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[Masheen]

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.

Thanks dude. Yes ive noticed the slight striations when on low settings. It goes away completely when the brightness is turned up. Hey,at least our screen doesnt turn green like the razr on low brightness. Also, the external speaker could be louder.

 

[DroidXcon]

I get a very annoying lag when I exit my app drawer to the home screen. after being in the app drawer for a few seconds and exit to the home screen it will often lag during the transition. It looks horrible when showing phone off to friends. I was able to capture a screen shot. anyone else experience this?
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Evens do you have a list of apps you have installed? most likely having an app that is conflicting, most likely not optimized correctly for ICS

 

[DroidXcon]

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.

there is a permissions problems with some of the folders on the Gnex, the way i worked around this was to create new folder on the Gnex , transfer the files into that folder then unplugging the phone and i use a file manager (i used astro) then moved the files over to the cooresponding folder from there. I am sure a patch will be provided from google soon.

 

[cgbrannen]

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.

coming from Bionic it had nice data saver and battery mode features. Just wondering if anyone has found something similar to that on Nexus. You mentioned Juice Defender. I thought someone told me those apps were not good for your phone (well at least BIonic) bc it conflicted w/ Task Manager. I was wondering if it is ok to download Battery Saver apps onto Nexus and if so which ones? When phone is in sleep mode does data turn off automatically???

 

[jim2112]

I made a folder with Astro, it still would not let me move a .mp4 file. It acts like it will, then gives me a warning saying the phone does not support this type of file. It gives me 3 choices, skip this file, skip all files, or cancel. I was however able to transfer .mp3 files. I was also able to transfer .mp3 files to the pre installed music folder too. I downloaded vnc app that reads .mp4 on most of my devices thinking now it will see an app that can read the .mp4 and allow me to transfer it. I rebooted. No luck.

 

[mitra88]

coming from Bionic it had nice data saver and battery mode features. Just wondering if anyone has found something similar to that on Nexus. You mentioned Juice Defender. I thought someone told me those apps were not good for your phone (well at least BIonic) bc it conflicted w/ Task Manager. I was wondering if it is ok to download Battery Saver apps onto Nexus and if so which ones? When phone is in sleep mode does data turn off automatically???

For my case, Juice Defender seems to work perfect. I am on 17hr 42min so far, and I still have 59% of battery. On-screen time is just about 30min. Basically, minimal usage. However, at this pace, mine may reach 36hr, if lucky.

 

[jamesthef1rst]

Check the setting in accessibility. Talking maybe switched on.

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If only. I have checked and unchecked all of the logical check boxes.This is the accessibility page on my GN:

 

[mikestorm]

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.

Is your prose being replaced with first and last names from your contact list?

 

[truthhunter]

Perhaps its due to my unfamilarity with Android phones as this is my first. Some issues / annoyances are:

1. There is no way to set a timer on the screen lock function. Every time I press the side button, the screen shuts off and I've got to enter the unlock code. A timer would have been nice.

2. If under Settings / Accessibility you enable "Power Button Ends Call", it creates problems when you are on a call and the screen shuts off. This happens everytime if using speakerphone with the handset sitting stationary. Shaking the handset doesnt turn it on. You can't turn the screen back on without hanging up on the caller. Also, if you do not have that feature enabled, the same thing happens except to turn the screen on you have to push the power button - which (if you have screen lock turned on), you have to go through the passord / facelock (or whatever method) to get back to the phone interface. This is especially problematic because you have to do this while still on the call! Not cool.

3. Regarding the buttons at the bottom of the screen. There are great except when texting messages. The should lock up while using the keyboard. I will be texting only to accidentially brush up against one of the bottom keys and all of a sudden I'm on the home screen. Those bottom keys should only be active when you are not typing.

4. No speed dial function on the phone app sucks. If I'm making several calls I dont want to exit the key pad, go to the home screen and have to click on a Direct Dial contact icon. Why can't I just hold down a numeric key to speed dial a contact or speed dial my office voice mail for instance.

5. Browser - Why cant you select how bookmarks / favorites are displayed. I don't need to see a thumbnail of my favorites. Just show me a list so more links can be displayed on the page. I HATE scrolling through tumbnails.

6. Voice Dialer - I love that feature, except it does not work when connected to a bluetooth connection. If I can't voice dial while I am driving then what's the point of this feature.

 

[bmidd]

Phone randomly turns off while doing tasks such as taking a picture(turns off) listening to an audiobook(turns off) or browsing the internet. So rhyme or reason to it, just randomly turns itself off.

 

[bplewis24]

4. No speed dial function on the phone app sucks. If I'm making several calls I dont want to exit the key pad, go to the home screen and have to click on a Direct Dial contact icon. Why can't I just hold down a numeric key to speed dial a contact or speed dial my office voice mail for instance.

Use the contacts/favorite app instead. You're using the dialer, but if you tab over to contacts/favorites, you can speed dial from there in the sense that you can hit your most frequently called contacts and select to call them.

