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hey thinking about getting a galaxy nexus can anyone point me in the way of a good rom

Paranoid android is the way to go
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sounds amazing
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Paranoid android is the way to go
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nice thanks

But look around cause pa may not be for u but I definitely like it
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when you get the device, try them all
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bostonbassman78 said:
But look around cause pa may not be for u but I definitely like it
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yea i have heard a few things about it i have a few friends using it now

bk201doesntexist said:
when you get the device, try them all
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seems legit

bk201doesntexist said:
when you get the device, try them all
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Lol that's what u did when I got my nexus .
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caucasianamerican said:
hey thinking about getting a galaxy nexus can anyone point me in the way of a good rom
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Stock is pretty good too
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ac3theone said:
Stock is pretty good too
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There is no fun in that though
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Isn't there another nexus coming in Dec?
Why not wait?
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All of the ROMs are the best for somebody. You just have to find out which one is best for you. It's a DIY project by nature.

untruestory said:
Isn't there another nexus coming in Dec?
Why not wait?
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No ones really sure if there is but he can upgrade his HTC evo for a Gnex for like 100$ so I told him go for it
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Because I can get the old one for 99 bucks and the new nexus is sure to be over 500 dollars and being as I am a single dad in limited income I can deal w the old one but thanks I didn't know a new one was even comming out lol
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How can I stick it to the man if my warranty isn't void?
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caucasianamerican said:
How can I stick it to the man if my warranty isn't void?
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Roflmao
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CM10 probably the most popular out of all the galaxy nexus roms an constantly updated an kept current.

slayr76 said:
CM10 probably the most popular out of all the galaxy nexus roms an constantly updated an kept current.
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This is true
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well, yeah, that's what I feel like writing, because it's such a pointless question. you want to know what people use more? check number of pages of every rom thread and you'll know what most people are using. same with kernels. then read those threads, get the device, and enjoy flashing from day 1 you get the device, already knowing before hand what is it that you can expect (approximately, since, most of all, every device is different) from X release of X rom or kernel.
not to mention that must be there like lot's of threads on this theme, and that's it's a rather subjective/personal one.

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Official launch for nexus!!!!

