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Well, i took the plunge today, and went out and got one sim free. I had concerns that the gps would be a bit naff, and that there may be screen defects, or sluggishness and all the other commonly complained about things on here. However, in reality, non of these things were evident. It just goes to show that sometimes you can read too much and put yourself off buying a device on these fora. Which I nearly did. So, i'm really pleased with mine, screen is just great, gps is very good, not noticed a great deal of lag, just little hiccups here or there maybe, but that's it. Certainly nothing more than i got from my iphone 4 when it's ram was a bit pushed. So, if you think you might be put off, don't be, it's just great
+1 i have the same experience with my VZW GN. A hickup here and there, the AMOLED screen has the linen appearance with whites on low brightness, but overall I'm happy with it.
My colleague's did burn through a lot of battery this morning, but I just unlocked and rooted it for him so we will see if this was something he installed.
+1 excellent device
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I disagree with the OP.
My Nexus while at first seemed great actually has a few issues that are making me second guess my decision to return my Razr.
1. When switching from Wifi to 3g/4g my data stops working. I have to switch to airplane mode then back to restore it.
2. The speaker phone is aweful. While in the car its completley useless. I spend half of my conversation repeating myself becuase the other person can't hear me. I did a comparison with my wife Incredible and it was night and day.
3. When typing on the keyboard I notice that they keys being registered are not the keys I am pressing. Not all the time but on average its worse than the razr. The upside of this is that the autocorrection of ICS fixes the mistakes so its a wash in the end but still annoying.
4. MTP file transfer fail often when transfering files. I ended up using a wifi ftp server to get my titanium backup files.
5. Audio breaks up when trying to stream over bluetooth. Worked flawlessly on my Razr.
The last two are not so much bugs as design limitations.
6. No SD slot...I mean really... why can't nexus phones have sd cards.
7. No voice search button with the rest of the "buttons"
This is kinda what i meant, these problems seem to be device specific. Generally, they are ok, but as was the case with the sgs2, the early batches seemed dubious and the software was full of bugs. If you are lucky tho, (as the majority will be). All will be fine.
Forgot about the bluetooth audio streaming issues. Updated my post with that as well.
So far I've had no problems with Bluetooth audio either. Although I have not tested it extensively. Only tried it out to check it.
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Forgot about the bluetooth audio streaming issues. Updated my post with that as well.
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Ooooh Please can you elaborate on this. BT/A2DP Streaming is essential for me.
Seems like ICS gets faster as you use it more. Also, most apps are not totally designed for ICS; Yet.
I would say I am more likely to share a bad experience post on the internet than a good one. I am sure there are a lot of people who are happy with their device that just don't feel the need to say so online.
I agree with the OP. You should always give something a go and if it don't work out there is usually a warranty.
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I agree with the OP, most of my fears about the phone have not come to life. No problems with the signal, although if there is a fix, I hope that it will help when I am at work. zero ****ing bars..why is every place I work at built like a bomb shelter with no signals coming thru???
i have faith someone will make a bigger battery for this thing...
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Ooooh Please can you elaborate on this. BT/A2DP Streaming is essential for me.
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I tried streaming spotify over the bluetooth audio link in my Ford Sync and the audio stream kept breaking up as if the phone was really far away or something. I had seen this before with my Incredible when it first came out but a reboot usually fixed it. I rebooted the nexus and the problem remained.
I also agree with OP, this phone has been perfect before. I was espeically surprised with the GPS lock i was getting. with my Charge i had to go outside and stand still for like 30 seconds to a minute to get it to lock on, the Nexus locked on almost instantly sitting in my chair inside my house...
Clearly all of these issues are luck of the draw. My phone has had no such issues. I suppose some phones having these issues and others not might indicate lesser build quality, but even iPhones have hit and miss problems like this.
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If you had to do it again, would you get the nexus?
I'm definitely going to Verizon - just not sure if I should get the nexus as someone just pointed out two issues I hadn't read up on - one is signal quality issues and one is a speaker mic issue. I'm not sure how pevalent these issues are or if they were with the first batch of this phone.
Any experience you have would be helpful as I've only seen the phone at the store - haven't done much research but would like to switch today as today is the end of my billing cycle.
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If you had to do it again, would you get the nexus?
I'm definitely going to Verizon - just not sure if I should get the nexus as someone just pointed out two issues I hadn't read up on - one is signal quality issues and one is a speaker mic issue. I'm not sure how pevalent these issues are or if they were with the first batch of this phone.
Any experience you have would be helpful as I've only seen the phone at the store - haven't done much research but would like to switch today as today is the end of my billing cycle.
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Issues:
Radio (Signal)
Soft Speaker
Weak Vibrate
Accessories (POGO car dock from Samsung)
Even though I have been affected by all of these things I would still purchase the GNex again given my current options. Some signal issues seem to have been patched up with the 4.0.4 update, but I'm of the belief that the radio in the GNex just isn't as good as radios in other phoens (read: Motorola). Some have been able to address the speaker issues with Volume+ and the vibrate issues using LightFlow (custom vibrations and whatnot). The accessory support is going to be something that you'll have to live with because I don't even think God knows that status of Samsung's accessories...
I got my brother/mother the Razr Maxx (BOGO) and when I was going through the phone with them I couldn't believe how disgusted I was by MotoBlur and all of the 'bonus' applications. I would have recommended that they both get the GNex, but they often find themselves in poor 3G areas and I didn't want them to have to deal with signal problems. On top of that the fact that the Razr was BOGO really sealed the deal.
My second choice would probably be the Rezound, but I find Sense almost as bad as MotoBlur, so that isn't saying a whole lot.
Per usual, the dev support of Nexus devices is second to none and this is probably one of the few phones out that is guaranteed(?) to see JB. Other advantages over other devices include a beautiful screen and NFC.
