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just ordered my galaxy nexus

just orderd my galaxy nexus from amazon for $99! what can i expect from it? any lag with new ics? played with it a bit in the verizon store

if you like to custom rom, just find custom rom suits youre personal taste and install a custom kernal and you will be happy,i love my GN

Welcome! Have fun.

does the gnex have problems like other android phones? my wifes htc inspire random reboots and freezes alot!

speedfreak228 said:
just orderd my galaxy nexus from amazon for $99! what can i expect from it? any lag with new ics? played with it a bit in the verizon store
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Welcome to the club.
I had it for a week. My thoughts.
After a year with HTC Sense (Thunderbolt), I'm finally back to vanilla android, since I'm a former Nexus One owner. Atleast this should get speedy OS updates (even if there's a slight delay compared the to GSM version).
ICS is good. As you install more and more apps, and have them running in the background, it might get laggy, but thats expected.
HOWEVER, since this has the 720p display, the text, especially in the notification bar, looks much smaller (compared to my T-Bolt), especially the '4G' icon or the clock. Not a biggie for me, but the 720p display makes the text and images look much crisper.
If you do use custom roms, i suggest you keep the radio that was installed on the phone out of the box, since i tried the 4.0.4 radios and had some signal issues with it. Went back to 4.0.2 radios, and no problems since.
I have only one thing left waiting from Samsung, a proper 3-pin car dock and a hdmi desk dock.

Unlock bootloader right as you get it. This way if you decide to root and flash custom roms then you can do it without losing any app data because you'll be able to back it up using titanium backup.
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speedfreak228 said:
just orderd my galaxy nexus from amazon for $99! what can i expect from it? any lag with new ics? played with it a bit in the verizon store
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Can you post a link, please? Does it work on Tmobile? Thanks.
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The one he got is for Verizon obviously as he got it from Amazon for $99 meaning that it was on contract so no it can't be used on tmobile
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I'm coming from the bionic.
First thing I love ICS and chrome just love it. Shape and feel is so nice.
I bought a battery extender(1mm larger then the regular battery) horrible got 4 hours. I miss my bionic because of how well it connected to the network.
Nexus G has a horrible time connecting I hope they fix it just like they did the bionic. It is a bit laggy but that's a soft issue for sure Google will fix it.
It seams like its slow on purpose (my opinion)
All and all only way I'll go back to the bionic is if they dont figure out the connection issues.
Hope I helped.
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edgie13 said:
Can you post a link, please? Does it work on Tmobile? Thanks.
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Verizon only. On contract...

Two words.......Go Nuts!!! Best phone I've ever owned and I've owned MANY!
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cordell507 said:
The one he got is for Verizon obviously as he got it from Amazon for $99 meaning that it was on contract so no it can't be used on tmobile
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Thanks.
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zephiK said:
Unlock bootloader right as you get it. This way if you decide to root and flash custom roms then you can do it without losing any app data because you'll be able to back it up using titanium backup.
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i will defiantly flash a rom as i did with my samsung infuse. do i download the gNex toolkit?
Slie said:
I'm coming from the bionic.
First thing I love ICS and chrome just love it. Shape and feel is so nice.
I bought a battery extender(1mm larger then the regular battery) horrible got 4 hours. I miss my bionic because of how well it connected to the network.
Nexus G has a horrible time connecting I hope they fix it just like they did the bionic. It is a bit laggy but that's a soft issue for sure Google will fix it.
It seams like its slow on purpose (my opinion)
All and all only way I'll go back to the bionic is if they dont figure out the connection issues.
Hope I helped.
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i hope i dont have data issues. its one of the main reasons why i left at&t is crappy data in full service area

Samsung sending me refurb phones?

I bought my gnex a few weeks ago and since have gotten 3 replacements and none have had good screens. Are they just sending me refurbished phones PR what? Because they are all coming from Texas as opposed to Kentucky when I ordered from play
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nmp591 said:
I bought my gnex a few weeks ago and since have gotten 3 replacements and none have had good screens. Are they just sending me refurbished phones PR what? Because they are all coming from Texas as opposed to Kentucky when I ordered from play
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May be all screens are the same and your expectations are different?
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No some have been worse than others with purple and one had super fading from one side to the other. I have a very sharp eye for these things
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nmp591 said:
No some have been worse than others with purple and one had super fading from one side to the other. I have a very sharp eye for these things
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The nexus display just isn't that good. It has a lot of color issues, for example anandtech did point those out in their review. The GN is a great phone, but in no way perfect.

