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Overall, I am very pleased with the Galaxy Nexus.
Would anybody know if there is a way on the stock phone launcher to delete individual contacts from recent calls / recently called? On my DroidX i would press and hold and an option would come up to delete the call from recent calls. This isn't the case on the GN. Maybe there is another way?
Would anybody know if there is a way on the stock phone launcher to delete individual contacts from recent calls / recently called? On my DroidX i would press and hold and an option would come up to delete the call from recent calls. This isn't the case on the GN. Maybe there is another way?
I'm having text to speech problems
I recently installed Light Flow so I could change the style of LED notifications. After I installed this app, I noticed that text to speech seems to be enabled and my web browser starts reciting the articles or news or any website I'm browsing, and it's incredibly annoying.
Is this happening to anyone else and if so were you able to fix it or does anyone know how to fix text to speech / turn it completely off??
Thanks
I recently installed Light Flow so I could change the style of LED notifications. After I installed this app, I noticed that text to speech seems to be enabled and my web browser starts reciting the articles or news or any website I'm browsing, and it's incredibly annoying.
Is this happening to anyone else and if so were you able to fix it or does anyone know how to fix text to speech / turn it completely off??
Thanks
In the call log, tap the log entry (not the contact icon or call button), opens up a new page. Hit the menu button up top, "Remove from call log".
As for me, the only issue I've had with my Nexus has been slight vertical banding when it's dim on auto-brightness or manual. Not something I'll notice in day to day use.
Also another thing I won't notice or use anytime, but in Developer options when I check "Show screen updates" the whole screen basically has seizures all the time. I don't have any use for this option but it's something I found.
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Try and go into settings>accessibility and make sure in the area that says Talkback, you have that switched off.
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BUGS. Voice dictation sucks in browser, as in never accurate. Whilst navigating, phone rebooted on 3g/4g handoff, boo. I know, software solutions are comming. Upside, the curved glass is staying curved making this phone scream first class Nexus. I like my software the way it is intended to be, stay away second hand skin/bloat.
When applying picture to contact profiles, the options that pop up have text that is being chopped off at the top by the specific options "icon."
Just fine in Verizon store. But here at home, where I usually had 3 bars on 3G I have only 1 on 4G at best but most of the time it drops to 3G with only 1 bar, occasionally 2. Very disappointed. Here is something else. This is the last phone I will buy without a removable Memory card- or at least a way to partition part of internal storage as one. It shows up on file managers as an SD card but I had some word and excel files on there. Today, trying to get 4G to work, tech support had me do a factory reset and I find that those files are erased as well. I backed up apps and data but the files did not come back. I may stick with this phone, but if I had known this to this degree going in, I would have waited to upgrade. Luckily I still have copies of the files on the SD card in my Fascinate.
Same problem here, and I am using Windows XP SP3. I wanted to transfer lots of mp3, mp4, and jpg's to test resolution and video quality. I plug into usb port, I can see the files on my pc, copy them, but when I go to right click to paste them the option is not there. I can see the galaxy nexus files, I just can't paste anything in the folders from my PC.
Summary of current issues of GN
First of all, I want to comment that I came from HTC Thunderbolt. Before that, I used D1 and DX.
I have seen many reviews and comments about the performance of GN during the last two days, and wanted to comment my personal opinion on them.
1. Low Signal Strength: Yes, this seems to exist. I still have three more Thunderbolt in my family and was able to compare signal strength of my GN with others. There is obvious signal strength difference between my GN (averaging between 90 and 105dBm) and my other Thunderbolts (averaging between 80 and 90dBm), at the same location, same time. Signal bars are also one or two bars lower, but as most of you are aware, I really don't care for the number of bars. Speedtest results also shows not much difference. At the same time, same location, same server, difference of the speed was negligible. Of course, test results were variable and I don't think we can simply rely on this.
=> Ok. It DOES SEEM LIKE THE SIGNAL STRENGTH IS WEAKER. Am I going to be worried about it? Maybe. Will this be a deal breaker? Not for me. I experienced the exact same problem when I started using my Thunderbolt. Thunderbolt also didn't have a decent signal strength and reliability to lock on 4G at its earlier baseband (a.k.a. radio software). There have been many upgrades of its baseband so far, and it seem a lot more reliable now. I believe that, though radio itself is hardware property and any hardware fault (if there is any) may limit its improvement, I am confident that there will be some improvement of signal strength in the future on my GN. Plus, I still don't have any problem locking on my 4G, browsing internet, downloading audio/video at this moment.
2. Poor battery life: Unlike many others on the foum, I am not worried about this battery life at all. Maybe because I came from my Thunderbolt, I guess. If you came from D1, D2, DX, or other 3G phones to GN, please consider that 4G drains battery almost as twice as it used to with 3G. When using 4G, being at the fringe area especially guzzle your juice. Also, screen is another factor. 1280x720 resolution will surely eat up more juice than 840x480, from GPU and AMOLED itself. Also, in AMOLED, brighter colored screen consume significant amount than darker colored screen (not just brightness itself, but also colors).
