***Official Galaxy Nexus Pre-Release speculation thread**

[EarlyMon]

Am I reading into the name "EarlyMon" too much? Or was it a clue on page 1 of this thread that the mods made mention of apologizing for not "liking" comments. The next couple comments were all "liked" by "EarlyMon". Early Monday Nexus announcement?

It's almost impossible to read too much into the mysteries of my name.

Other than that's what I'm called outside of the forums, I think it's entirely possibly that my name forms a puzzle that reveals the release date of the Prime! Mua ah ahahhahha!

Wait. That's black_man_x's job over on twitter.

Ok, let's see - hmmm... Well.

What would Steven say?

I love custom Mods.

(I _am_ the custom Mod he meant, everyone knows that.)

And we love you too, Steven!

~~~~~

Spoiler

Eenie meenie, chili beenie, the spirits are about to speak!

I think the fog of mystery of the imminent annoucement will soon lift.

That's just my opinion.

 

[kastleberg]

I love you too frisco. I just met you but I fell in love instantly

Oh no. I wanted to post the same thing as soon as I read his comment. Have we all been here too long?

 

[The_Chief]

I thought I remember Motorola say they were not going to lock bl anymore starting in late 2011. Did I misread that ?

No you didn't misread THAT part, but the SECOND part of that same sentence reads "where operators and carriers permit". And Verizon will likely not willingly let Motorola (their preferred OEM) unlock bootloaders on their network.

 

[yo2boy]

Heellooooooooo everyone! I just couldn't take it. I've been following up with this thread for 5 days now and I just can't get enough, so I decided to join! Hope many others do so too

 

[The_Chief]

Heellooooooooo everyone! I just couldn't take it. I've been following up with this thread for 5 days now and I just can't get enough, so I decided to join! Hope many others do so too

Yo2boy! Welcome to the forums and join on in the fray!

 

[Steven58]

Hi all. I have been following this thread since I first heard about the Prime which I believe was thousands of posts ago after the disappointment when I learned Verizon was passing on the GS2. I started curious about the phone and I now am as rabid as most of you for the release, or at least some concrete date. Since anticipation is so high around here, I thought I could contribute a point of perspective, and as you read on, quite a laugh! I am WAY overdue for an upgrade (still have my last NE2). How overdue? I am still rockin' a... wait for it... Samsung Omnia i910! Check out the specs I am coming from, surely I will pass out when I first use the Prime!

Samnsung Omnia i910:

Modes CDMA 850 / 1900
Weight 4.16 oz (118 g)
Dimensions 4.4" x 2.24" x 0.51" (112 x 57 x 13 mm)
Form Factor Bar,Internal Antenna
Battery Talk: 5.8 hours max. (346 minutes)
Standby: 464 hours max. (19.3 days) 1440 mAh LiIon
Display Type: LCD (Color TFT/TFD)
Resolution: 240 x 400 pixels,3.2" diagonal
Colors: 65,536 (16-bit)
Platform / OS Windows Mobile Professional (Pocket PC)version 6.1
Processor 624 MHz Marvell PXA312
Memory 8 GB internal storage,raw hardware,97 MB program memory (RAM)

FCC ID A3LSCHI910

 

[mongstradamus]

No you didn't misread THAT part, but the SECOND part of that same sentence reads "where operators and carriers permit". And Verizon will likely not willingly let Motorola (their preferred OEM) unlock bootloaders on their network.

ahhh I see now since I never was on vzw ever was unaware. My second question is did vzw really lock down the fascinate ? It was pretty easy to root was it not

 

[Steven58]

Heellooooooooo everyone! I just couldn't take it. I've been following up with this thread for 5 days now and I just can't get enough, so I decided to join! Hope many others do so too

Glad you signed up. Join right in. We're not saying much of anything important, anyway.

 

[dmiller2007]

Anyone think that Google will have another contest via twitter for the release of the prime like they did for the S? That would be pretty sweet to win.

 

[huskerkate]

I thought I remember Motorola say they were not going to lock bl anymore starting in late 2011. Did I misread that ?

i don't think they said they were going to unlock their bootloaders. i think they said that they were going to "maybe" start making them unlockable (with a tool that they control, so they know who is and isn't unlocking/voiding their warranties).

but, as EarlyMon says, i could be wrong - i mostly am.

 

[TSellers]

Google just released the GTV add on for the Android SDK: The Official Google TV Blog: Google TV add-on for the Android SDK

This is clearly related to the nexus prime in all of the ways described below this post.

 