Now with the official launch of the nexus tomorrow. I'm ready to get ics on my nexus s 4g. I've tried the roms but they have too many issues for my liking. I'm not raking anything away from them. I just want a good ics rom
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eh..can u point to me where it says official launch tomorrow???
the only official launch will be for the MIUI but thats not Google
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eh..can u point to me where it says official launch tomorrow???
the only official launch will be for the MIUI but thats not Google
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No the GN is launched at verizon tomorrow maybe we will get the OTA friday.. (i hope)
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Now with the official launch of the nexus tomorrow. I'm ready to get ics on my nexus s 4g. I've tried the roms but they have too many issues for my liking. I'm not raking anything away from them. I just want a good ics rom
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No issues on oICS and the release won't do anything for us as far as i'm aware I could be wrong
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really? what the hell is this? someone close this thread?
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eh..can u point to me where it says official launch tomorrow???
the only official launch will be for the MIUI but thats not Google
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Here it goes
http://phandroid.com/2011/12/14/official-samsung-galaxy-nexus-available-from-verizon-dec-15-for-299/
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here is a link
http://phandroid.com/2011/12/14/official-samsung-galaxy-nexus-available-from-verizon-dec-15-for-299/
I am too late
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Here it goes
http://phandroid.com/2011/12/14/official-samsung-galaxy-nexus-available-from-verizon-dec-15-for-299/
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Here's another. http://blogs.computerworld.com/19378/verizon_galaxy_nexus_release_date?source=rss_blogs
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Here's another. http://blogs.computerworld.com/19378/verizon_galaxy_nexus_release_date?source=rss_blogs
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again..we are in the nexus S forum ...not galaxy Nexus.
no where it says official ICS announced for nexus S coming tomorrow??
I hope friday
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nandihno said:
again..we are in the nexus S forum ...not galaxy Nexus.
no where it says official ICS announced for nexus S coming tomorrow??
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I know where in a nexus s forum..... the nexus is relaased tomorrow then the ics should be coming out for the nexus s soon.
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Thanks for a whole new thread about ICS ota's! I missed the 627 other threads.
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really? what the hell is this? someone close this thread?
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So close it....oh wait you must not be able to reach from the backseat.
eaguil16 said:
Now with the official launch of the nexus tomorrow. I'm ready to get ics on my nexus s 4g. I've tried the roms but they have too many issues for my liking. I'm not raking anything away from them. I just want a good ics rom
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U do realise this is a nexus s forum not the galaxy nexus forum right?
Now its coming so that means our turn!!!!
Now its sprint turn for the gn
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really???....im soooo dam sick of these galaxy nexus/ ics threads....we dont need 100 of them....PLEASE SOMEONE DELETE!!!!……
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Braneless said:
Thanks for a whole new thread about ICS ota's! I missed the 627 other threads.
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No problem
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FeaRThiS said:
U do realise this is a nexus s forum not the galaxy nexus forum right?
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Please read what I wrote. I did mention the nexus s by the way.
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neo_x22000 said:
really???....im soooo dam sick of these galaxy nexus/ ics threads....we dont need 100 of them....PLEASE SOMEONE DELETE!!!!……
If your sick of these threads why reply? Others may be interested as well
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every dam time i open the general section theres a new ICS/ galaxy nexus thread!!..gets old!!..j dont mind the ICS threads...but there is enough of them..no need to start new ones everyday!!...galaxy nexus news..belongs in galaxy nexus section..the whole nexus s forum is cluttered with the same ics/ g nexus stuff...
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Verizon's Galaxy S3 vs G-Nexus(which is better?)

So i decided to a Comparison/ vs video of the verizon GS3 vs Verizon G-Nexus... you may or may not agree with this video, non-the less im interested in hearing what you have to say... tell me whether im wrong or right? let me hear your side of the story
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fE4NVOvweR4
Your right about the display being better on the gs3 I don't know why Samsung didn't put the same one on the galaxy nexus but if my nexus isn't next to a gs3 then I think my screen is great
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Your right... the only thing that boggles my mind is that ... they both have the same screen technically... so I don't know how the GS3 looks better
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I also think it's a different screen and of course wanted to put the best displays on there own Samsung branded phones. The note also has a better screen than my galaxy nexus
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Samsung has been holding out on Google
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SNNTEC said:
Samsung has been holding out on Google
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Surprised?
Either way, Google didn't want bleeding edge anything in any of the Nexus phones.
Its like comparing Ferrari and BMW, both are awesome, but.. And Nexus is more than 200$ cheaper, so.
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Lol
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SNNTEC said:
Samsung has been holding out on Google
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Nothing new...they did it with the Sii also
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got556 said:
Nothing new...they did it with the Sii also
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Maybe Google should start looking in developing their own hardware instead of depending on another company
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SNNTEC said:
Maybe Google should start looking in developing their own hardware instead of depending on another company
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That'd anger a lot of OEMs.
And put Google in the patent crossfire I'm sure they would like to stay out of.
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dallastx said:
And put Google in the patent crossfire I'm sure they would like to stay out of.
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I'm sure they can figure something out
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Touchwiz makes it look better. Put cm10 on both. Identical
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I thought the Gnex and S3 had the same exact display? Gnex has higher ppi as well. But some reason the S3's does look brighter...
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Duce HD2 said:
I thought the Gnex and S3 had the same exact display? Gnex has higher ppi as well. But some reason the S3's does look brighter...
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They do have the same exact display... but get them both next to each other and see what your eyes tell you..
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Pure hardware GS3 being a pure Google phone GNexus
I'd say go for whatever your taste lies in stock Android or tw. And wallet size lol
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They do have the same exact display... but get them both next to each other and see what your eyes tell you..
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I agree. I just looked at one the other day...crazy. The colors look more vibrant, and even the res looks better.
Galaxy Nexus, I love pure android.
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I'm coming in a bit late here but I have both and am obviously on the nexus due to loving pure droid plus so much more dev support the bootloader was just unlocked on the sgs3 so roms and such are slim pickings at the moment either way though I love this nexus
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This made me lol