Thanks. I think I might get the nexus - give it a whirl and return it right away if I experience dropped calls or voice quality issues. I had the HTC EVO 3D (3 times replaced and they all sucked for that reason). I ended up getting the ET4G which is a perfect phone - just a horrible speed on Sprint.
I used 4000 minutes last month so call quality is very important to me.
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Yes go for the gnexus. Unlocked bootloader is so key.
Remember not all phones are made the same. Some phones do have better chips inside than others. For example, I bought one for me and my wife one launch day. A week later she complained that her signal was consistently weaker than mine. We went back to verizon and got her a replacement phone. Now she has slightly better reception than mine (only noticeable in very weak reception areas when signal cuts in and out).
I don't experience many of the issues with the radio and gps like many have reported. It seems very on par with every other device I've tried. No issues here with call quality (I pretty much always use a wired headset).
I love my G-Nex.
I've never had any issues with signal or dropped calls. The bars showing up are lower, but in line with what the Real Signal app used to show me on my Galaxy 1. YMMV etc, etc, different signal in diff cities, what have you...
Ringer volume is lower than other phones. So what? On my Galaxy 1 if the ringer was all the way up you could hear it the next county over. Too loud. The volume on the G-Nex is where I'd leave it even if it could go louder.
Vibrate is weaker. Again so what, I hated how my old phone practically vibrated it's way across the table, scaring the crap out of me.
No issues with GPS, lock on is fast.
And why would you want anything but ICS? Not that you couldn't root and flash on some other phone, but so much easier and not even really necessary with this phone. I'm unlocked and rooted, but still stock ROM.
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there are apps to increase volume. I think there are also ways to increase vibrate but I haven't looked in to that since it's a non issue for me.
it's an unlocked android... there's ways around almost everything.
I love my Gnex. First one I got dropped 4G signal like every couple of minutes. My new one holds signal just fine so I am thinking it was a bad device.
My wife's Rezound definitely gets a stronger signal in bad coverage areas. My house has bad coverage for any provider but I can make calls just fine with Verizon and my Gnex. I do get a week 3G signal and sometimes pop in and out of 4G. My wife gets a signal that actually keeps 4G throughout my house and her dbm proves her signal is better as well. Still like my Gnex better.
Also, for the post that listed weak vibrate, check out contact vibrate. Lets you make you own vibration patterns to use throughout your system and it is stronger. I was almost going to return the phone just for this issue as I keep it on vibrate all day and couldn't feel it. This app save the phone for me.
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I did do it again and at the full $750 (after tax) price after I washed my first one.
So now I've spent an even $1,000 to have the Nexus - and yes it's worth it, provided you spend some time returning phones with inadequate screens until you get a nice one.
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I love my G-Nex.
Ringer volume is lower than other phones. So what? On my Galaxy 1 if the ringer was all the way up you could hear it the next county over. Too loud. The volume on the G-Nex is where I'd leave it even if it could go louder.
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Better too loud then too soft. You can always turn the volume below its maximum level, but good luck turning it up beyond that point...
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Vibrate is weaker. Again so what, I hated how my old phone practically vibrated it's way across the table, scaring the crap out of me.
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Right now the vibrate is completely useless, so again it would be better if it was too strong.
Just because things work okay for one person doesn't mean they are acceptable for everyone else. Don't get me wrong, I like my GNex, but there are some things that are simply inexcusable...
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Better too loud then too soft. You can always turn the volume below its maximum level, but good luck turning it up beyond that point...
Right now the vibrate is completely useless, so again it would be better if it was too strong.
Just because things work okay for one person doesn't mean they are acceptable for everyone else. Don't get me wrong, I like my GNex, but there are some things that are simply inexcusable...
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Right... but as mentioned above there are apps you can easily install to both increase volume and increase vibrate...
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I love my G-Nex.
I've never had any issues with signal or dropped calls. The bars showing up are lower, but in line with what the Real Signal app used to show me on my Galaxy 1. YMMV etc, etc, different signal in diff cities, what have you...
Ringer volume is lower than other phones. So what? On my Galaxy 1 if the ringer was all the way up you could hear it the next county over. Too loud. The volume on the G-Nex is where I'd leave it even if it could go louder.
Vibrate is weaker. Again so what, I hated how my old phone practically vibrated it's way across the table, scaring the crap out of me.
No issues with GPS, lock on is fast.
And why would you want anything but ICS? Not that you couldn't root and flash on some other phone, but so much easier and not even really necessary with this phone. I'm unlocked and rooted, but still stock ROM.
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I concur.
The only thing I'm noticing on mine, which I crack flashed for about a month with it, is that I'm getting menu bar burn in.
I can wait one more month if Verizon is getting anything better in the next month?
I would definitely get it again. No, it's not perfect, but it is pretty amazing! I resolved that after my Revolution that I would stick with the Nexus line in the future. Unlocked bootloader and amazing dev community outweighs just about anything else.
Give it a try. If you don't like it return it. I would get the Galaxy Nexus again. The HTC Rezound is another good choice. That is if you don't mind all the bloat that comes with it. I hate spending all that money on my smartphone and having to hack it to remove all the garbage they don't want me to remove. HTC is providing a way to unlock the bootloader if that interests you though.
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So far I like my GN and Verizon -
I'm missing a few features that were on my last two phones -
•Scheduling exchange to go from push to sync only at intervals after hours to reduce battery drain
•Transparency for the top indicators make it much harder to read - e.g. % of battery life remaining (battery indicator pro) or vmail or email icon.
•Not having the number of new emails, text messages, missed calls etc. actually showing up on the icons will be sorely missed.
On the plus side, my speeds are about 4 times faster on 3G and 20 times faster on 4G than my old ET4G.