=>Considering these two factors (4G & resolution), I already expected that 1800mAh would show pretty much the same usage time as my previous Thunderbolt. I was right. My GN is showing exactly the same usage time as I expected. This can be variable depending on your usage habit, though. Try to turn off data while sleep mode. There are many ways to do that (Ex: Juice Defender, etc). Try to stay with Wifi when available. Try to use darker colored background. Try to use automatic brightness function. Good habit will probably improve your time almost twice. At least, it did in my case. There is possibility that this battery life also may improve in the future with update from Google. How much? Unfortunately, it is not much as some other member mentioned previously. But, considering that this is a newly announced machine, I surely expect some improvement in the nearest future.
3. Screen: I see many members complaining about the screen of GN. Though it took a while for me with mine, I am totally fine with the screen of my GN. Many of complaints I heard so far were the nature of AMOLED display (Ex: blue hue). Of course, Each display may be different and there might be some units with out of average characteristics. Some units may have extra bluish than others. Some units may have stronger vertical/horizontal lines showing up at the darkest brightness.
=>If you feel that your unit is out of ordinary screen, I suggest you try getting a replacement. If you think the replacement unit or other people's GN also looks the same, you might want to go with a different model with IPS display. AMOLED may not be a good fit for you. For me, this is my first experience with AMOLED. I felt a little bit of weirdness at the beginning. However, I am getting used to it now. I don't seem to have any out of ordinary characteristics on my GN's display, fortunately.
4. Speaker Volume: Fortunately, I couldn't experience this with my GN at all. Comparing with my three other Thunderbolts, Speaker volume of my GN is just about the same. However, since many other members were complaining about it, it seems like some units have weaker speaker than expected by their owners. I admit that the default ringtone and notification tone of GN sounds a little bit soft, though. After changing it to my own ringtones, I have not experienced any issue so far. Plus, I believe that an app called "Volume+" does the trick for those who are experiencing troubles.
=> If the Volume+ makes the speaker louder, it also means that the software update could do that, too. So, I will see how it goes with the 4.0.3 update. Also, let me remind you (if you came from D1 or DX), D1 and DX have relatively louder speaker than any other android phones I have experienced so far.
As stated above, all four of currently discussed issues didn't stop me from keeping my GN. I personally experience some other issues, such as US file transfer problem and Bluetooth audio streaming trouble, both of which were solved on the same day of my GN purchase.
Let me remind you once again that this is purely my personal experience and opinion. Since every phone is different, there will be people who are experiencing these issues heavier than others. I believe I am at the lucky side of people. Those who are experiencing issue obviously deserve to complain about them. I just wanted to give those people a little bit of heads up about what they could possibly get about their GNs, and what they could expect about their GNs in the future. I also wanted to remind people that some of their complaints were the nature of some technologies applied to this phone model. For those, maybe you had better get used to it. What if you can't? No biggie. You can always simply walk away from your choice and get a differnt phone, such as Rezound or RAZR, by January 15, 2012.
First of all, I want to comment that I came from HTC Thunderbolt. Before that, I used D1 and DX.
I have seen many reviews and comments about the performance of GN during the last two days, and wanted to comment my personal opinion on them.
1. Low Signal Strength: Yes, this seems to exist. I still have three more Thunderbolt in my family and was able to compare signal strength of my GN with others. There is obvious signal strength difference between my GN (averaging between 90 and 105dBm) and my other Thunderbolts (averaging between 80 and 90dBm), at the same location, same time. Signal bars are also one or two bars lower, but as most of you are aware, I really don't care for the number of bars. Speedtest results also shows not much difference. At the same time, same location, same server, difference of the speed was negligible. Of course, test results were variable and I don't think we can simply rely on this.
=> Ok. It DOES SEEM LIKE THE SIGNAL STRENGTH IS WEAKER. Am I going to be worried about it? Maybe. Will this be a deal breaker? Not for me. I experienced the exact same problem when I started using my Thunderbolt. Thunderbolt also didn't have a decent signal strength and reliability to lock on 4G at its earlier baseband (a.k.a. radio software). There have been many upgrades of its baseband so far, and it seem a lot more reliable now. I believe that, though radio itself is hardware property and any hardware fault (if there is any) may limit its improvement, I am confident that there will be some improvement of signal strength in the future on my GN. Plus, I still don't have any problem locking on my 4G, browsing internet, downloading audio/video at this moment.
2. Poor battery life: Unlike many others on the foum, I am not worried about this battery life at all. Maybe because I came from my Thunderbolt, I guess. If you came from D1, D2, DX, or other 3G phones to GN, please consider that 4G drains battery almost as twice as it used to with 3G. When using 4G, being at the fringe area especially guzzle your juice. Also, screen is another factor. 1280x720 resolution will surely eat up more juice than 840x480, from GPU and AMOLED itself. Also, in AMOLED, brighter colored screen consume significant amount than darker colored screen (not just brightness itself, but also colors).
