4.0.3

[stabbedintheface]

I'm not sure if I want a phone that has a very loud vibrator. Could cause some awkward moments which could lead to some awkward stares.

I agree...vibration is supposed to be subtle. I remember my old black berries that simply vibrated so loud that it was basically a ring tone...

 

[tntdroid]

4.0.3 feels the same. Guessing that when 4.0.3 really hits the nexus it will change up a few things for the better.

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[majiklantrn]

4.0.3 feels the same. Guessing that when 4.0.3 really hits the nexus it will change up a few things for the better.
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The video/camera more stable? Also there was some graphic improvements.

 

[Premium1]

4.0.3 feels the same. Guessing that when 4.0.3 really hits the nexus it will change up a few things for the better.
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Where did you get 4.0.3 from?

 

[tntdroid]

Where did you get 4.0.3 from?

Magic! I'm on Pete's bugless beast rom. Its super clean and fast and on 4.0.3.

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[evrafter]

This vibration setting is for haptic feedback, not the phone in general. The problem is that the vibrator in the phone itself is weak, not the length of the vibration (which is what that setting controls). With my old Droid X, I could hear the phone vibrating from two rooms away when I got a text message. This one, I sometimes miss it vibrating when I'm in the same room with it. And forget about feeling it vibrating when it's in my pocket.

This is a small gripe, mind you, and not something I can't live with. The phone is leaps and bounds better than the Droid X.

As far as 4.0.3 goes, the only reason I want it is so that the NFC formatting problem is fixed (I heard it is).

Shoot dang. I thought it helped. Must have been me switching lite flow to three long vibrates that did the trick.

 

[mozy]

Magic! I'm on Pete's bugless beast rom. Its super clean and fast and on 4.0.3.

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I was thinking of flashing a 4.0.3 ROM this weekend (it will be my first custom ROM ever). Does the Bugless Beast ROM have the new radios in it? I'm having signal issues and I want to see if the new radios will fix it.

 

[tacticalfats]

While I'm all for a better battery and sharper pictures, I need to point out that you didn't buy a mobile phone. You bought a mobile computer. Giant screens and tons of features are traded off with battery life. I remember reading MIT or some school had made giant battery advancements. Maybe in 2 years battery life won't be an issue, but for now, that is the trade off.

My "mobile computer" droid X had far superior battery life doing the same things, in the same area, under the same circumstances (4g toggled off).

ICS is leaps and bounds better, as far as user experience and features go. Saying the Gnex is "leaps and bounds better", with all the bugs, signal drops, and battery issues, may be a bit premature.

 

[VideoEngineerAJS]

My "mobile computer" droid X had far superior battery life doing the same things, in the same area, under the same circumstances (4g toggled off).

ICS is leaps and bounds better, as far as user experience and features go. Saying the Gnex is "leaps and bounds better", with all the bugs, signal drops, and battery issues, may be a bit premature.

1. The Droid X doesn't have a Super AMOLED HD screen.
2. The Droid X screen is only 4.3 inches instead of 4.65 inches.
3. The Droid X is only a single core processor running at 1GHZ where as the GN is dual core at 1.2GHZ

I know that the thought is that the dual core should be a battery saver, but I'm not sure how true that is. The radio issue could be the cause of "battery issues" and the new radios may help, but I'm getting much better battery life than I ever had on my Thunderbolt.

 

[twindragons187]

i too am getting alot better battery then my thunderbolt. i can get 12hrs easy on my gnex, with my bolt, i always had a charger bc i would need it half way through the day

 

[VideoEngineerAJS]

I was thinking of flashing a 4.0.3 ROM this weekend (it will be my first custom ROM ever). Does the Bugless Beast ROM have the new radios in it? I'm having signal issues and I want to see if the new radios will fix it.

Based off his screenshot, it doesn't look like that ROM has the new radios as he has the same radios I do. I think the new radios are I515.09 V.EK06 / I515.EK04

 

[Premium1]

Based off his screenshot, it doesn't look like that ROM has the new radios as he has the same radios I do. I think the new radios are I515.09 V.EK06 / I515.EK04

Those are the new radios.