And I'm not sure if it is the phone or the carrier compression difference but my clients say I sound clearer (using the same BT headset)
I still haven't learned to NOT click on the screen to add new shortcuts
In two weeks I'll know if I suffer some concerns others have posted but so far I'm good.
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So far I like my GN and Verizon -
I'm missing a few features that were on my last two phones -
•Scheduling exchange to go from push to sync only at intervals after hours to reduce battery drain
•Transparency for the top indicators make it much harder to read - e.g. % of battery life remaining (battery indicator pro) or vmail or email icon.
•Not having the number of new emails, text messages, missed calls etc. actually showing up on the icons will be sorely missed.
On the plus side, my speeds are about 4 times faster on 3G and 20 times faster on 4G than my old ET4G.
And I'm not sure if it is the phone or the carrier compression difference but my clients say I sound clearer (using the same BT headset)
I still haven't learned to NOT click on the screen to add new shortcuts
In two weeks I'll know if I suffer some concerns others have posted but so far I'm good.
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Welcome aboard! I switched from Sprint a few weeks to a GN and Verizon and I am very pleased. If your phone is good now and your not dropping data then you should be good to go.
The good about being on Verizon, I never have to worry now if I wip out my phone wherever I am and worry if I will be in a 4G area or if 3G will take 10 minutes to load a webpage. Those problems are a thing of the past.
Someone asked me to find a video on Youtube for them. I was finally able to whip out my phone confidently knowing I wont have a problem streaming it!!! Sure enough I was streaming without a hiccup!!!
Strangely, the vibrate on the GSM version is noticeably stronger.
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•Not having the number of new emails, text messages, missed calls etc. actually showing up on the icons will be sorely missed.
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You could try ADW Launcher and ADW Notifier. Gmail unread counts don't work since Google took out the API for reading them but you could still get text and call counts on the icons.
Yes I would get it again. Manufacturer skins annoy the hell out of me now. Gnex or iPhone are the only devices I would consider and because I love flexibility and LTE the Nexus is currently the best phone for me.
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GN impressions after 2 weeks.
boe said:
If you had to do it again, would you get the nexus?
I'm definitely going to Verizon - just not sure if I should get the nexus as someone just pointed out two issues I hadn't read up on - one is signal quality issues and one is a speaker mic issue. I'm not sure how pevalent these issues are or if they were with the first batch of this phone.
Any experience you have would be helpful as I've only seen the phone at the store - haven't done much research but would like to switch today as today is the end of my billing cycle.
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I bought the GN a couple of weeks ago. I was going back and forth between the DN and Razr maxx.
My main concerns were
1) Camera
2) signal strength
3) battery life
Camera is decent. It isn't as bad as people say it is. I was pleasantly surprised. But I should point out that I came from the OG droid so it was a big jump for me.
As far a signal strength goes, this article from Anandtech helped ease my concerns.
anandtech.com/show/5254/investigating-the-galaxy-nexus-lte-signal-issue
Also in my experience, I don't see many bars (usually see 2 bars) compared to other phones but the performance never suffers. I haven't dropped a call and the data speeds are very impressive.
The most disappointing this with my GN is battery life. That sux but is livable if you have 2 batteries.
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Ruchir
I bought my SPH-L700 through wirefly.com b/c it was $50 cheaper than getting it directly through Sprint. It arrived last week, and I couldn't have been more excited.
Unfortunately I'm now extremely anxious, and am second guessing whether I even want this phone.
The audio is so low, and would vary from one app to the next, even one minute to the next. After browsing the forums and Google, I installed Volume+. The volume problem is better, but I'm not happy that I have to install a 3rd party app for something like this.
The TTS voice changes sporadically when I'm using Google Navigation. The voice sounds all nice and pretty most of the time, but then will switch to a basic computerized voice.
The battery life sucks - but I don't need to say anything more about that, we're all aware of that.
I've had really crappy experiences with bluetooth headsets. I talk on the phone often when I'm driving, so I really want a solid experience. I'm on my 3rd headset now, and all 3 have had popping, and audio fading in and out. My latest, a BlueAnt Q2, sounds great when streaming Pandora or listening to Google Navigation directions, but as soon as I get a call it sounds like crap. I just got off a call and the other party was griping about how bad I sounded to him too.
I'm 100% stock, unrooted at the moment. Is there a ROM that addresses these issues? Any other suggestions to improve this stuff? I really want to love this phone, but it's making it difficult...
TIA
Most custom ROMs will fix the audio issue for you. I'm not sure if the TTS problem is related to the audio volume or not, but I know that I have fewer issues understanding what the navigation is telling me to do now that the volume issue is fixed.
For battery life, what do you consider terrible? What is your average screen on time, and total time on a single charge? Good/bad signal strength? Have you looked to see if you're phone is entering deep sleep?
As for the bluetooth headset, I've got nothing there as I don't use one.
Thanks for the quick reply!
Luckily I'm at my desk most of the day while I'm at the office, and have my phone plugged into my computer - if I weren't, I wouldn't make it through a full day.
Oh and another thing I forgot to mention in my first post - when I use the camera, my phone gets REALLY hot. Just one or two pics, then I back out to the home screen, and turn off the screen - but the battery starts to go really fast at that point, unless I turn the phone off and back on.
Signal strength is usually around 3 bars during the day (that's another thing - I miss the 4G I had on my Epic. Wish we could get 4G on this bad boy sometimesoon...). I'm on wifi at home.
I'd never heard of Deep Sleep until I read your post. I just installed CPU Spy to see if it enters that state... and it says 46% Deep Sleep.
Heating up from taking pictures is not normal. You might want to get WF to replace it.
Nobody else is having the issues with bluetooth audio quality during calls?
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Wish I could help but don't have a Bluetooth headset.