=>Considering these two factors (4G & resolution), I already expected that 1800mAh would show pretty much the same usage time as my previous Thunderbolt. I was right. My GN is showing exactly the same usage time as I expected. This can be variable depending on your usage habit, though. Try to turn off data while sleep mode. There are many ways to do that (Ex: Juice Defender, etc). Try to stay with Wifi when available. Try to use darker colored background. Try to use automatic brightness function. Good habit will probably improve your time almost twice. At least, it did in my case. There is possibility that this battery life also may improve in the future with update from Google. How much? Unfortunately, it is not much as some other member mentioned previously. But, considering that this is a newly announced machine, I surely expect some improvement in the nearest future.
3. Screen: I see many members complaining about the screen of GN. Though it took a while for me with mine, I am totally fine with the screen of my GN. Many of complaints I heard so far were the nature of AMOLED display (Ex: blue hue). Of course, Each display may be different and there might be some units with out of average characteristics. Some units may have extra bluish than others. Some units may have stronger vertical/horizontal lines showing up at the darkest brightness.
=>If you feel that your unit is out of ordinary screen, I suggest you try getting a replacement. If you think the replacement unit or other people's GN also looks the same, you might want to go with a different model with IPS display. AMOLED may not be a good fit for you. For me, this is my first experience with AMOLED. I felt a little bit of weirdness at the beginning. However, I am getting used to it now. I don't seem to have any out of ordinary characteristics on my GN's display, fortunately.
4. Speaker Volume: Fortunately, I couldn't experience this with my GN at all. Comparing with my three other Thunderbolts, Speaker volume of my GN is just about the same. However, since many other members were complaining about it, it seems like some units have weaker speaker than expected by their owners. I admit that the default ringtone and notification tone of GN sounds a little bit soft, though. After changing it to my own ringtones, I have not experienced any issue so far. Plus, I believe that an app called "Volume+" does the trick for those who are experiencing troubles.
=> If the Volume+ makes the speaker louder, it also means that the software update could do that, too. So, I will see how it goes with the 4.0.3 update. Also, let me remind you (if you came from D1 or DX), D1 and DX have relatively louder speaker than any other android phones I have experienced so far.
As stated above, all four of currently discussed issues didn't stop me from keeping my GN. I personally experience some other issues, such as US file transfer problem and Bluetooth audio streaming trouble, both of which were solved on the same day of my GN purchase.
Let me remind you once again that this is purely my personal experience and opinion. Since every phone is different, there will be people who are experiencing these issues heavier than others. I believe I am at the lucky side of people. Those who are experiencing issue obviously deserve to complain about them. I just wanted to give those people a little bit of heads up about what they could possibly get about their GNs, and what they could expect about their GNs in the future. I also wanted to remind people that some of their complaints were the nature of some technologies applied to this phone model. For those, maybe you had better get used to it. What if you can't? No biggie. You can always simply walk away from your choice and get a differnt phone, such as Rezound or RAZR, by January 15, 2012.
Re: What little problems do u notice with your Nexus?
Thanks buddy, couldn't be happier. SwiftKey works awesome.
Thanks buddy, couldn't be happier. SwiftKey works awesome.
Re: What little problems do u notice with your Nexus?
The main issue i have is in the youtube app the video will buffer a few times.Its happened on wifi at home and on 4g.My tbolt never had this problem.Pretty annoying.Other than that,no issues
The main issue i have is in the youtube app the video will buffer a few times.Its happened on wifi at home and on 4g.My tbolt never had this problem.Pretty annoying.Other than that,no issues
Re: What little problems do u notice with your Nexus?
Im having issues charging mine. It will discharge if plugged into the wall and the screen is on. This will be a major issue since I plan to use this as a GPS on my trip to North Carolina (driving up from Florida). If the wall charger can't keep it charged, the car charger sure as hell won't be able to. Killed the phone today in 6 hours... my thunderbolt with the same apps installed lasts 10 (custom kernel).
Im having issues charging mine. It will discharge if plugged into the wall and the screen is on. This will be a major issue since I plan to use this as a GPS on my trip to North Carolina (driving up from Florida). If the wall charger can't keep it charged, the car charger sure as hell won't be able to. Killed the phone today in 6 hours... my thunderbolt with the same apps installed lasts 10 (custom kernel).
Re: What little problems do u notice with your Nexus?
Sometimes my device takes quite a bit of time to switch between landscape and portrait modes.
Sometimes my device takes quite a bit of time to switch between landscape and portrait modes.
Just used mine as a GPS on about a 3 and a half hour trip, and had it plugged in the entire time. Was at 100 percent when we arrived
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Re: What little problems do u notice with your Nexus?
My issues are the music app opening other apps and when i have a headset plugged in, notification sounds still go through the external speaker. My X would funnel it through the headset and be silet to the world. Not sure if this is a bug or a "feature."
My issues are the music app opening other apps and when i have a headset plugged in, notification sounds still go through the external speaker. My X would funnel it through the headset and be silet to the world. Not sure if this is a bug or a "feature."
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