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Defective gnex?

I'm new to Verizon..and 4g..so I'm trying to decide whether i have a defective phone. It constantly drops the 4g signal...about 3 or 4 times an hour at least...where there should be a good 4g signal....when i drive with the phone it drops signal alot..is this a defective phone or just the way gnex and 4g is?
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mrkrabs said:
I'm new to Verizon..and 4g..so I'm trying to decide whether i have a defective phone. It constantly drops the 4g signal...about 3 or 4 times an hour at least...where there should be a good 4g signal....when i drive with the phone it drops signal alot..is this a defective phone or just the way gnex and 4g is?
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You could try to a replacement, but it's the gnex. Mine acts the same way.
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Thanks....hopefully they will come up with a.fix for this soon...its really annoying at times...I've tried all the diff radios.including 4.04 and nothing really better
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You could try to a replacement, but it's the gnex. Mine acts the same way.
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I think it depends on where you are at. Certain parts of town I always have 4g. I think the gnex and Samsung in general dont get as good 4g reception as HTC or Moto. My old Rezound got 4g everywhere, even indoors some places where my gnex has never picked up 4g. So not sure if you have a defective phone or not.
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ok...so i did get a replacement phone....seems like it is better so far....but wil post back once i have more time with it..
KeithRVA said:
I think it depends on where you are at. Certain parts of town I always have 4g. I think the gnex and Samsung in general dont get as good 4g reception as HTC or Moto. My old Rezound got 4g everywhere, even indoors some places where my gnex has never picked up 4g. So not sure if you have a defective phone or not.
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If you're driving and losing connection that's normal cause you know....you're moving and your connection is bound to weaken and certain areas of you town/city may not be covered....but if you're stationary....that's different...that's a defect.
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weird things happen at my church

so in my church my phone has almost no signal but my friends with Verizon and other phones than the galaxy nexus have better signal than that of mine.
what I usually do is just
1. turn the data off or
2. put my phone into airplane mode
when i turn data off, after about 30 minutes my phones gets crazy hot for no reason. and sometimes I have to do a battery pull because it doesn't respond to anything.
today, I put it into airplane mode and it didn't get hot. but after about 2.5 hours, I had gone down from 100% to 75% battery life. also it showed that "media" was 95% of my battery use.(I tried to take a screenshot of the battery but it keeps saying "couldn't save screenshot. storage may be in use"
and my phone was awake the entire time.
this only happens in my church...
does anyone know what is causing all this?
it just seems so strange because I have no problem with my phone anywhere else. I'm running liquid 1.1 and the minimalistic kernel 2.7.1stable if that relates to anything.

no idea, but the power of Google has put an advert on this thread on the xda app for Christian dating nothing is sacred from el goog!
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Your phone has been possessed by satanic forces which is why it is happening in church.
Try getting it exorcised or better yet throw it into a bucket of holy water for an hour and of it still works when you take it out you'll know for sure it is possessed.

Maybe the GNex isn't the Jesus phone after all?
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Somebody could be hacking your bluetooth.
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@rbiter said:
Somebody could be hacking your bluetooth.
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Its the 21st century, Bluetooth is the tech Jesus uses to reach his people.

nodstuff said:
Its the 21st century, Bluetooth is the tech Jesus uses to reach his people.
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Wrong. You're thinking of infra-red...
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killyouridols said:
Wrong. You're thinking of infra-red...
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Nah that's old Jesus, new Jesus is cruising round heaven with his Bluetooth **** in his ear keeping in touch with all his sheeple round the way.

Just more evidence that something is seriously borked with the verizon nexus or its radio etc. How frustrating.

guys be serious here...
does "media" in battery relate to the signal strength?
what apps can I get to see specific stats?
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bluemoon1221 said:
guys be serious here...
does "media" in battery relate to the signal strength?
what apps can I get to see specific stats?
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No media is media, music, video etc.
Search xda for betterbatterystats, that'll give you more of an insight into your battery use.

Have you tried better battery stats app?
betterbatterystats
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You could try getting your friends with their phones to download Speedtest, and you guys can run tests on your network speed and see what happens there.

IRageQuitHard said:
You could try getting your friends with their phones to download Speedtest, and you guys can run tests on your network speed and see what happens there.
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This ^^^ Plus I doubt that whoever you are worshiping in this church (Jesus, stain, Darwin, flying spaghetti monster) doesn't approve of you texting and playing angry birds during the services.

mentose457 said:
This ^^^ Plus I doubt that whoever you are worshiping in this church (Jesus, stain, Darwin, flying spaghetti monster) doesn't approve of you texting and playing angry birds during the services.
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I don't even touch my phone during service. just saying. I will speed test next time I go to church
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bluemoon1221 said:
I don't even touch my phone during service. just saying. I will speed test next time I go to church
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Don't worry you can touch your phone if you want, no one is watching.