Brandon

 

[truthhunter]

Use the contacts/favorite app instead. You're using the dialer, but if you tab over to contacts/favorites, you can speed dial from there in the sense that you can hit your most frequently called contacts and select to call them.

Brandon

Thanks for the suggestion, but that's not a solution. This is a business phone for me, and it seems inefficient to have to toggle between screens to make a call to a "frequently contacted" to someone not on the list when it could all be done on one screen with the dialer.

 

[Jaycemiskel]

Thanks for the suggestion, but that's not a solution. This is a business phone for me, and it seems inefficient to have to toggle between screens to make a call to a "frequently contacted" to someone not on the list when it could all be done on one screen with the dialer.

You could just use a different dialer....

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk

 

[D1andOnlyOmen]

Also when i go back in the browser the page reloads.

I was having this same issue earlier today. Was using the browser and on several occasions I would get a text message, pull down the notification tab and go to the text to reply. After replying to the text I would hit back to get out of text and go right back to the browser and the page would reload on every instance of that. And I also noticed that when it in addition to reloading the page, it was also zoomed in more that I had been zoomed in when I went to the text message.

Hopefully a lot of these issues will be resolved with the next OTA we get.....

 

[mrdunn]

Sorry to post twice in a row but is anyone else NOT receiving voicemail notifications at all? Like on the original Tbolt Froyo update I am not getting any vmail notifications and I know I have a ton of voicemails!

I have tried a number of apps that I used in other phones, and also cannot get voice mall notifications, missed called notifications, or any repeats of them. Anyone know of an app that will work with ICS?

 

[CynicX]

I was having this same issue earlier today. Was using the browser and on several occasions I would get a text message, pull down the notification tab and go to the text to reply. After replying to the text I would hit back to get out of text and go right back to the browser and the page would reload on every instance of that. And I also noticed that when it in addition to reloading the page, it was also zoomed in more that I had been zoomed in when I went to the text message.

Hopefully a lot of these issues will be resolved with the next OTA we get.....

Turn the phone off and back on. Might be a side effect of the way android works. When apps go into the background they are remembered and lose priority. While the page is remembered the app could be closed if the resourses are low enough...

My Xoom will do this if a lot of stuff is running but it won't if there isn't anything running like after just turning the device on.

 

[wassct]

Made a thread about this and looks like a bug. Has anyone had luck removing red eyes from photos with the red eye removal tool? I took a photo today, clicked the red eye button and then it says "tap screen for red eye removal". Tapped screen and nothing. Tapped on the eyes and nothing. Am I doing something wrong? I know I can use other apps but would be quicker to just do it on the Nexus.


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[whthotg8]

Perhaps its due to my unfamilarity with Android phones as this is my first. Some issues / annoyances are:

1. There is no way to set a timer on the screen lock function. Every time I press the side button, the screen shuts off and I've got to enter the unlock code. A timer would have been nice.

2. If under Settings / Accessibility you enable "Power Button Ends Call", it creates problems when you are on a call and the screen shuts off. This happens everytime if using speakerphone with the handset sitting stationary. Shaking the handset doesnt turn it on. You can't turn the screen back on without hanging up on the caller. Also, if you do not have that feature enabled, the same thing happens except to turn the screen on you have to push the power button - which (if you have screen lock turned on), you have to go through the passord / facelock (or whatever method) to get back to the phone interface. This is especially problematic because you have to do this while still on the call! Not cool.

3. Regarding the buttons at the bottom of the screen. There are great except when texting messages. The should lock up while using the keyboard. I will be texting only to accidentially brush up against one of the bottom keys and all of a sudden I'm on the home screen. Those bottom keys should only be active when you are not typing.

4. No speed dial function on the phone app sucks. If I'm making several calls I dont want to exit the key pad, go to the home screen and have to click on a Direct Dial contact icon. Why can't I just hold down a numeric key to speed dial a contact or speed dial my office voice mail for instance.

5. Browser - Why cant you select how bookmarks / favorites are displayed. I don't need to see a thumbnail of my favorites. Just show me a list so more links can be displayed on the page. I HATE scrolling through tumbnails.

6. Voice Dialer - I love that feature, except it does not work when connected to a bluetooth connection. If I can't voice dial while I am driving then what's the point of this feature.

I have the same issue with the lock screen set mine to 30 minutes and it still locks every time the screen turns off. Volume of the speaker is another issue and my wifes Rezound is almost always.on 4G while im on 3G with my GN

 

[pank]

Only issue I've noticed with me so far is that when I shut the phone off and turn back on it seems to always boot up in silent mode??? And yes, it's full volume when I shut it off. Very odd..

 

[jcochran1977]

My lag on the landscape keyboard is almost unbearable!! I prefer to type landscape but goin to have to train myself to get better on portrait... I hope they fix it

I'm having lag switching to landscape to text. Anyone having this?

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