Re: I LOVE my Nexus
Any of you that have problems, have you tried setting your network to CDMA only and then rebooting? I know, it's a 4g phone and you want to use 4g, but I'm in an area that only has 3g and I never have any of the problems that I read about. It might be worth trying for a day, just to see if it makes a difference. I suspect that Verizon's 4g network is no where near being ready for dependable usage. Seems to me it's still in beta.
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Please read the above again.
And again.
Those of you who whine about people who are having problems with our GNexs reporting the problems perplex me. Since you aren't having problems, then therefore no one else can be? Makes no sense. BTW - many of us have exchanged our devices and still are having problems.
If you live in a strong 4G area and aren't having any problems, good for you. But many of us are not just experiencing little bugs and data problems, we are experiencing a phone that doesn't work as a phone - dropped calls, mic cutting out, not being able to hear the other caller, etc. Sorry but you don't get it if you think our expectations are just too high since we expected a phone to work as a phone.
As for why we don't switch to another phone, some people have, but some of us are waiting to see if the OTA update helps the problem. If it does, then we will be happy. But that doesn't mean we aren't experiencing problems now.
So we just don't know what a nexus is about, huh? Isn't a GNex a PHONE? Yeah, it is. It should work as a phone then.
I am going to answer to you specifically, but not to bash you by any means so please dont take it that way.
I do not live in a 4g region. I do not have dropped calls, and in the probably 13 or so hours of talk time I have racked up on the nexus I have never had a mic cut out. Now, I do not say that to rub it in, and I do not say that to try and discredit the issues you are having. If I were having the issues that you were having I'm sure i would be just as disappointed in the phone and as frustrated as you are.
But, If I lived in a 4g area and was told by as many people on these forum boards as have said that turning your phone to CDMA only fixes the dropped call issue and for the most part the dropped data issue, I would switch my phone to CDMA only. Faster data speeds are not worth the headache of dropped calls. No, it is not an acceptable solution to the issue but it is a viable temporary one.
As for the mic problem... if that isn't related to 4g and has not been fixed by swapping phones then I would seriously start taking a look at installed apps. Issues like that don't occur at random in hardware. If it were a defective batch of phones, sure I suppose. But many people have claimed the issue keeps coming back in their freshly swapped out phone.
For the people that are having mic cutout problems: do some legitimate troubleshooting. Reset the phone to factory. Don't install ANY apps on the phone other than what came sock, set it to CDMA only, and get into a few 1+ hour long convos, see if the issue returns. If it does, request a new SIM card from Verizon, and if that doesn't work move on to a replacement phone and do it all over again. If the issue STILL persists then there's other external factors that are more than likely causing the problem.
I'm not here to criticize, I'm here to do whatever I can to assist those having problems, even if it means just throwing out random suggestions.