I LOVE my Nexus (sarcasm) - complaint thread

[pauldroidr2d2]

Semantics in regards to the "context" of our conversation e.g "expect bugs;" "bugs are a given."

Did you ever own A G1?

 

[Hovik818]

I don't understand why most Galaxy Nexus owners are complaining about bugs. My Droid X/X2 have had far more worse problems then my Galaxy Nexus. The phone has only rebooted on my twice in 3 weeks. Some bugs are obvious but its totally understandable that ALL devices have some sort of bug, nothing runs perfect. I have had no drop calls. One time a person couldn't hear me on the other end, and one time I had screeching noise while i was talking on the phone. Other then that, its been fine. I am still on 4.0.2 stock unrooted. I think people just need to take it easy on the bashing, the device runs perfect for what I paid for. Never get something with high expectations, you will be disappointment the first day guaranteed.

 

[chinemeluelonu]

Just change your phone dude, the problem is probably just the unit, no phone is perfect but i love my Galaxy Nexus


Sent from my Awesome Google Samsung Galaxy Nexus

 

[Johnly]

The blue on my screen is only "bad" when it's on low brightness and in Currents or Kindle. Oddly, other white pages have no effect. Beats me.

And like I said, that's completely understandable. I actually don't make a lot of phone calls (I've prolly had 8 total hours of phone time on this since I got it a month and a half ago), so the phone issues can entirely be a sample size issue with me.

The one reason why I have is the OTAs, the softkeys (I sorta dig the menu, not gonna lie), and rooting on a Nexus. I missed out on the others, so I have ground to make up!

Oh, and I agree re: intellectuals. Unfortunately, there are like 3 on the internet, and they're mostly confined to defunct IRC channels and Altavista.

Right on man. One of my favorite things about my OG was the modibility. As I have said before, bugs are a given with anything. I don't buy anything expecting bugs, and I love that about me. My droid X was another win. My SGS2 was definitely a fin. I have had very good experience with android, and I know what I expect. This thread is a perfect medium to vent my awful experience with the Verizon nexus. I am happy people have not had the experience I had. I wish that would change my view, but I still am perplexed as to the polar quality of the device. Anyway, I don't try to convince those that love their phone they are wrong for doing so, and those that take a dump on it (yours truly) lost time and money and have a right to do that as well. Wasting time trying to convince oneself or others of the "right perspective," happens to often. Nice to chat with you, and at a "thoughtful" level.

 

[Johnly]

You might want to reconsider Android devices. Each of them have various bugs.

Laughing Paul, thank you. Have you ever had a bugless perfect device? I haven't, and I thank you for your recommendation sir, but I have had android devices run very well, so to think all of them run like the nexus's I had is a missnomer. If the note/journal (I repeat myself here) run like the SGS2, you will see me up on that. Love my android, and are okay with the bugs if they don't interfere with primal phone functions or my productivity. When the bugs get to that level, it is time to take a gigantic dump.

 

[GNex Girl]

Why are Android users supposed to be tolerant of bugs? Are the iPhone users?

 

[Johnly]

Did you ever own A G1?

That would have been nice to be on T Mo at that time. No.

 

[Johnly]

Why are Android users supposed to be tolerant of bugs? Are the iPhone users?

This is very good question. My iPhone 4s runs like a boss. The instability "bugs" are due to a crashing web page, albeit, it doesn't hardly happen, it has. The advantages of having full control are great sometimes. That is why google needs to use that OEM! And figure out how to gel the app world of course, because that worm is segmented.

 

[GNex Girl]

This is very good question.

I am sure the answer will be we are early adopters/ICS is in beta. Well then I should be given a test phone for free if it is still in beta as a PHONE. And I can save my $300 for a phone that actually works AS A PHONE so I have something to make calls on when I need to.

It is one thing to have it still be in beta for use as a gaming device or some other non-essential feature, but it is not fine for me to pay $300 for it and have it still be in beta AS A PHONE.

Also what about the bugs that are still in Gingerbread? Are people buying Gingerbread devices early adopters at this point? Is Gingerbread still in beta even though ICS has already been released? Does any Android system ever get out of beta? LOL!

 

[Johnly]

I am sure the answer will be we are early adopters/ICS is in beta. Well then I should be given a test phone for free if it is still in beta as a PHONE. And I can save my $300 for a phone that actually works AS A PHONE so I have something to make calls on when I need to.