IMA be on my 4th nexus its coming tomorrow. The purple tint makes the phone look horrible very pixelated. My 1st nexus was good but had data problems
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Well would be better and less frustrating to just flash a custom kernel and fix the colors at your likes? Lol and you are sure your phone its new
Why you even bother to come xda DEVELOPERS if you won't dare to do some mods here and there..
My screen was yellowish and now it's perfect with francos kernel color calibration
None of us can help you with Samsung replace policy but we can help you get your phone works properly
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My phone had data problems and it took me 7 replacements to finally get one that didn't have data problems and also has a perfect screen. Not a hint of purple on the screen.
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nmp591 said:
I bought my gnex a few weeks ago and since have gotten 3 replacements and none have had good screens. Are they just sending me refurbished phones PR what? Because they are all coming from Texas as opposed to Kentucky when I ordered from play
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Yes, they are sending refurbs.
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msedek said:
Well would be better and less frustrating to just flash a custom kernel and fix the colors at your likes? Lol and you are sure your phone its new
Why you even bother to come xda DEVELOPERS if you won't dare to do some mods here and there..
My screen was yellowish and now it's perfect with francos kernel color calibration
None of us can help you with Samsung replace policy but we can help you get your phone works properly
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If I buy a defective product, Im gonna return it- not mod it and pretend.
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I think the people complaining about issues with their Nexus have "user error" issues themselves. These phones pass Quality Control for a reason. They don't magically "go bad" in transit to the stores or warehouses. There are no moving parts in them to wear out.

msedek said:
Well would be better and less frustrating to just flash a custom kernel and fix the colors at your likes? Lol and you are sure your phone its new
Why you even bother to come xda DEVELOPERS if you won't dare to do some mods here and there..
My screen was yellowish and now it's perfect with francos kernel color calibration
None of us can help you with Samsung replace policy but we can help you get your phone works properly
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Dude ur dumb. I have flashed plenty of Roms and kernels and done all the color tweaks. Yellow is an easy fix, fading and extreme purple is another story bud
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Jubomime said:
Yes, they are sending refurbs.
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Thanks that's just all I wanted to know. The guy on the phone was telling me that I was going to get a brand new phone because it was less than 14 days. Think there is any way i can get them to just send me a brand new one
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akira02rex said:
I think the people complaining about issues with their Nexus have "user error" issues themselves. These phones pass Quality Control for a reason. They don't magically "go bad" in transit to the stores or warehouses. There are no moving parts in them to wear out.
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Are you freaking serious? So everything Samsung lets out of the factory is OK and everybody should be happy with the product they ship? Apple people and their fanboyism is starting to seem almost healthy compared to this. The phone costs a premium (at least in here) and I'd like to see premium production quality for my money. Unfortunately that is not the case. Samsung did address the issues in the GIII, but that doesn't fix it for the GN
"The problems that I talked about in the Galaxy Nexus display are basically completely absent in the SGS3. There’s no longer any mura (luminance variance which looks like noise) or a weird purple cast in the greys, two things that are still present on the Galaxy Nexus." (Source)

akira02rex said:
I think the people complaining about issues with their Nexus have "user error" issues themselves. These phones pass Quality Control for a reason. They don't magically "go bad" in transit to the stores or warehouses. There are no moving parts in them to wear out.
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You need to move to earth and teach them over here. Here, because of greed and misjudgement, even companies make many mistakes in their favor.
Last night, I thought someone was stealing my stuff, until I realized that he couldn't have. The stuff must have been his from the beginning. I must have paid for stuff throughout the years that was actually his
Silly me
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Cmmts said:
Are you freaking serious? So everything Samsung lets out of the factory is OK and everybody should be happy with the product they ship? Apple people and their fanboyism is starting to seem almost healthy compared to this. The phone costs a premium (at least in here) and I'd like to see premium production quality for my money. Unfortunately that is not the case. Samsung did address the issues in the GIII, but that doesn't fix it for the GN
"The problems that I talked about in the Galaxy Nexus display are basically completely absent in the SGS3. There’s no longer any mura (luminance variance which looks like noise) or a weird purple cast in the greys, two things that are still present on the Galaxy Nexus." (Source)
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Well cmon dude people are complaining about screen issues on refurb phones. The fact is, is that the nature of this amoled screen is that it loses its ability to display color over time. In some areas its more prominent because of the nav bar and keyboard being dark/black. Over time though this effect should even out across the screen. So, to the people *****ing about wanting a brand new one, guess what?? You're brand new one will look just like that refurb one!
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akira02rex said:
Well cmon dude people are complaining about screen issues on refurb phones. The fact is, is that the nature of this amoled screen is that it loses its ability to display color over time. In some areas its more prominent because of the nav bar and keyboard being dark/black. Over time though this effect should even out across the screen. So, to the people *****ing about wanting a brand new one, guess what?? You're brand new one will look just like that refurb one!
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We perhaps need to agree to disagree.