For the phone getting hot when using the camera issue, do you have instant upload enabled on Google+? If not, do you have a similar auto-share service enabled? I had instant upload enabled for G+ initially, and when I started taking a bunch of pictures, my phone would get hot. Not because of the camera, but because the phone was uploading a bunch of pictures. All the radio usage caused the phone to get warm. Turned off instant upload, and haven't had the problem since.
Yes, I did have instant upload enabled. I've disabled it...
But the bluetooth issues are a big deal for me. I'm in the process of exchanging the phone for a new one through Wirefly. For the record, their "standard" exchange policy is to have you send your phone in, THEN they send you the new one. For a mere $400 deposit, they'll send you the new one up front, then refund the deposit when they receive the returned unit. This is SO much fun.
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Yes, I did have instant upload enabled. I've disabled it...
But the bluetooth issues are a big deal for me. I'm in the process of exchanging the phone for a new one through Wirefly. For the record, their "standard" exchange policy is to have you send your phone in, THEN they send you the new one. For a mere $400 deposit, they'll send you the new one up front, then refund the deposit when they receive the returned unit. This is SO much fun.
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As a suggestion, should've gotten it through Sprint. They send you a replacement model, and if you don't ship back your old phone in like 2-3 weeks, they charge your account. Much easier, but I understand the frustration, don't blame the Gnex for that.
Anyways, try either SlimICS for a basic ICS rom, or AOKP. Haven't had a single problem with it on my GSM Nexus, or my gf with her Sprint Gnex. Hope this helps.
I got it through Wirefly b/c it was $50 cheaper. In the end, the deposit (for an "advance exchange") is refunded, so it's a moot point - just annoying. (I never blamed GNex for that part Just the battery life, audio levels, bluetooth audio quality, etc.)
Thanks for the ROM suggestions, I'm probably going to take the plunge and root the new phone when it gets here. I usually wait a year or so before rooting a new phone, but we'll see.
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I got it through Wirefly b/c it was $50 cheaper. In the end, the deposit (for an "advance exchange") is refunded, so it's a moot point - just annoying. (I never blamed GNex for that part Just the battery life, audio levels, bluetooth audio quality, etc.)
Thanks for the ROM suggestions, I'm probably going to take the plunge and root the new phone when it gets here. I usually wait a year or so before rooting a new phone, but we'll see.
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Oh as for the battery life, same thing I told her, turn connections off when you don't need them, such as Data, GPS, Bluetooth, etc. Lasts her like 2 days now on a single charge.
Okay, here's the list of issues I'm having with no fix found yet. Hopefully I can get help because this is just NOT okay at all...
Precursor info, I'm using the Leather-backed T-Mobile phone. No I will not take it back, screw the $50 restocking BS, I am willing to RMA it though if this is just a lemon phone. I do have the density changed to 540 via adb and NO that's not causing any issues that I'm aware of at all other than stock launcher app drawer looks FUNKY, haha (I use nova so whatever). I had greenery but that's gone now because that's maybe at fault? I don't even know. I did not have these issues on the Note 4 and I used probably 10-15 different ROMs with no problems. Go to G4 and boom a mess of ****. (Pardon my wordage)
-Keyboard, it's got some MASSIVE lag for the hold space to seek, and for the secondary key functions. I mean MASSIVE HUGE lag.
-Volume throttling, this almost never happens, but occasionally it will get REALLY quiet and the only way to fix that is to restart that app (seems to be if I accidentally hit play during a notification it won't leave the ducking level <-- ducking, not the other word, ducking, haha)
-Equalizer, I was using the CM MaxxAudio (AudioFX) with NO issues then randomly today it's not working over bluetooth (when it was yesterday) so I said "oh well, I'll figure it out" only to now have no EQ whatsoever outside of 1. Poweramp (not device-wide so I don't care about it) and 2. the stock app with stock eq (again, not device-wide so don't want that). Every app I add, nothing, no eq changes, absolutely NOTHING. Uninstalled it all, restarted, blah blah, nothing.
-Headphones plugged in are sometimes seen as a headset and they don't have a mic...starts google and then bye bye voice, don't even try, it's looking for a mic that ain't there.
-Missed touches, just seems to me to be user error, I'm used to Samsung and this is LG, a little bit less Glove friendly so any touches have to be a tad heavier, nothing as bad as some people I've seen.
-Device gets HOT for no reason, it's not doing anything special, music is NOT intensive, this also wrecks my battery life...
-Overmodulation for no reason, by this I mean if you max out the audio guess what, it sounds like crap, now why would that be I wonder? Considering it's not amplifying much (My headphone amp solves that problem, but since audio wants to be a whole world of stupid I'm just really at a loss here)
-Just music in general, like why does nothing work right? I'm at my wits end, I've had it for less than a week and EQ is bad, headphones aren't seen right, volume is a mess, heat is a mess (screen off guys, inside, in air-conditioning, it's not right) apps that eq a phone are just poop, is this the T-Mobile update? Did that kill everything? Is this my device? Is it a lemon? Is this DPI? I've never ever seen that do any of these things, and it hasn't been an issue to anything. Issues started mostly today. (Headphones being seen wrong is periodic and not specific to today). someone help me please, I need an EQ, I need my battery back, and I need my phone to stop freaking out.
Should I factory reset and see if that clears things up? Did greenify kill stuff?
I'm tempted to call LG and get some answers from them. This is just NOT okay with me. LOVE the phone, LOVE LOVE LOVE the camera, but man screw this crap. Not good QC at ALLLL....
My G4 is working fine apart from the odd missed touch. Thats all I can say.
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Okay, here's the list of issues I'm having with no fix found yet. Hopefully I can get help because this is just NOT okay at all...
