Thinking of selling my Gnex after 2 weeks of using it

[android010]

I waited so long for this phone and hoped that it would satisfy my needs

Well, it is one of the top SUPER-phones today


It is really amazing and technically better than any other phone in the market




HOWEVER




I charged it THREE times today and it asks me to connect the charger now


I bought a pure google phone yet I am still on 4.0.1 while nexus s the phone of last year has 4.0.3, come on google ????? wf



The screen is really really big. I mean very huge. It is hard to use the phone with one hand especially if your hands are small

My headphones never worked properly with the phone even the ones that came with the phone still has some issues


The apps are really far far worse than the ones on the app store honestly speaking


I really HATE the people app




I do not use and if someone know how to disable it, please tell




The community of android fans are really super smart and they never help ya not like iphone users who really enjoy helping each other with EASY TO UNDERSTAND steps

 

[anon(52425)]

Careful. I mentioned I returned mine and it seemed to get some sand up some users...well you know.

 

[anon(52425)]

I waited so long for this phone and hoped that it would satisfy my needs

Well, it is one of the top SUPER-phones today


It is really amazing and technically better than any other phone in the market




HOWEVER




I charged it THREE times today and it asks me to connect the charger now


I bought a pure google phone yet I am still on 4.0.1 while nexus s the phone of last year has 4.0.3, come on google ????? wf



The screen is really really big. I mean very huge. It is hard to use the phone with one hand especially if your hands are small

My headphones never worked properly with the phone even the ones that came with the phone still has some issues


The apps are really far far worse than the ones on the app store honestly speaking


I really HATE the people app




I do not use and if someone know how to disable it, please tell




The community of android fans are really super smart and they never help ya not like iphone users who really enjoy helping each other with EASY TO UNDERSTAND steps

Nevermind. You're making a comparison to the iPhone.

 

[android010]

Where is that? only in my last sentence



Thank you any way for proving my last point

 

[dude9000]

Sorry to hear about your experience. Do your headphones cut out or just not work at all? Not sure why your battery is draining so fast. I use a data toggle widget to shut off 3g and 4g when I am not using it. This really seems to help my battery life

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[dude9000]

This is the one that I use
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.farproc.data.enabler
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[android010]

Sorry to hear about your experience. Do your headphones cut out or just not work at all? Not sure why your battery is draining so fast. I use a data toggle widget to shut off 3g and 4g when I am not using it. This really seems to help my battery life

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usually after i use the headphones, the music app never stops unless i shut off the phone


thanks

 

[android010]

This is the one that I use
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.farproc.data.enabler
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i will try that

 

[dude9000]

Also make sure your GPS, Bluetooth and wifi are off when not being used. There is a widget called "power control" that was included with the phone that allows you toggle them on and off.

It is the widget at the top of my screen shown here. Very handy

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[elvisgp]

Well everyone has their own opinions. Maybe the gnex isn't for u. My battery life is great. Make sure that u don't have 4g on all if the time. That will really kill the battery. I always keep mine either on wifi or on cdma only. I don't get 4g in my area anyway. Also make sure u don't have accounts syncing very often, this will also kill the battery. If u go to settings then into accounts, u can select the stuff u want to sync. Also, don't keep ur brightness all the way up. Keep it at at least 50-60%. These tips should make your battery last longer. Hope I helped.

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[Johnbibbs]

Every time I have sold my Nexi in the past I have almost instantly regretted it. I will be keeping my GN until the next Nexus. But if you aren't happy then get what will please you. Bottom line is you have to enjoy what you use.

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus

 

[chmarny]

Let me start by saying that neither the GNex not ICS are perfect. But, other than the camera (too low rez) I think everything else is addressable by software upgrades. Give it a few more weeks I say.

 

[Dcronin05]

Where is that? only in my last sentence



Thank you any way for proving my last point

Being offended that you characterized the entire android community as unhelpful proves your point? Riiiiight.....

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[0pusX]

I went from 100% batt to 63% batt in just over 3 hrs and that was with 3G (CDMA only) turned on. Also the only 2 apps I had on the phone were Facebook and twitter.

I am returning mine and will likely get a razr. I don't root or anything anyway so that part doesn't bother me.

 

[0pusX]

Oh and I strongly disagree because I have gotten help from MANY members on these forums.

 

[Dcronin05]

This might be entirely in my head but I remember thinking that the battery life was horrible when I first got my GN but it seems to have improved considerably. Almost as if the battery life improves after a few full charges and discharges. I will say that the standby time of all android phones I've had beside the OG droid have been horrible. Of course I run many widgets and always set my sync rates very high. But my point is that you may just need to "break it in" a little more.

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[android010]

Also make sure your GPS, Bluetooth and wifi are off when not being used. There is a widget called "power control" that was included with the phone that allows you toggle them on and off. Click to view quoted image
It is the widget at the top of my screen shown here. Very handy

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Yeah I always have them all turned off except syncing one day of my gmail account and the brightness set as auto

 

[android010]

Well everyone has their own opinions. Maybe the gnex isn't for u. My battery life is great. Make sure that u don't have 4g on all if the time. That will really kill the battery. I always keep mine either on wifi or on cdma only. I don't get 4g in my area anyway. Also make sure u don't have accounts syncing very often, this will also kill the battery. If u go to settings then into accounts, u can select the stuff u want to sync. Also, don't keep ur brightness all the way up. Keep it at at least 50-60%. These tips should make your battery last longer. Hope I helped.

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mine is gsm. No 4g for me :'(

 

[android010]

Every time I have sold my Nexi in the past I have almost instantly regretted it. I will be keeping my GN until the next Nexus. But if you aren't happy then get what will please you. Bottom line is you have to enjoy what you use.

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus

thank you

 

[android010]

Let me start by saying that neither the GNex not ICS are perfect. But, other than the camera (too low rez) I think everything else is addressable by software upgrades. Give it a few more weeks I say.

I hope that I could get the updates quicker