Use stock kernels and I find you will have better results..Most if the problems I see are user errors. My signal is not an issue. Not as strong as my old thunderbolt but also not a drastic difference as everyone makes it seem
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tea_dub84 said:
Use stock kernels and I find you will have better results..Most if the problems I see are user errors. My signal is not an issue. Not as strong as my old thunderbolt but also not a drastic difference as everyone makes it seem
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Kernel has nothing to do with signal.

well I don't think its the signal...
its just that "media" is eating up all my battery and I can't seem to figure out why
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bluemoon1221 said:
well I don't think its the signal...
its just that "media" is eating up all my battery and I can't seem to figure out why
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Did you install betterbatterystats?
That will tell you more.
Here:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1179809

Running Hot?

What temps are u guys running at? My phone never goes below 120°F (51°C) which seems kinda hot...isn't overclocked or anything. Thanks.
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Troll 7S said:
What temps are u guys running at? My phone never goes below 120°F (51°C) which seems kinda hot...isn't overclocked or anything. Thanks.
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120°F / 51° C seems very hot to me. My Gnex is on 84°F / 29°C. Even after playing high performance games it doesn´t heat up more than to 111°F / 44°C
What Rom / Kernel / Build are you running?

I'm running the latest Vicious/CM10 w/latest Franco but I've tried several other ROMs...none of my other gnex's ran this hot...it will go up to 160 with the slightest task to the point where it is uncomfortable to touch on the upper part of the screen.
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Troll 7S said:
I'm running the latest Vicious/CM10 w/latest Franco but I've tried several other ROMs...none of my other gnex's ran this hot...it will go up to 160 with the slightest task to the point where it is uncomfortable to touch on the upper part of the screen.
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maybe try the paranaoid android rom http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1619582. there are a few reports about overheating with the stock CM10 kernel, but works perfectly for me. solutions there are switching to trinity kernel or franco as well. but mainly the overheating shoult result from a bad kernel.
If you don´t want to put on another rom, maybe switch back to an older / stable version of francos.

I don't think it is a kernel issue because I just got this replacement...(have had 6 gnex's...long story) was running the exact setup...never had any heat issues until this one. Even when it was bone stock I noticed the upper part of the screen was hot to the touch.
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Troll 7S said:
I don't think it is a kernel issue because I just got this replacement...(have had 6 gnex's...long story) was running the exact setup...never had any heat issues until this one. Even when it was bone stock I noticed the upper part of the screen was hot to the touch.
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then give back to your reseller. sounds like a factory problem then. phone shouldn´t heat up this much. not even it´s uncortable it may crash your phone (or parts of it) in the long run.

That's what I was thinking unfortunately...on to gnex number 7 I guess
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yeah unfortunately maufacturing standarts for the GNex are way below than these for samsungs own devices. but better exchange it now then beeing said it´s your fold if the cpu melts or something

Ya that's too bad...calling Verizon first thing in the morning thanks.
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i feel like you two don't know what you are talking about and idk wtf you are doing to your phone that you've had to return 6 of them? derp but, that's besides the point
now the issue at hand, i've had over heating since jelly bean on custom roms which has shut my phone down ... it seems to be a kernel issue as far as i can tell ... i'd recommend trinity's TNP1344-307-JB-STABLE35 http://goo.gl/jry8c
if the problem persists go back to stock ... and quit sending your phones back you are the reason why carriers don't want people to unlock their bootloaders

50°c is normal operating temp, the gnex has a thermal throttle that kicks in at around 75°c, then it scales down the cpu. You also have to consider the ambient temperature outside. Its 95°- 100°f here during the day, of course your phone will run a little hotter when its hot outside. Just use your phone
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Just dip ya phone in water, that should stop it getting to hot :cyclops:

Most of the phones I sent back I did not modify at all...asurion sent me 5 defective devices that all had hardware issues...(faulty screen, broken buttons, no radio, DOA, etc...probably refurbs), they then reimbursed me for buying a new phone through Verizon and it does not have any of those issues. I tried Trinity and it is running slightly cooler now. As for me not knowing what I'm talking about, that is why I asked in the first place. I didn't know what the average running temp. is.
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Just flash back to stock and see if you still have the overheating. If nothing changes you have a defective phone. I don't think my gnex has ever reached 120° F even with some mild overclocking and heavy use.

[Q] Tasker for Gnex

anyone know any good tasker profile for the gnex?? any profile that is useful for everyday life..or profile to make it like the s3 direct call ant etc.