[mongstradamus]

i don't think they said they were going to unlock their bootloaders. i think they said that they were going to "maybe" start making them unlockable (with a tool that they control, so they know who is and isn't unlocking/voiding their warranties).

but, as EarlyMon says, i could be wrong - i mostly am.

I vaguely recall reading up on it when twas thinking about upgrading to the atrix which I eventually passed on, because att didn't want to activate hspa+ out of the box took an few months before they did.

 

[nbajam]

What the heck? The VZ CEO talks about how phones turn to crap before our upgrade date. . .I was expecting him to reveal some kind of yearly upgrade or something.

What a d bag

This is why I couldn't go to one of these things. I'd stand up and ask "why the hell did you get rid of one year contracts/upgrades then?"

 

[kastleberg]

I vaguely recall reading up on it when twas thinking about upgrading to the atrix which I eventually passed on, because att didn't want to activate hspa+ out of the box took an few months before they did.

I think I'd have to go with Husker on this. I took the announcement more as a "check this out, we maybe might do this one day...but now that we have your attention..."

However, I am just about as reliable as dude's post earlier about Friday.

 

[eyc]

OK. I'm going to be a dickhead and ask what, if anything, was announced at the CTIA regarding ICS or Galaxy Nexus?

I ask because I did not see any substantive updates in the OP and because I'm being lazy about checking the last 100 posts or so (but granted, there are a lot of posts to look at).

Anybody willing to help a brudda out?

 

[iowabowtech]

Hi all. I have been following this thread since I first heard about the Prime which I believe was thousands of posts ago after the disappointment when I learned Verizon was passing on the GS2. I started curious about the phone and I now am as rabid as most of you for the release, or at least some concrete date. Since anticipation is so high around here, I thought I could contribute a point of perspective, and as you read on, quite a laugh! I am WAY overdue for an upgrade (still have my last NE2). How overdue? I am still rockin' a... wait for it... Samsung Omnia i910! Check out the specs I am coming from, surely I will pass out when I first use the Prime!

Samnsung Omnia i910:

Modes CDMA 850 / 1900
Weight 4.16 oz (118 g)
Dimensions 4.4" x 2.24" x 0.51" (112 x 57 x 13 mm)
Form Factor Bar,Internal Antenna
Battery Talk: 5.8 hours max. (346 minutes)
Standby: 464 hours max. (19.3 days) 1440 mAh LiIon
Display Type: LCD (Color TFT/TFD)
Resolution: 240 x 400 pixels,3.2" diagonal
Colors: 65,536 (16-bit)
Platform / OS Windows Mobile Professional (Pocket PC)version 6.1
Processor 624 MHz Marvell PXA312
Memory 8 GB internal storage,raw hardware,97 MB program memory (RAM)

FCC ID A3LSCHI910

 

[kastleberg]

OK. I'm going to be a dickhead and ask what, if anything, was announced at the CTIA regarding ICS or Galaxy Nexus?

I ask because I did not see any substantive updates in the OP and because I'm being lazy about checking the last 100 posts or so (but granted, there are a lot of posts to look at).

Anybody willing to help a brudda out?

Nothing yet.

 

[GandalfTehGray]

lol, damn yall. Reading forums has got me interested way more than i should be , just like rooting my X. I want to have this phone now, and we barely know anything about it

 

[Steven58]

Keep posts G rated, please.

 

[timetoroot]

So, I guess this is a pretty good upgrade for you, then?

Like going from a bike to a Ferrari!

 

[Thejungle]

I've just installed CM7.1 on SGS. Must say it's nice. My phone is even smoothier and faster (there is an option to overclock - my CPU is now 1.3 GHz ).

 

[Steven58]

Like going from a bike to a Ferrari!

That's how i felt going from my xv6900 (htc touch) to my Incredible. Not so much going to anything from my droid x.

 

[timetoroot]

Good God a living Omnia user. I think I was using the original MotoRazr when you got that thing.

We are as elusive as credible specs on BGR!

 

[mongstradamus]

I've just installed CM7.1 on SGS. Must say it's nice. My phone is even smoothier and faster (there is an option to overclock - my CPU is now 1.3 GHz ).

I have love hate relationship with cm 7. After an week or so I get sometimes I get mad force closes on every app. I am hoping 7.1 fixed that issue.

 

[kastleberg]

lol, damn yall. Reading forums has got me interested way more than i should be , just like rooting my X. I want to have this phone now, and we barely know anything about it

It's totally going through all of that with my X that got me all into Android. Now I can't stay away!