Precursor info, I'm using the Leather-backed T-Mobile phone. No I will not take it back, screw the $50 restocking BS, I am willing to RMA it though if this is just a lemon phone. I do have the density changed to 540 via adb and NO that's not causing any issues that I'm aware of at all other than stock launcher app drawer looks FUNKY, haha (I use nova so whatever). I had greenery but that's gone now because that's maybe at fault? I don't even know. I did not have these issues on the Note 4 and I used probably 10-15 different ROMs with no problems. Go to G4 and boom a mess of ****. (Pardon my wordage)
-Keyboard, it's got some MASSIVE lag for the hold space to seek, and for the secondary key functions. I mean MASSIVE HUGE lag.
-Volume throttling, this almost never happens, but occasionally it will get REALLY quiet and the only way to fix that is to restart that app (seems to be if I accidentally hit play during a notification it won't leave the ducking level <-- ducking, not the other word, ducking, haha)
-Equalizer, I was using the CM MaxxAudio (AudioFX) with NO issues then randomly today it's not working over bluetooth (when it was yesterday) so I said "oh well, I'll figure it out" only to now have no EQ whatsoever outside of 1. Poweramp (not device-wide so I don't care about it) and 2. the stock app with stock eq (again, not device-wide so don't want that). Every app I add, nothing, no eq changes, absolutely NOTHING. Uninstalled it all, restarted, blah blah, nothing.
-Headphones plugged in are sometimes seen as a headset and they don't have a mic...starts google and then bye bye voice, don't even try, it's looking for a mic that ain't there.
-Missed touches, just seems to me to be user error, I'm used to Samsung and this is LG, a little bit less Glove friendly so any touches have to be a tad heavier, nothing as bad as some people I've seen.
-Device gets HOT for no reason, it's not doing anything special, music is NOT intensive, this also wrecks my battery life...
-Overmodulation for no reason, by this I mean if you max out the audio guess what, it sounds like crap, now why would that be I wonder? Considering it's not amplifying much (My headphone amp solves that problem, but since audio wants to be a whole world of stupid I'm just really at a loss here)
-Just music in general, like why does nothing work right? I'm at my wits end, I've had it for less than a week and EQ is bad, headphones aren't seen right, volume is a mess, heat is a mess (screen off guys, inside, in air-conditioning, it's not right) apps that eq a phone are just poop, is this the T-Mobile update? Did that kill everything? Is this my device? Is it a lemon? Is this DPI? I've never ever seen that do any of these things, and it hasn't been an issue to anything. Issues started mostly today. (Headphones being seen wrong is periodic and not specific to today). someone help me please, I need an EQ, I need my battery back, and I need my phone to stop freaking out.
Should I factory reset and see if that clears things up? Did greenify kill stuff?
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Probably a lemon, don't have any of those issues especially all at once
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Probably a lemon, don't have any of those issues especially all at once
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Well that's just beautiful, will try a reset and see if that helps, otherwise it's time to call T-Mobile/LG
Also got the TMO version with brown leather yesterday. I hear you on the heat issues and it slaughtering the battery, and some missed touches... but not experiencing any of the other issues listed yet...
I'd try a reset. Also, is this an upgrade ( jump or regular upgrade on EIP ) or a new line or did you just buy it outright ? Asking because, other than buying it outright, there shouldn't be a restock fee to exchange within the first 14 days.
T-mobile always charges a restocking fee unless it is an exchange because of a build issue. Coming from Sprint (left them a year ago), that was always disturbing about T-mobile. Sprint had a 30 day return w/o restocking fee, then went to 14 days, and then back up to 30 days.
The only issue I've had was overheating. My phone got really hot doing mundane things and that caused the battery to suffer. I got a replacement from TMO and so far (only been a day), no issues with overheating. But I will have to put it through it's paces over the next few days.
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T-mobile always charges a restocking fee unless it is an exchange because of a build issue. Coming from Sprint (left them a year ago), that was always disturbing about T-mobile. Sprint had a 30 day return w/o restocking fee, then went to 14 days, and then back up to 30 days.
The only issue I've had was overheating. My phone got really hot doing mundane things and that caused the battery to suffer. I got a replacement from TMO and so far (only been a day), no issues with overheating. But I will have to put it through it's paces over the next few days.
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So, did they charge you a re-stock fee ? And did you get another G4 as replacement or a completely different device ?
NO restock fee and yes, I got another G4.
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NO restock fee and yes, I got another G4.
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If I may, what was wrong with the first G4 ? And, is the replacement any better/worse/same ?
Equalizer Im pretty bummed about not able to have a system-wide Equalizer...tried many ..but to no avail.:crying: God I cant wait for root to install a good DSP manager...let me know if you find a working solution to this issue without root.
Keyboard..i find it pretty responsive except for the damn spacebar lag...got to constantly watch what Im writing to ensure proper spacing...hope its resolved by LG
Volume throttling...totally agree..I can see the volume throttle itself back in the status notification...too many times for my liking.
Battery...phone is actually running good and battery is good. Im using a quick charging adapter and the phone gets pretty hot while charging ..im not sure if its gonna wreck/fry my battery as there is no quick charge confirmation from the system..even though LG says its officially supported...
Touch response. I find it ok, like you, except for a few missed touches...notably at double tap to turn on device..sometimes i feel like the upper half of the screen is more responsive to DT2W than the lower half. A bit annoying when I need to access the phone quickly.
Build quality. Not too bad. Device is easy to hold and light. But I have notices that there is creaking of my back cover around the USB port. It almost feels like the back cover isn't secured properly there (not sure if its just my back cover as I don't have any other to try)
Apart from these issues.....loving it.
This phone (downgrade) is going back today. LG screw up this phone.
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Okay, here's the list of issues I'm having with no fix found yet. Hopefully I can get help because this is just NOT okay at all...