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Lol noobs
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iphones are the creation of people with nowhere left to turn
This is one of those moments when I lose faith in humanity...
RoyJ said:
This is one of those moments when I lose faith in humanity...
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hahahah
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdIWKytq_q4&feature=youtube_gdata_player
This pretty much sums it up.
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oh wow lol
phaze one said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdIWKytq_q4&feature=youtube_gdata_player
This pretty much sums it up.
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The world as we know it will end soon
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RoyJ said:
This is one of those moments when I lose faith in humanity...
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You still had faith? How?! :laugh:
lesonal said:
The world as we know it will end soon
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I'm considering starting a project where we colonize the sun. I'm sure all the people in that vid would hop on the rocket.
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phaze one said:
I'm considering starting a project where we colonize the sun. I'm sure all the people in that vid would hop on the rocket.
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If it is made by apple they will definitely be on board.
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lesonal said:
The world as we know it will end soon
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Holding the same phone in both hands and still don't think. Pathetic.
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Wow
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Reason for this is i as in iPhone is also the same first letter I as in iDiots!
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New guy

Just broke my tbolt, got a nexus, looking forward to trying to roor and see whats here!
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Welcome to Nexus world!
I went from the TB to the Nexus. It's a huge improvement! Enjoy!
Thanks! Is rooting diffidult?
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donnyp1 said:
Thanks! Is rooting diffidult?
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Its a dev phone what do u think???lol
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^ Nope, in fact you can even root without unlocking the bootloader and wiping your data
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1894717
Are you the Guy over at Thunderbolt whose TB bit the dust?
Haha welcome, I think more GalNex owners had the Thunderbolt than any other phone, we just got hit so bad with waiting for ICS, none of us want that wait and uncertainty ever again.
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donnyp1 said:
Thanks! Is rooting diffidult?
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Welcome!
I had my nexus for a few months before I did anything and this thread helped a lot! Worth reading: GNEX ToolKit
Yesh, thsts me! Liking this phone, got toolkit installed on pc. Whats a good rom to start with?
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if you adb installed rooting dumb easy on command line
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New here also sold my nexus s it struggled with jelly bean
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simonb255 said:
New here also sold my nexus s it struggled with jelly bean
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What do you mean it struggled? And also, welcome to the forum
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Been playing with it all day, getting a feel for phone and battery. Ive git a 2350 battery in it i believe, and life seems pretty good. It did update to jb, and im amazed how fast phone is. If i had a good secure wifi tether, id almost not root, lol! Nah, i gotta see what this thing will do. Really liking so far though.
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Should i update radios? Runnin liquid now, no 4g.
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Do yourself a favor and if you haven't yet already learn adb and fastboot command lines there is no need for a toolkit for this phone. And to answer your radio question unlike the thunderbolt any radio combination works on any ROM you can update or change radios to see if they help you out but it shouldn't matter if you're getting 4g or not. Plus these roms never include radios..well from what I have seen all the radios can be flashed separately through the bootloader or some people have made flashable zips containing them.
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1. Get Gnex
2. Root/Unlock
3. Flash new radios
4. Flash new bootloader
5. Flash new ROM - I would vouch for Codename Android with Faux's kernel
that's my recommendation plan
Brace yourself, flash addiction is comimg.
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Fire n mage said:
What do you mean it struggled? And also, welcome to the forum
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It probably ran slow, I rooted my buddies nexus s to cm9 final he is much happier
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Finally got my vzw gnex