akira02rex said:
I think the people complaining about issues with their Nexus have "user error" issues themselves. These phones pass Quality Control for a reason. They don't magically "go bad" in transit to the stores or warehouses. There are no moving parts in them to wear out.
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maybe you're just a freaking stuck up crybaby.
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nmp591 said:
Dude ur dumb. I have flashed plenty of Roms and kernels and done all the color tweaks. Yellow is an easy fix, fading and extreme purple is another story bud
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no it's not, it's called turn your brightness up a notch.

I went through 5 referb phones from Verizon before they had Samsung send me one. This phone was perfect and says that it is new in the data not refurbished... don't know if it was a Verizon issue or Samsung, but eventually I got a good replacement.
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Gnex screen burn

Has anyone received a replacement handset after this defect ?I'm on Vodafone UK
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The two blue bars are not visible on the uploaded picture but they are very prominent in person
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DAZEBOY said:
The two blue bars are not visible on the uploaded picture but they are very prominent in person
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actually nothing is visible we cant see the picture.
To answer your question...dont try to look for it...this will happen on AMOLED screens.

Thanks for the reply .I'm just asking do think I could get it replaced I still have 13 month's on my contract left
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DAZEBOY said:
Thanks for the reply .I'm just asking do think I could get it replaced I still have 13 month's on my contract left
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Yes, you can. I did immediately when my first replacement had burn in.
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Zeinzu said:
Yes, you can. I did immediately when my first replacement had burn in.
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Thanks that's great to know I think I'll lock the boot loader and get it replaced
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DAZEBOY said:
Thanks that's great to know I think I'll lock the boot loader and get it replaced
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Be prepared to possibly get one with worse, or different problems.
I think I lucked out and got a pretty good one, first buy. But I have heard a lot of people saying it takes their 3rd or 4th phone before they get one that's just right.

SefEXE said:
Be prepared to possibly get one with worse, or different problems.
I think I lucked out and got a pretty good one, first buy. But I have heard a lot of people saying it takes their 3rd or 4th phone before they get one that's just right.
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God that sounds like a world of pain .
I first got made aware of this when I watched the xda TV there was a feature on different screen technology so I know there's an issue with amoled but I'm less than half way through my contract so what's it going to be like in 12 months
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DAZEBOY said:
God that sounds like a world of pain .
I first got made aware of this when I watched the xda TV there was a feature on different screen technology so I know there's an issue with amoled but I'm less than half way through my contract so what's it going to be like in 12 months
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Well I just kept trying and at the 5th bad phone I just gave up and lived with the screen burn...at least the radios worked on that phone.
EDIT: i'm on verizon so I dont know how good vodafone is...maybe better maybe worse...No clue.

DAZEBOY said:
Has anyone received a replacement handset after this defect ?I'm on Vodafone UK
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It's really not a "defect", per se, it's just what these screens do. If you get a replacement, it's going to have the same problem eventually as well. Just kinda have to accept it for these types of displays.

Should I return it?

Just got my note 2 & noticed a small discoloration in the volume button as shown in the picture.
Everything is working perfectly
Is it worth the return?
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Imo I wouldnt. Something like that wouldnt bother me at all. But thats just me
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suspect32 said:
Imo I wouldnt. Something like that wouldnt bother me at all. But thats just me
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+1

If it doesn't really require lots of hassle, i would ask for a swap.

If I bought it at a store, I would return it.

It will definitely go back first thing in the morning as I just found that the theft side of the screen is waaaay to unresponsive to the spen.
Thank you guys.