 

[mozy]

Based off his screenshot, it doesn't look like that ROM has the new radios as he has the same radios I do. I think the new radios are I515.09 V.EK06 / I515.EK04

In the ROM area someone told me none of the new ROMS have it, it is separate flash. There are instructions how to do it here: http://www.droid-life.com/2011/12/21/download-new-ek06-and-ek04-radios-and-bootloader-for-the-galaxy-nexus/ I'm gonna try it this weekend.

 

[tacticalfats]

1. The Droid X doesn't have a Super AMOLED HD screen.
2. The Droid X screen is only 4.3 inches instead of 4.65 inches.
3. The Droid X is only a single core processor running at 1GHZ where as the GN is dual core at 1.2GHZ

I know that the thought is that the dual core should be a battery saver, but I'm not sure how true that is. The radio issue could be the cause of "battery issues" and the new radios may help, but I'm getting much better battery life than I ever had on my Thunderbolt.

The screen is irrelevant. I leave my Gnex on overnight in aircraft mode, it loses ~20%. My X has been sitting here in aircraft mode for well over a week and it's lost 50%.

I'll never buy an HTC again. I picked up a Dinc to try on craigslist. That battery sucked almost as bad as the Gnex. I can only imagine how bad the thunderbolt must be.

 

[praytorain]

The screen is irrelevant. I leave my Gnex on overnight in aircraft mode, it loses ~20%. My X has been sitting here in aircraft mode for well over a week and it's lost 50%.

I'll never buy an HTC again. I picked up a Dinc to try on craigslist. That battery sucked almost as bad as the Gnex. I can only imagine how bad the thunderbolt must be.

Battery life messages always crack me up. If I left my phone in airplane mode then I am sure the screen is irrelevant, along with almost every feature of a phone. I used a Droid X while waiting on the GNex. It's battery life was no better with normal use for me. In fact it was slightly worse. But I could put myself in a different scenario and it would get better. Apples to Oranges, there is no real comparison. You have to figure out what you need to do to make it better. For example the WIFI on the Droid X would never automatically connect to the Cisco WIFI I have at work (where I also get very weak cell signal with Verizon). This caused major battery drain when I didn't remember to turn on and off the WIFI on the phone as apps tried to sync on 1x when it could find it. Every scenario for everybody is different.

BTW my GNex is getting better battery than my co-workers IPhone 4S who sits right beside me at work. Like comparing Apples to Oranges, doesn't work.

 

[tacticalfats]

I'm referencing an older device to a 'state of the art' device, under the same operating conditions.

Obviously, there's issues with the battery life of the Gnex. Dozens of threads with hundreds of posts on numerous forums would tend to support this conclusion.

 

[VideoEngineerAJS]

I'm referencing an older device to a 'state of the art' device, under the same operating conditions.

Obviously, there's issues with the battery life of the Gnex. Dozens of threads with hundreds of posts on numerous forums would tend to support this conclusion.

Exactly, as the previous poster said, Apples and Oranges. An older device has had multiple updates to improve things... wait for it... such as BATTERY LIFE.

 

[jpbass7]

Hmm...odd. Did you send those through a music editor or buy and download to phone? Perhaps audacity raises the volume?? I know that when I encode, it encodes at 320 quality. Perhaps thats the difference?

Most purchased/downloaded music tracks are already normalized to ~0dB, while many ringtones I've found are not. That's one reason I started making my own ringtones. Audio editors typically don't make level adjustments on their own (I'm sure Audacity doesn't). Once I've edited the track the way I want, I normalize to 0dB, getting it as loud as I can without introducing distortion. Encoder quality doesn't affect level, either. It really comes down to the level of the source and any level changes you make on your own.

 

[alex dds]

Does anyone have an idea of what 4.0.3 will fix? Bluetooth, signal issues, battery life? I have been having issues with my bluetooth connecting to my FlexsmartX2. It use to work, but now it doesn't. :'(

 

[alex dds]

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