It is one thing to have it still be in beta for use as a gaming device or some other non-essential feature, but it is not fine for me to pay $300 for it and have it still be in beta AS A PHONE.

Also what about the bugs that are still in Gingerbread? Are people buying Gingerbread devices early adopters at this point? Is Gingerbread still in beta even though ICS has already been released? Does any Android system ever get out of beta? LOL!

Ha ha, good point. I dont agree with people that say ICS is beta and to expect bugs. That was never the case with Ginger or Froyo. Those OS's released and we expected improvement, and recieved the OS as such, evidenced by improvements in OS speed. What has ICS accomplished that Gingerbread cant do? NFC? Face unlock? Is there true hardware acceleration now? It doesn't feel or run like it. That can not be it!!!! That phone is a top shelf Verizon device and should work as one. I just hope google is done dinking with overhauls, and begins to focus on some fundamentals and continuity. If google wants to be the "polished" OS, then they should dig a grave. It won't happen by the nature of threading priority in the framework of the OS. We all know that, and we don't have to spend 300 dollars to "see."

 

[Razor09]

Re: I LOVE my Nexus

Hopefully I'm not going to jinx myself, but since having the Nexus it's not rebooted once for me. I'd think instead of the phone being the problem that you have an app that's to blame. Dunno, but if it was the hardware I think everyone would have the problem. It's been rock solid for me.

I've only had my Nexus for less than a week, and the only time it has rebooted was yesterday. But, I'm blaming that on software. I've been DL alot of games and trying them out, and the reboot happened in the middle of a one. Going to keep an eye on it though. So far great phone, besides charging the battery alot.

 

[dmmarck]

Why are Android users supposed to be tolerant of bugs? Are the iPhone users?

You've obviously never had an Apple product on first release. Both iOS4 and iOS5 were extremely buggy on first release; Siri was buggy as all hell, and need we mention antenna-gate.

In fact, Siri was so buggy and such that Apple has scaled back its usage with the cutesy stuff.

This is very good question. My iPhone 4s runs like a boss. The instability "bugs" are due to a crashing web page, albeit, it doesn't hardly happen, it has. The advantages of having full control are great sometimes. That is why google needs to use that OEM! And figure out how to gel the app world of course, because that worm is segmented.

The Safari browser in 5 (I have an iPad and my mom and bro both have 4S's) is one of the worst browsers from a stability standpoint I have ever seen. Past that, it's a good phone, but remember, Apple's OS focus is entirely different than Android's OS focus.

Ha ha, good point. I dont agree with people that say ICS is beta and to expect bugs. That was never the case with Ginger or Froyo. Those OS's released and we expected improvement, and recieved the OS as such, evidenced by improvements in OS speed. What has ICS accomplished that Gingerbread cant do? NFC? Face unlock? Is there true hardware acceleration now? It doesn't feel or run like it. That can not be it!!!! That phone is a top shelf Verizon device and should work as one. I just hope google is done dinking with overhauls, and begins to focus on some fundamentals and continuity. If google wants to be the "polished" OS, then they should dig a grave. It won't happen by the nature of threading priority in the framework of the OS. We all know that, and we don't have to spend 300 dollars to "see."

I don't think any of those was the point. They wanted to create an OS that had a vague sense of design while uniting all devices. In that sense, they easily accomplished their goal.

Again, their goals have (and should probably remain) wholly different than Apples. Apple focuses a lot of the attention on UI. But underneath the surface, there really isn't all that much "going on." (And I don't hate Apple--I love my Apple products--so this isn't an Apple bashing fest.) With Android, the focus isn't necessarily on the surface but underneath. Having rooted/flashed and seen a lot of the potential of ICS (obviously not in the stock version, but with "developer" phones a lot more is available than others), it's extraordinary how far it's come when compared to my Incredible running 7.1. If you look at all of the components within the OS and understand what's going on, you can't help but sit back and be happy.

Of course, one of the examples is multi-tasking. iOS's "multitasking" is really just an application placeholder. Android has a true multitasking feature, which makes it slower. What's better? None. Personal preference. But they are entirely indicative of the OS differences, philosophies, and why neither need to change.

That is, of course, until Apple needs to take more from Android/ICS .