So I decided to get q gnex off of eBay. So far I like it. I dont need anything high speed and this does all I need.
I look forward to rooting this thing but I need to refresh my use of adb as well as set it up again lol.
I look forward to using this phone for the next while, and hope to maybe add to the community!
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Welcome aboard young padawan :beer:
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knipp21 said:
So I decided to get q gnex off of eBay. So far I like it. I dont need anything high speed and this does all I need.
I look forward to rooting this thing but I need to refresh my use of adb as well as set it up again lol.
I look forward to using this phone for the next while, and hope to maybe add to the community!
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Were you a Dinc2 user before this by chance?
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i got mine off of Ebay a week ago too and its pretty great. the battery life actually had me thinking i got a defective one though, or at least a bad battery. trying to get a good 12 hour day out of it
Same as me. Came from a galaxy s+
Only doubt is if it will be officially supported for the next android version.
But hardware wise, it's still a great phone and has margin of improvements so it will be unofficially supported and running great I guess. Would be nice to know your opinions.
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Nephilim said:
Were you a Dinc2 user before this by chance?
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I pretty sure that's the same fellow (says a former dinc 2 user)
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Same here. Ditched my TBolt and got a Gnex off eBay. Love it!
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Just got mine yesterday. I came from a droid3. Loving it so far, not sure whether to root or wait.
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Nephilim said:
Were you a Dinc2 user before this by chance?
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Sure was! Kinda miss the little thing. Barely getting 6hrs on this thing with stock. Plan on rooting it after vacation.
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knipp21 said:
Sure was! Kinda miss the little thing. Barely getting 6hrs on this thing with stock. Plan on rooting it after vacation.
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I used to be dankblaze over in the Dinc2 section. First thing I recommend when you root is AK Cylon kernels. You get incredible battery with them. I even made specific setting for them that became quite popular.
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Nephilim said:
I used to be dankblaze over in the Dinc2 section. First thing I recommend when you root is AK Cylon kernels. You get incredible battery with them. I even made specific setting for them that became quite popular.
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What are the settings
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You should definitely unlock and root before you go loading it up with apps. Unlocking the boot loader completely wipes it.
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What are the settings
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Links in my signature.
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You should definitely unlock and root before you go loading it up with apps. Unlocking the boot loader completely wipes it.
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Yeah had to do it with the inc2 as well. However, i don't have time to mess with adb I'm pretty rusty...just got back from Afghanistan
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Yeah had to do it with the inc2 as well. However, i don't have time to mess with adb I'm pretty rusty...just got back from Afghanistan
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You can unlock /root all with a one-click tool , took me 5 min when I got mine . definitely easier to do than inc2 check the vzn gnex dev section , its stickied there
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Nephilim said:
Links in my signature.
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Couldn't see the link on the mobile xda version
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knipp21 said:
Yeah had to do it with the inc2 as well. However, i don't have time to mess with adb I'm pretty rusty...just got back from Afghanistan
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Thank you for your service! :thumbup::beer:
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if we get any version of Key Lime Pie this phone was well worth the money. the phone wasn't updated day 1 like the GSM's, but later is better than never. Coming from a droid charge, I love this phone!
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if we get any version of Key Lime Pie this phone was well worth the money. the phone wasn't updated day 1 like the GSM's, but later is better than never. Coming from a droid charge, I love this phone!
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Dont miss my charge one ounce.
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ca.reaper said:
Just got mine yesterday. I came from a droid3. Loving it so far, not sure whether to root or wait.
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how AWFUL was the droid 3? i actually bought this phone to replace my work phone because i just couldn't take it anymore
murso74 said:
how AWFUL was the droid 3? i actually bought this phone to replace my work phone because i just couldn't take it anymore
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Hands down the worst supported phone I owned. I had the og droid before it and switched to my wife's fassy for a bit because I couldn't take it. The fassy was pretty good on helly bean 4.2.2 but much happier with the gnex eve on 4.1.1
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