every touch would murder the battery.
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nodstuff said:
It doesn't ramp it to full clock speed, it ramps it up one step, or two, whatever.
Ramping it up to full speed on every touch would murder the battery.
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I've tested it. It ramps one CPU to full clock speed when you move your finger around the screen.
Try it yourself. I wish I could turn that feature off since using Swype has now become an issue...
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While on ICS, it'd get up to around 70°C. Now on JB, it usually tops at around somewhere in the 60s°C.
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The gnex just isnt powerful enough?

I am on stock 4.2.2 with franco.kernel r366. Most of the time it runs ok but sometimes my gnex is laggy as hell, especially whwn downloading app from the Play Store. Sometimes waking to drvice can take 3-4 seconds and sometimes even more. I am using widgetlocker. Not mentioned Chrome which is laggy too. I really can't understand why my gnex act like that... I used my friend's HTC One X and its smooth all the time.
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bar_rodoy said:
I am on stock 4.2.2 with franco.kernel r366. Most of the time it runs ok but sometimes my gnex is laggy as hell, especially whwn downloading app from the Play Store. Sometimes waking to drvice can take 3-4 seconds and sometimes even more. I am using widgetlocker. Not mentioned Chrome which is laggy too. I really can't understand why my gnex act like that... I used my friend's HTC One X and its smooth all the time.
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Same on my moms gnex :/
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Well, there are big differences on the Gnex and HTC one X hardware. You cant just think that it will have the same performance.
The question is, do you really need a phone that is 100% smooth?
But android is becoming a heavy OS. Its natural to evolve this way, as well as hardware.

otaconc said:
Well, there are big differences on the Gnex and HTC one X hardware. You cant just think that it will have the same performance.
The question is, do you really need a phone that is 100% smooth?
But android is becoming a heavy OS. Its natural to evolve this way, as well as hardware.
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Smoothness is the most important features for me. I need my phone to be responsive all the time, that the reason I went back to stock from custom because custom gave me terrible performance, that making a call was an issue.
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bar_rodoy said:
Smoothness is the most important features for me. I need my phone to be responsive all the time, that the reason I went back to stock from custom because custom gave me terrible performance, that making a call was an issue.
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"Need". Otherwise you're probably going to have to buy a new device soon.

I can conquer.
When downloading from the Play store, It is extremely slow on various roms.
I believe the problem is the read\write speeds of the storage which is extremely slow.
too bad

yes, i have the same problem whem the app is installing. Its very slow and laggy. Its important to say that there are many apps for android that are poorly optimized, so even in a powerful hardware you may have some issues.
Considering Gnex is a mid end device, i think soon you have to change your phone to a high end if you want more smoothness and if you are willing to pay the price.

+1
This didn't happend on 4.1, so it's not a hardware issue
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Most apps are optimized for gingerbread. And of course its going to "lag" while doing intensive operations.
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I'm running stock and I haven't experienced any sort of lag or anomalies. Have you tried flashing stock to verify?

i disagree bro...
if you compare GNex with the smartphones with the same h/w config, u wud definatly agree dat its the best in its generation.

writing to disk normally slows the phone. Probably is more related to the OS than hardware.

No, just 4.2* is junk. Go back to 4.1.2 and you'll see the difference.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.grilledmonkey.lagfix
This fixed a lot of lag the op was talking about. It trims the /data and /cache partition, which for some reason doesn't happen on this device but is required just like normal ssd drives.
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That app doesn't work on my device. I tried the app from chainfire I believe that checked if the device was bugged by that emmc trimming failure. Mine wasn't.
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