Precursor info, I'm using the Leather-backed T-Mobile phone. No I will not take it back, screw the $50 restocking BS, I am willing to RMA it though if this is just a lemon phone. I do have the density changed to 540 via adb and NO that's not causing any issues that I'm aware of at all other than stock launcher app drawer looks FUNKY, haha (I use nova so whatever). I had greenery but that's gone now because that's maybe at fault? I don't even know. I did not have these issues on the Note 4 and I used probably 10-15 different ROMs with no problems. Go to G4 and boom a mess of ****. (Pardon my wordage)
-Keyboard, it's got some MASSIVE lag for the hold space to seek, and for the secondary key functions. I mean MASSIVE HUGE lag.
-Volume throttling, this almost never happens, but occasionally it will get REALLY quiet and the only way to fix that is to restart that app (seems to be if I accidentally hit play during a notification it won't leave the ducking level <-- ducking, not the other word, ducking, haha)
-Equalizer, I was using the CM MaxxAudio (AudioFX) with NO issues then randomly today it's not working over bluetooth (when it was yesterday) so I said "oh well, I'll figure it out" only to now have no EQ whatsoever outside of 1. Poweramp (not device-wide so I don't care about it) and 2. the stock app with stock eq (again, not device-wide so don't want that). Every app I add, nothing, no eq changes, absolutely NOTHING. Uninstalled it all, restarted, blah blah, nothing.
-Headphones plugged in are sometimes seen as a headset and they don't have a mic...starts google and then bye bye voice, don't even try, it's looking for a mic that ain't there.
-Missed touches, just seems to me to be user error, I'm used to Samsung and this is LG, a little bit less Glove friendly so any touches have to be a tad heavier, nothing as bad as some people I've seen.
-Device gets HOT for no reason, it's not doing anything special, music is NOT intensive, this also wrecks my battery life...
-Overmodulation for no reason, by this I mean if you max out the audio guess what, it sounds like crap, now why would that be I wonder? Considering it's not amplifying much (My headphone amp solves that problem, but since audio wants to be a whole world of stupid I'm just really at a loss here)
-Just music in general, like why does nothing work right? I'm at my wits end, I've had it for less than a week and EQ is bad, headphones aren't seen right, volume is a mess, heat is a mess (screen off guys, inside, in air-conditioning, it's not right) apps that eq a phone are just poop, is this the T-Mobile update? Did that kill everything? Is this my device? Is it a lemon? Is this DPI? I've never ever seen that do any of these things, and it hasn't been an issue to anything. Issues started mostly today. (Headphones being seen wrong is periodic and not specific to today). someone help me please, I need an EQ, I need my battery back, and I need my phone to stop freaking out.
Should I factory reset and see if that clears things up? Did greenify kill stuff?
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Return it to T-Mobile for another - what are you waiting for? You gotta have a bad one. The system wide EQ is a different issue, and for better or worse it's supposed to be handled by the app. You try another pair of headphones. Some headphones don't play nice, both 3 and 4 pole.
I'm very strongly considering returning mine for a Galaxy S6. The wifi issue alone is infuriating. The touchscreen issue isn't as frustrating as the wifi, but that is definitely a problem too. I have six more days under AT&T's return policy. If a fix isn't found by then, it's gone.
This was my first LG phone, having been a Samsung fan for years. Sadly, they have me questioning that decision to switch. Very disappointing, LG.
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If I may, what was wrong with the first G4 ? And, is the replacement any better/worse/same ?
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The phone got incredibly hot >107F doing mundane things like listening to tune-in radio or making a phone call. So far the replacement is much better, but it also updated when I turned it on, so not sure if the update fixed it or the new phone. I'm definitely getting better battery life on the new phone/new update as a cooler battery operates better.
As far as the audio getting quite when you start music or skip tracks during a notification that's not new. It's dependent on the app. Ie Pandora has always done this to me even in nexus 4/5.
the more I use it the more bugs I discover. setting do not stick, that is for sure. wifi goes to sleep, although I selected the option to keep it on when screen off. screen sleeps although I selected the option to never let it go to sleep. camera keeps asking for location although I keep clicking no. Brightness goes to maximum when I reboot the phone, although it was in auto before rebooting it. many annoying things lile that.
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I'm very strongly considering returning mine for a Galaxy S6. The wifi issue alone is infuriating. The touchscreen issue isn't as frustrating as the wifi, but that is definitely a problem too. I have six more days under AT&T's return policy. If a fix isn't found by then, it's gone.
This was my first LG phone, having been a Samsung fan for years. Sadly, they have me questioning that decision to switch. Very disappointing, LG.
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if you are ATT or you guys can switch get the samsung GS6 Active 3500 battery*, beautiful beautiful... me too LG first let me DOWN. I have the SG6 Active Wow.:good:
finanandroid said:
if you are ATT or you guys can switch get the samsung GS6 Active 3500 battery*, beautiful beautiful... me too LG first let me DOWN. I have the SG6 Active Wow.:good:
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Wow. I didn't even realize the Active was released yet. I'll have to go check it out in person. Thanks!
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if you are ATT or you guys can switch get the samsung GS6 Active 3500 battery*, beautiful beautiful... me too LG first let me DOWN. I have the SG6 Active Wow.:good:
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You forgot that the s6 active is ugly as sin. I have no issues with my g4. Sorry you guys are.
Hey
So I'm pretty confident this is going to be my next phone most of the reviews have been favourable and Googles support in terms of updates ect is a big deciding factor.
