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

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zanoodi said:
Hopefully it will be. On this note how soon does everyone think we will have an SBF for the Nexus? I assume we would still need to SBF if we brick the phone. Also I see more support for these types of things for Windows users, are there Mac equivalents?
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SBF? Brick?

Isn't the only way to actually brick an Android device to install an incorrect radio?

You should just be able to boot into recovery and flash another ROM or a backup.
 
Stigy said:
Hoping for a leak or some news info to push it along.

Not sure if this has been posted before, but unlocking the bootloader on the SGN should be this easy: Unlock Nexus S Bootloader [How to Guide] | Redmond Pie




I'm trying to look through old posts to gather or provide some info to questions being asked. Figure I can help things along.
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i'm not overly familiar with ADB, so it's gonna take me some time to root and unlock. but, don't we have to wait for a custom recovery before we can flash roms, anyway??
 
Romparoo said:
I believe local data is stored on the SD card, so if you can't port it over to your GNex then it will be lost. Also, I think it rewrites it's own anyways. But don't quote me on that.
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It's up to the dev to indicate where data is stored. By default it is stored to the internal flash(on the OGD it's 512 according to wikipedia). I'll admit that I was secretly hoping that it would be as easy as the iphone is. A coworker upgraded his 3g to the 4s, when I asked him about that he said all his data (old game scores, shopping lists, etc) were migrated. Some of the data was cloud based, but a lot wasn't (local SQLite dbs, files etc).

Photos, music etc are all on my sd card, and I really don't have any data on the internal flash worth migrating, but I was wondering how google handles this.

Tx dood!
 
huskerkate said:
i'm not overly familiar with ADB, so it's gonna take me some time to root and unlock. but, don't we have to wait for a custom recovery before we can flash roms, anyway??
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I'm not either but if ICS is as good as it looks I don't think I'll even need to be familiar with it for quite some time.
And if it turns out I have to be well then one of you fellow NJ people might just find me on your doorstep with my phone in hand and real ice cream in the other. ;)

Haelous said:
Don't women typically like buying more purses?
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Most - but I find it a hassle and when I find one that works I generally have it for a while. (Shoes is a WHOLE different story though)

Sandroidfan said:
I wonder if they will offer extended battery for G Nexus. I wouldn't mind making it 1~2mm thicker if it's adding extra +1000mAh.
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Me too me too!!!
 
huskerkate said:
i'm not overly familiar with ADB, so it's gonna take me some time to root and unlock. but, don't we have to wait for a custom recovery before we can flash roms, anyway??
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It'll take a while for any good AOSP ROMs based on ICS to be created as well. Does anyone know how long CM usually takes to get one out after a big update like this?
 
Samsung Galaxy Nexus hands-on - YouTube

Finally! This guy has phone ADHD like I do...I like to swipe through my homescreens for no reason just to see how smooth it is.


I was watching some of the RAZR videos and I thought THAT was smooth...but WOW look at this thing fly. I'm so glad I don't have to go through rooting/overclocking/memory management/cm7/SBF/circumventing the bootloader anymore.

Goodbye moto. Hello smooth-hardware-accelerated-goodness!
 
Ytram said:
It'll take a while for any good AOSP ROMs based on ICS to be created as well. Does anyone know how long CM usually takes to get one out after a big update like this?
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Depends on if you mind running dailies and RCs or if you have to wait until final version is released. If you run dailies you can have a version of CM running on your phone about a week after code is made public.
 
BabyBlues said:
I'm not either but if ICS is as good as it looks I don't think I'll even need to be familiar with it for quite some time.
And if it turns out I have to be well then one of you fellow NJ people might just find me on your doorstep with my phone in hand and real ice cream in the other. ;)
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Where in NJ are you located? Seems like a lot of SGN'ers are in NJ. :D
 
I think the virtual buttons are very cool. That being said as of right now I would have preferred capacitive ones. There seems to be enough room and then the screen would always be full.

My opinion may change after i get to use it. BRING ON THE FLAMING! :)
 
Anyone have the link to verizon wireless live chat? I want to hound some CSRs for info.

BabyBlues said:
I'm in North Jersey. Bergen/Passaic county.
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I'm at the northern end of Hudson county -- most of my friends are in Bergen county (Lodi, Rochelle Park, etc).
 
Stigy said:
Anyone have the link to verizon wireless live chat? I want to hound some CSRs for info.



I'm at the northern end of Hudson county -- most of my friends are in Bergen county (Lodi, Rochelle Park, etc).
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LOL. They won't know what you are talking about. They will either tell you that it has been cancelled or that it hasn't been announced and try to sell you a Razr or they will know nothing about the Nexus and try to sell you a Razr. :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:
 
Stigy said:
Anyone have the link to verizon wireless live chat? I want to hound some CSRs for info.

I'm at the northern end of Hudson county -- most of my friends are in Bergen county (Lodi, Rochelle Park, etc).
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I'm right by Paramus and Glen Rock so I know the area.

Steven58 said:
Slow day.. I should stir up some trouble .. .maybe get us 100 + posts.
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