Dr.Mcq said:
It will definitely go back first thing in the morning as I just found that the theft side of the screen is waaaay to unresponsive to the spen.
Thank you guys.
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Guess what. ..theyre all not ve r y sensitive on the side of the screen with spen. Mines like they and multiple people have Reported this.
Search for spen sensitivity and you'll see what I mean
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ssCISengineer said:
Guess what. ..theyre all not ve r y sensitive on the side of the screen with spen. Mines like they and multiple people have Reported this.
Search for spen sensitivity and you'll see what I mean
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I know what you mean. My issue is different... attached is a picture showing the problem. I've tried 4 spens & 3 out of 4 showed the same problem

Oh now I understand..... Yes that's unacceptable
Return immediately
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I would return it ...
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mrufokid said:
I would return it ...
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already on its way back

Holy crapola that sucks! I was gonna say (before I read all the way down) that I'm so anal with my stuff that I'd return it in a heartbeat. Now that I see the sensitivity issue I'd obviously return it like you did. Hopefully that doesn't ruin your opinion of the Note 2 though, because it's a truly awesome phone! I've had mine for a few weeks now and I don't know what I'd do without it anymore!
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Well, I'm a huge fan of the note concept & I know that Samsung's quality control is very very good but sometimes you get a lemon & you have to deal with it.

I guess I'm just fortunate I never have these issues....how did you purchase in store. ...yet its later outside the store you notice something you SHOULD have noticed at time of purchase.............doesn't everyone inspect their device prior to paying and leaving. As far as the s-pen issues people should adjust their settings mines works just fine you have to tweak the sensitivity to your own UNIQUE handwriting style
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bipoler said:
yet its later outside the store you notice something you SHOULD have noticed at time of purchase.............doesn't everyone inspect their device prior to paying and leaving.
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bipoler: Sometimes new gadget owners fall victim to the so-called Gollum syndrome: their eyes enlarge, their skintone dulls and greys out, and their cognitive functions are diminished. It can last from a few minutes to a few days, and only the worse failures can stop the symptoms quickly, more subtle defects take longer.

bipoler said:
I guess I'm just fortunate I never have these issues....how did you purchase in store. ...yet its later outside the store you notice something you SHOULD have noticed at time of purchase.............doesn't everyone inspect their device prior to paying and leaving. As far as the s-pen issues people should adjust their settings mines works just fine
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Well I got my unit online from timo's website. Once I got the device 18 hours later it was on its way back. The spen issue is not just a less sensitive area... its a deadzone which the device just does not register anything.
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Discontinued Verizon Nexus what now?

So Verizon discontinued the Nexus today, and I was wondering what I would get if my phone was replaced by insurance through Verizon?

They might still have refurbished ones but ones those are dome they will offer u a different phone. No idea what.
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Well, I need $60 till I can buy a Nexus 4. Should have one in a couple weeks.
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Smokeey said:
Well, I need $60 till I can buy a Nexus 4. Should have one in a couple weeks.
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If they ever come back in stock for longer than an hour.
Since Verizon kick the gnex out, I wonder if Verizon is going to sweep your 4.2.1 update under the rug and act like they forgot about it.
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Esteway.619 said:
They might still have refurbished ones but ones those are dome they will offer u a different phone. No idea what.
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Heh, NOW you can REALLY forget about that android 4.2.x update for your GNEX....

That's what I was thinking too. Or we may not see for ungodly amount of time.

Doctor Dedroid said:
Heh, NOW you can REALLY forget about that android 4.2.x update for your GNEX....
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I really don't care if Verizon release it or not. Ive had 4.2.1 since it came out. I don't care if its not official or not. Lol.
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Esteway.619 said:
I really don't care if Verizon release it or not. Ive had 4.2.1 since it came out. I don't care if its not official or not. Lol.
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exactly, it's not like verizons going to bring anything groundbreaking out with the official 4.2.1 release, so really, who cares? i feel bad for the people who aren't into messing with their gnexs being stuck on 4.1.1 because verizons being a bunch of douches. as far as i'm concerned, i'm keeping this phone till it dies, and i might even buy another gnex after this one, as long as development is still rolling with it.

About two weeks ago I got mine replaced by verizon due to my phone having charging issues. I went into the store, didn't call before hand.
I had flashed back to stock before i went in. Told the girl there that it wasnt charging right and i have multiple batteries and they all do the same. she went to look up on some database if others were reporting similar issues (there were none). after giving her my phone number and 5 minutes later she said a replacement is on the way and to mail my old one back in the same box (shipping was paid for)
I was very pleased by how quick and painless it all was. She never touched or looked at my phone at all and asked hardly any questions. my phone also had a chip in the screen (about 2 cm at the bottom right, no cracks though)
the replacement phone had a sticker saying "like new" replacement but it was absolutely pristine. absolutely 100% perfect cosmetically and works great as ever (screen colors seemed better than my original one imo).

As with my luck with CNL devices, I've had nothing but problems with them from Verizon,GNex included. Hope you got a good one.