Just wondering what this community's thoughts are in terms of community dev for the Pixel? I understand is very early days so far so please dont jump on me. I'm just curios if we are expecting this phone to have similar support here like the Nexus devices did? I'm a flash-a-holic however when I got my Note4 here in the UK, somehow I got the C (Exynos) variant where else almost every other Note4 I've seen here in the UK has been F (SD805) so I've missed out on a lot of Non-Samsung rom's for the last couple of years, before that I was spoiled for choice with my S3, and I'd very much like to get back to flashing several times a week playing around seeing what I like and what I don't like.
Anyway again, I know it's early days and it's hard to predict the future but some opinions are best guesses would be really helpful to make my decision and hopefully get what I want from my device this time....
Happy Pixeling
The phone is buggy as hell - Bluetooth is buggy, Do not disturb mode is buggy, Project FI / cellular connection is buggy, sometimes Google Services just straight up crashes.
To be honest I prefer the less buggy experience with Samsung phones. This frequency of updates Google likes to advertise, it's a blessing and a curse, and for all the bad reasons - they need to update frequently to fix bugs, but with each new update, they seem to introduce new bugs.
I haven't had any issues with my Pixel XL? Maybe because I haven't upgraded to 7.1.1?
Samsung phones are slow and sluggish as all getout IMO.
I have no bugs, great battery life, and the phone flies. Best out of the box experience I ever had. With that being said, I to, hope development picks up. Think with the dual partitions, and phones lack of availability is part of culprit. Once those two things straighten out, well this is a nexus except for the name
No bugs to report here. Everything has been flawless so far.
Development WILL pick up. The Nexus 5X sold at half the price of this phone and it still took a few months for development of truly custom ROMs and kernels to get into high gear.
I have been loving the phone. I got mine at launch and have had very little issues. Everything is fast and stable.
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The phone is buggy as hell - Bluetooth is buggy, Do not disturb mode is buggy, Project FI / cellular connection is buggy, sometimes Google Services just straight up crashes.
To be honest I prefer the less buggy experience with Samsung phones. This frequency of updates Google likes to advertise, it's a blessing and a curse, and for all the bad reasons - they need to update frequently to fix bugs, but with each new update, they seem to introduce new bugs.
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I've had zero issues with mine on 7.1 or 7.1.1, have you tried a reset? I know 5 other people with the Pixel and they all love it and have had no problems.
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The phone is buggy as hell - Bluetooth is buggy, Do not disturb mode is buggy, Project FI / cellular connection is buggy, sometimes Google Services just straight up crashes.
To be honest I prefer the less buggy experience with Samsung phones. This frequency of updates Google likes to advertise, it's a blessing and a curse, and for all the bad reasons - they need to update frequently to fix bugs, but with each new update, they seem to introduce new bugs.
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Sounds like you have a lemon. Had a black 32gb and upgraded to a silver 128gb because I had run out of space. Both had no issues. I'm actually amazed at the speed and smoothness of the overall user experience.
I had an LG V20 right before I traded in the 32 for the 128. It was very underwhelming. Although I appreciate the larger screen real estate, it's quality just wasn't on par with the Pixels. Colour uniformity issues and general graininess. Also found 2 dead pixels. As well, LG's skin over nougat felt very dated. The hardware, while impressive and very well put together, was very clunky. The Pixels hardware takes a backseat to the fantastic software.
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I am sorry to hear you are having so many problems. I have 128GB XL from the google store and do not have the problems you are having. I know that does not help you, just thought I would mention it.
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The phone is buggy as hell - Bluetooth is buggy, Do not disturb mode is buggy, Project FI / cellular connection is buggy, sometimes Google Services just straight up crashes.
To be honest I prefer the less buggy experience with Samsung phones. This frequency of updates Google likes to advertise, it's a blessing and a curse, and for all the bad reasons - they need to update frequently to fix bugs, but with each new update, they seem to introduce new bugs.
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No bugs at all. Dunno what phones hes using
I haven't seen any bugs either, dnd works flawless, haven't had any issue with Bluetooth, nothing has force closed at all. I do notice my Nexus 6 had a tad bit better service at my house (~3-5dBm). But the funny thing is that my n6 always had higher cell standby use on my battery.
To make it short.
no bugs, great battery ( much better as my Angler ).
Great Device
Love this device. Just got it Tuesday. No bugs that I've seen yet. Went right to 7.1.1 after unboxing so I can't speak to 7.1. I've used bluetooth for car audio, a speaker in my apt, connection to my huawei watch, and wireless headphones for running and have yet to experience an issue with that. No problems on T-Mobile here in LA either. Dont' use DND so can't speak to that. But overall very happy with my purchase!
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I've had zero issues with mine on 7.1 or 7.1.1, have you tried a reset? I know 5 other people with the Pixel and they all love it and have had no problems.
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Well, you see, if you don't use features then there will be no problems with them.
Bluetooth - many people have reported that the phone would automatically connect to a bt car kit but it would be in the state of "Connected (no phone)." When you manually reconnect from the bt Settings menu it would work just fine. That's a bug. It may have something to do with a particular car kit, but I tried 3 - Motorola Roadster 2, Jabra Freeway, and a Jarbra Talk bt headset. All 3 started acting up this way after 7.1.1 update.
Do not disturb mode turn itself on occasionally during the day, even though it's set to turn on only at night hours. Someone has suggested that this particular bug had to do with an Android Wear smartwatch being connected, as this doesn't happen when the watch is disconnected. I wish they would fix that.
Project FI just straight up disconnects sometimes for no reason even though I have 3 partners in town US Cell, Sprint and T-Mob. So this bug is probably due to switching to a different carrier, even though US Cell has -60-80 dB signal strength everywhere, and in principle, the phone should stay connected to it all of the time.
And when I try to fix Bluetooth issues and play in the settings menu, Google Play Services sometimes just crashes. It's probably related to the bt bug.
None of these are major issues, but they are annoying, especially bt because I use it all of the time.
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Well, you see, if you don't use features then there will be no problems with them.