There are lots of possibilities, what are you looking for it to do.
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I'm looking for like s3 direct call from the people app. Like open the app and click on the contact and put at your ear and it call
Or
Turn off 3g when certain app open that doesn't require 3g
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It is possible to them 3g off when it get bad signal. I have 3g on when screen on and 3g off when screen off.
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Assuming you're looking for battery battery life, I would recommend sticking to 3G permanently, rather than switching all the time (which takes up far more battery)...

There's a profile setting under net, phone where you can select when you want talk to be done in certain signal
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danger-rat said:
Assuming you're looking for battery battery life, I would recommend sticking to 3G permanently, rather than switching all the time (which takes up far more battery)...
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but if i keep it on the whole time, wouldnt it use more battery compare to turning on/off
unless turning on/off actually drain battery which i doubt

i'd agree that if you switch it on and off continuously, it will drain more. probably gotta create another connection with the cell tower, rather than maintaining it, i suppose. This is my guess, might be wrong.
But if you floor the accelerator and then lift your foot off, floor it again, that will burn through your fuel faster than if you just left it on

I used to think that leaving data on full time would kill my battery, but it doesn't seem to impact battery very much at all. You just have to make sure that you don't have a lot of things syncing all the time.
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So just leave 3g on full time. How about when playing games?? Leave on or turn off
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I don't play enough games to know if it would affect it or not.
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airkenada said:
So just leave 3g on full time. How about when playing games?? Leave on or turn off
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Depends. If the game is ad supported, yes, turning off 3g will affect a lot
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Phone gets quite hot around charging port.

So as some of you may know, I have self repaired my S3 recently. My power button was faulty and kept turning off by it self. I went in and took the phone apart and fixed the power button issue, only problem the phone gets very hot around the charging port while charging. It didn't do this before I fixed it, so what can be the issue? Any insight could be helpful! Thank you for your time.
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Are you sure it did not do it before? I have a sgs3 I bought not even a month ago and it gets very hot around the charging port. Infact my friends gs3 does too. I think its normal.
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bradley129 said:
Are you sure it did not do it before? I have a sgs3 I bought not even a month ago and it gets very hot around the charging port. Infact my friends gs3 does too. I think its normal.
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Even when the phone is just charging and not in use?
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Whiplashh said:
Even when the phone is just charging and not in use?
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Ehh no. Sorry I didn't even notice in the op it gets hot not even in use. Does it get extremely hot or just warm to the touch? The sgs1 use to get so hot around the charging port and screen you couldn't touch it but that was normal for them phones after long periods of playing with it.
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bradley129 said:
Ehh no. Sorry I didn't even notice in the op it gets hot not even in use. Does it get extremely hot or just warm to the touch? The sgs1 use to get so hot around the charging port and screen you couldn't touch it but that was normal for them phones after long periods of playing with it.
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Sometimes it just gets warm, and that is my bad, I didn't put that in OP it was charging and not in use. Sometimes it is just warm or it can get pretty hot, even if the screen is on and doing nothing, it didn't do this before. I was hoping someone who has taken the S3 apart too might have some insight why, thank you for your help though. It does help. It doesn't seem bad right now.
-Whiplashh
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Whiplashh said:
Sometimes it just gets warm, and that is my bad, I didn't put that in OP it was charging and not in use. Sometimes it is just warm or it can get pretty hot, even if the screen is on and doing nothing, it didn't do this before. I was hoping someone who has taken the S3 apart too might have some insight why, thank you for your help though. It does help. It doesn't seem bad right now.
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Hmm are you overclocking? Maybe your CPU is set higher now than before and that could cause heat issues.
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Guys am facing the same problem here, my S3 is always hot when am using it even for just playing music, This is as a result of me flashing my Boost S3 with Sprint stock ROM. Someone should help us out
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alemosman said:
Guys am facing the same problem here, my S3 is always hot when am using it even for just playing music, This is as a result of me flashing my Boost S3 with Sprint stock ROM. Someone should help us out
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That is not a result of a ROM flash.... Sprint and boost use the same hardware and it would not affect your phone.
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Data is causing it
bradley129 said:
That is not a result of a ROM flash.... Sprint and boost use the same hardware and it would not affect your phone.
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Thanks #bradley but i guess it only heats up when Mobile Data is ON. Any clue on that as well??

alemosman said:
Thanks #bradley but i guess it only heats up when Mobile Data is ON. Any clue on that as well??
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Does it heat up on 4g or 3g or both?
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bradley129 said:
Does it heat up on 4g or 3g or both?
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Its 3G because i dont have 4G in my location (Ghana), Im having Digital Roaming.