 

[axne1]

Why are Android users supposed to be tolerant of bugs? Are the iPhone users?

most definitely go to an iphone forum and you will see multiple issues with iOS. Come on do you really think that iphone users have no problems with their operating system or phone at all. What world do you live in?

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[dmmarck]

most definitely go to an iphone forum and you will see multiple issues with iOS. Come on do you really think that iphone users have no problems with their operating system or phone at all. What world do you live in?

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A world of bleak misery with the Galaxy Nexus being a black hole for fun, love, and passion.



All kidding aside, iOS5 crashes more than ICS has in any given measured span of time.

 

[GNex Girl]

most definitely go to an iphone forum and you will see multiple issues with iOS. Come on do you really think that iphone users have no problems with their operating system or phone at all. What world do you live in?

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My mother has an iPhone and never has a problem with it. It gets 3G when my phone can't and she never, never, never has a dropped call or a mic that cuts out. She doesn't use it for much but texting, checking the weather, playing games and making phone calls, but when she wants to do any of those things her phone works flawlessly.

Most importantly, her phone works flawlessly as a phone whereas mine doesn't.

Look, I don't want an iPhone, if I did I would have gotten one. I want a 4G LTE phone with a big a$$ AMOLED screen and an unlocked bootloader. That is why I got the GNex, but it still needs to be a reliable phone for me. I don't see how anyone can argue that bugs that interfere with making and maintaining phone calls are acceptable. The phone shouldn't be released until it can reliably make/maintain phone calls.

 

[Vance14]

The problem with the OP (and with so many responses here) is that they don't just express frustration with their individual experience, but go further to assert that the Nexus, as a product, is subpar.

In short, they claim that THE Nexus is a problem phone, rather than simply say that THEIR Nexus is a problem phone.

And that misrepresentation SHOULD be called out and corrected, since it is patently untrue.

 

[GNex Girl]

The problem with the OP (and with so many responses here) is that they don't just express frustration with their individual experience, but go further to assert that the Nexus, as a product, is subpar.

In short, they claim that THE Nexus is a problem phone, rather than simply say that THEIR Nexus is a problem phone.

And that misrepresentation SHOULD be called out and corrected, since it is patently untrue.

You need to go back and read the OP's post. What you have posted is a mischaracterization of what he posted. He was clear he was talking about his phone.

 

[Ddust14]

A world of bleak misery with the Galaxy Nexus being a black hole for fun, love, and passion.



All kidding aside, iOS5 crashes more than ICS has in any given measured span of time.

Having a app or browser crash every now and then due to an upgraded os is one thing, but random reboots, screen issues, muliti touch issues, bad/low audio, data issues is a whole different can of worms.

 

[mclarryjr]

My mother has an iPhone and never has a problem with it. It gets 3G when my phone can't and she never, never, never has a dropped call or a mic that cuts out. She doesn't use it for much but texting, checking the weather, playing games and making phone calls, but when she wants to do any of those things her phone works flawlessly.

Most importantly, her phone works flawlessly as a phone whereas mine doesn't.

Look, I don't want an iPhone, if I did I would have gotten one. I want a 4G LTE phone with a big a$$ AMOLED screen and an unlocked bootloader. That is why I got the GNex, but it still needs to be a reliable phone for me. I don't see how anyone can argue that bugs that interfere with making and maintaining phone calls are acceptable. The phone shouldn't be released until it can reliably make/maintain phone calls.

That is terrible that your phone drops calls and I have no idea how you put up with that it would drive me nuts. I really hope your experience gets better and hopefully future OTA will help. But you have to remember there are many users like myself that aren't having these issues and I'm happy the phone was released as is (for me). I do have a signal issue at my mother in laws house but seems to be the only place. I travel every weekend all over the state of Michigan and I'm always using the phone as gps or browsing the internet or making calls and have no problems.

 

[bigcatman]

Having a app or browser crash every now and then due to an upgraded os is one thing, but random reboots, screen issues, muliti touch issues, bad/low audio, data issues is a whole different can of worms.

multi touch, audio, and data are all being rectified in 4.0.4. You can't expect a device to be perfect out of the box. It hasn't been that long since release and Google and Verizon are working at the fix (which has already leaked). As far as screen issues and reboots, sounds like you've got some wonky apps or settings at play because devices don't just randomly reboot. Why not look at a logcat and see what was happening just before reboot? Also, screen banding happens at very low brightness, turn it up!

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