Bluetooth - many people reported that the phone will automatically connect to a bt car kit but it would be in the state of "Connected (no phone)." When manually reconnect from the bt Settings menu it would work just fine. That's a bug. It may have something to do with a particular car kit, but I tried 3 - Motorola Roadster 2, Jabra Freeway, and a Jarbra Talk bt headset. All 3 started acting up this way after 7.1.1 update.
Do not disturb mode turn itself on occasionally during the day, even though it's set to turn only at night hours. Someone has suggested that this particular bug has to do with an Android Wear smartwatch being connected, as this doesn't happen when the watch is disconnected. I wish they would fix that.
Project FI just straight up disconnects sometimes for no reason even though I have 3 partners in town US Cell, Sprint and T-Mob. So this bug is probably due to switching to a different carrier even though US Cell has -60-80 dB signal strength everywhere, and in principle, the phone should stay connected to it all of the time.
And when I try to fix Bluetooth issues and play in the settings menu, Google Play Services sometimes just crashes. It's probably related to the bt bug.
None of these are major issues, but they are annoying, especially bt because I use it all of the time.
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I'm not seeing any of these issues. I use Bluetooth all day and my Moto 360 lives on my wrist. My T-Mobile signal in Boston is way better than it was with my 6p. I have never had dnd turn on by itself and I've had the phone since launch.
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I'm not seeing any of these issues. I use Bluetooth all day and my Moto 360 lives on my wrist. My T-Mobile signal in Boston is way better than it was with my 6p. I have never had dnd turn on by itself and I've had the phone since launch.
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That's why they are bugs and not design decisions. They show up for some people but not others. Maybe it's a combination of apps or a combination of settings that are different between our phones. But all of these people who reported them, they aren't imagining these things. Please at least acknowledge that.
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Well, you see, if you don't use features then there will be no problems with them.
1. Bluetooth - many people have reported that the phone would automatically connect to a bt car kit but it would be in the state of "Connected (no phone)." When you manually reconnect from the bt Settings menu it would work just fine. That's a bug. It may have something to do with a particular car kit, but I tried 3 - Motorola Roadster 2, Jabra Freeway, and a Jarbra Talk bt headset. All 3 started acting up this way after 7.1.1 update.
2. Do not disturb mode turn itself on occasionally during the day, even though it's set to turn on only at night hours. Someone has suggested that this particular bug had to do with an Android Wear smartwatch being connected, as this doesn't happen when the watch is disconnected. I wish they would fix that.
3. Project FI just straight up disconnects sometimes for no reason even though I have 3 partners in town US Cell, Sprint and T-Mob. So this bug is probably due to switching to a different carrier, even though US Cell has -60-80 dB signal strength everywhere, and in principle, the phone should stay connected to it all of the time.
4. And when I try to fix Bluetooth issues and play in the settings menu, Google Play Services sometimes just crashes. It's probably related to the bt bug.
None of these are major issues, but they are annoying, especially bt because I use it all of the time.
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1. Never had any B/T issues.
2. I have had that issue but it turned out to be the phone turning on in my pocket. Other things would turn on too like Flashlight and hot spot. My phone digitizer is just too sensitive. I can almost wave my hand over it to make selections. I also have a Huawei watch and dont feel this has any impact at all. I did chang to the Microsoft lock screen to minimize this (and its nicer than stock and works with fingerprints). But I dont consider my revision of your issue a bug. More like something is just too sensitive on my phone. Which you could turn down the sensitivity.
3. Dont know anything about that.
4. Yes, I can confirm I was doing something with connectivity in the Settings menu and it crashed. This happened on all versions since release. I dont quite recall what I was doing. But yes, I confirm this bug as well.
Well I'm glad I read this thread.
The "Do Not Disturb" bug has been bugging the heck out of me.
Never bothered to check if it was happening to anyone else.
"Someone has suggested that this particular bug had to do with an Android Wear smartwatch being connected"
No Andoid Wear here.
And I always disable the screen wake motion/tap features to prevent my phone screen from turning on when in my pocket. I hate it when that happens and then you notice flashlight through your pocket or pull your phone out and all sorts of freaking apps have opened up and are pissed.
Otherwise, other than lack of development and the huge chins on this phone and the sucky speaker it's been the best phone I've ever had.
Dirty Unicorns is prepping to drop their first XL ROM so my development issues will be resolved with that and the eventual release of Xposed for Nougat.
I seem to have kinda fixed the bt bug by doing something interwebs suggested, Reset Network Settings. I can now work the Jabra headset and will have to try and test the bt car kit tomorrow. But boy, is it simply buggy just trying to troubleshoot this thing! Multiple times after the reset, the bt headset would connect to the phone and be in the normal state "Connected" but would have the "phone audio" feature disabled in a radio button inside the bt device settings. And tapping on the radio button to enable it would do nothing! That was new, never seen that before.
Then I would click the bt on/off switch from the notification pulldown menu, until the thing got stuck in the on position. After a reboot, bt was actually off. I enabled it and finally bt was working.
I got sick of troubleshooting and testing it, so that's where I stopped.
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CZ Eddie said:
Otherwise, other than lack of development and the huge chins on this phone and the sucky speaker it's been the best phone I've ever had.
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You should have seen Note 7. It was unlike any new phone before. I've had like 15 flagships on their release, and Note 7 was super special.
RIP!
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You should have seen Note 7. It was unlike any new phone before. I've had like 15 flagships on their release, and Note 7 was super special.
RIP!
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Fugg Samsung and their lack of developer support and locked bootloaders.
I had every Samsung Superphone since the Galaxy Skyrocket and will never buy another one.
I do support Samsung otherwise though.
They employ thousands of people here in Austin, TX and are sinking Billions of dollars into the local economy. :good: