Official Jelly Bean Update. Thoughts or complaints??

[wrecklass]

I found that just rebooting my phone and my wife's phone we are both getting notifications again. May need to update the Sprint PRL's too.

Rebooting also stopped the heat issue, something not quite right immediately after the initial boot to JB. Many other issues resolved that way.

WiFi speed is spot on for me, haven't tried mobile data yet but getting 3-4 bars which we always got here at home.

Kinda sad that the didn't include the "Auto-rotate toggle" on the Notification bar like they do with the Tablets. I find having that feature readily accessible was very handy for me.

Since I already had JB on my Nexus 7, my Google Now settings were already set up when I logged in to the GNex for the first time. I just had to agree to the terms again and everything was ready.

My wife also noticed that her screen lock settings were turned off, until she rebooted the phone.

We also both noticed some default icons were set to a little green android icon. We had to delete and re-store those apps to get the standard icons. The Camera app was one that we had to do this with. That may be a Nova Launcher issue, however.

All in all I am very pleased with JB on the GNex. Project Butter is a major improvement to the interface and what features did change are really nice. ICS was very good, JB is great. Google has really taken Android in the right directions this year.

 

[ggalmin]

Argh, still waiting for my ota... love it on the nexus 7 though

 

[cole21771]

Please help me to fix this issue. Every time I ty to download a photo from the internet it says Dow load unsuccessful and I have no clue why. It happens on 3g my wifi and other peoples wifi and I have no clue what the hell is around with it here is a picture.

Also is anybody else having problems with every once in a while your phone will drop all connections?

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[zmann]

Thanks. My settings are as you stated. I'm not too concerned with battery life. I generally get 20+ hours, due in large part to Juice Defender.

Someone I know who has been using Google now for a few weeks told me it takes a few weeks to really get going good for you.

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[Zeinzu]

I have only one complaint. An SMS text stops at 160 characters forcing you to stop typing, send, and start from your last character in a new message, even if in the middle of a word. Ideally, IMO, it should auto split at 160 and separate by full word, not by a character in the middle of a word.

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[harold42483]

Search seems to be a little messed up on my galaxy Nexus. Here's the link to thread I started.

http://forums.androidcentral.com/showthread.php?t=207374

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[maverick7526]

Man my 3g speed has taken a HUGE HIT, and I can't seem to stay connected too long without dropping signal and the connection resetting. I can't even stream Pandora anymore! It was never a problem before

 

[d14racer24]

I received the update, but when I went to reboot my phone froze on the shutting down screen. I had to take out my battery, and now I can't get my phone to get the ota. Is there something that would prevent it from finding the update since I have already downloaded it? Any help is appreciated.

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[wrecklass]

I have only one complaint. An SMS text stops at 160 characters forcing you to stop typing, send, and start from your last character in a new message, even if in the middle of a word. Ideally, IMO, it should auto split at 160 and separate by full word, not by a character in the middle of a word.

That's the standard for most SMS apps and is the same on the GNex in Ice Cream Sandwich.

Many people got confused by that because the HTC Sense SMS App would split long messages into multiple messages. I suspect other third party apps do that as well, and I assume a lot of Sprint Gnex folks came over from the EVO 4G, which is an HTC phone.

However, this is not really an issue with JB, it is just the default behavior for the Messaging app that comes with vanilla Android.

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Please help me to fix this issue. Every time I ty to download a photo from the internet it says Dow load unsuccessful and I have no clue why. It happens on 3g my wifi and other peoples wifi and I have no clue what the hell is around with it here is a picture.
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What App(s) are you using to download pictures? I just tried with Dolphin Browser HD and it worked perfectly for me on WiFi. If you are using a specific App to download pics, please post the name of the App, otherwise it is hard to say what the problem is.

 

[BrianCioffi]

use Voice Search for flights, restaurants, sports scores, etc. and it should start triggering cards.

I'll try that. good suggestion. To activate voice, i must first go into Google Now and then speak Google, and then speak my request? Right?

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Man my 3g speed has taken a HUGE HIT, and I can't seem to stay connected too long without dropping signal and the connection resetting. I can't even stream Pandora anymore! It was never a problem before

I am right with you. Same exact problem. Obviously an issue with something. We can only hope for an intermediate update before we receive Android 5.0, which I believe will be called Cheesecake.

 

[wrecklass]

I'll try that. good suggestion. To activate voice, i must first go into Google Now and then speak Google, and then speak my request? Right?

Tap the Microphone button and then speak you search, you don't have to say Google. "Search New York Yankees" should work, for example.

Also, the newer version of Google Now allows you to add sports teams directly via the settings. You don't have to do searches to add them, although this will add them if you search for specific teams regularly. Go Bronco's!

 

[Danf]

I'll try that. good suggestion. To activate voice, i must first go into Google Now and then speak Google, and then speak my request? Right?

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I am right with you. Same exact problem. Obviously an issue with something. We can only hope for an intermediate update before we receive Android 5.0, which I believe will be called Cheesecake.

thought the next OS was called Key Lime Pie?

 

[Paul627g]

Next OS is indeed supposed to be called Key Lime Pie... Don't hold me to it but I think Google has already confirmed that is the correct name for the next OS installment.

 

[Danf]

Next OS is indeed supposed to be called Key Lime Pie... Don't hold me to it but I think Google has already confirmed that is the correct name for the next OS installment.

Without a doubt whatever it is it will start with a "K" Google has consistently followed an alphabetical order in naming their OS's.

Cupcake, Donut, Eclair, Froyo, Gingerbread, Honeycomb, Ice cream sandwich, Jelly bean.

 

[Zeinzu]

That's the standard for most SMS apps and is the same on the GNex in Ice Cream Sandwich.

Many people got confused by that because the HTC Sense SMS App would split long messages into multiple messages. I suspect other third party apps do that as well, and I assume a lot of Sprint Gnex folks came over from the EVO 4G, which is an HTC phone.

However, this is not really an issue with JB, it is just the default behavior for the Messaging app that comes with vanilla Android.

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What App(s) are you using to download pictures? I just tried with Dolphin Browser HD and it worked perfectly for me on WiFi. If you are using a specific App to download pics, please post the name of the App, otherwise it is hard to say what the problem is.

Aaaactually, the stock function of vanilla Android is to convert to MMS after 160 characters, and most CDMA Android devices have been edited to auto split at 160 on both Verizon and Sprint. This does neither. It just stops allowing you to type when 160 is reached. It's annoying as hell.

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[anon(20944)]

Aaaactually, the stock function of vanilla Android is to convert to MMS after 160 characters, and most CDMA Android devices have been edited to auto split at 160 on both Verizon and Sprint. This does neither. It just stops allowing you to type when 160 is reached. It's annoying as hell.

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Aaaactually no he's right.

Non stock Android devices (like HTC phones) do split up the text. Stock Android, at least from ICS on, has not done this. I always just assumed it was patented and the other manufacturers are paying the licensing fee.

 

[cole21771]

I am using chrome for android foe the downloading of pics. And it is anywhere on the web let me try it on a different browser.

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[cole21771]

It has worked so far for other browsers. I don't know what is wrong with chrome?

First one is crime chrome then the second one down is from dolphin beta. Wtf is wrong with chrome?

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[d14racer24]

I received the update, but when I went to reboot my phone froze on the shutting down screen. I had to take out my battery, and now I can't get my phone to get the ota. Is there something that would prevent it from finding the update since I have already downloaded it? Any help is appreciated.

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Anybody have any thoughts?

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[mled203]

I can't send or receive mms.... ugh.