• After 15+ years, we've made a big change: Android Forums is now Early Bird Club. Learn more here.

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

Status
Not open for further replies.
nyg010 said:
The last time I spoke to a CSR from VZW, they told me you would not be able to "pre-order" if you were buying the phone for full retail (off contract). anyone know about this, or was a CSR actually right for once?
Click to expand...

I hear different answers to this but I think you should still be able to pre-order full retail as long as you're an existing customer.

Found this post on the VZW community boards in regards to the iPhone 4 pre-order. If they can do it for that, why not the Nexus?
Re: Upgrade Ineligible? Full RETAIL PRICE 2/3 Pre-Order? YES WE CAN! - Verizon Wireless Community
 
HanSolo said:
lol. This is actually true, as you can all see from my bipolar disorder.

On a serious note, I don't want to start a whole thing here, but just to let you know, I haven't gotten any PMs from Mods asking me to tone it down, be more careful, etc.

Truth is, since my "return", I've been in contact with the mods involved, and everything is cool. No one is "gunning" for me or muzzling me, and I'm not telling anyone to go jump in a lake.

As far as I'm concerned, we're the Brady Bunch again.
Click to expand...

In my line of work 'probation' means you have active DOC and have a hard time abiding by the law ;)
 
HanSolo said:
lol. This is actually true, as you can all see from my bipolar disorder.

On a serious note, I don't want to start a whole thing here, but just to let you know, I haven't gotten any PMs from Mods asking me to tone it down, be more careful, etc.

Truth is, since my "return", I've been in contact with the mods involved, and everything is cool. No one is "gunning" for me or muzzling me, and I'm not telling anyone to go jump in a lake.

As far as I'm concerned, we're the Brady Bunch again.
Click to expand...

The Brady Bunch? Grreeeaaattt. ;)
 
keatre said:
How to Disable the Google Search Bar in ICS | xda-developers

For those, such as myself, that do not use the embedded google search.

Apologies if already posted.
Click to expand...

P3Droid posted last week sometime that he was able to remove it from the launcher with a 2 letter edit to the manifest. I'm sure his method will be released once the VZW come out. If his method disables the search altogether this would obviously be easier but I don't know
 
statepenn03 said:
I spent the extra buck and got it from Amazon since I have Amazon Prime and get free two day shipping with them so I should have it Monday... now only if I had a phone to put in it. At least the case will give me a good idea of the size of the Nexus in my hands. :)
Click to expand...

But i wonder if these case will fit on the vzw version of the phone. I know its not a huge difference but it is definitely bigger.
 
HanSolo said:
lol. This is actually true, as you can all see from my bipolar disorder.

On a serious note, I don't want to start a whole thing here, but just to let you know, I haven't gotten any PMs from Mods asking me to tone it down, be more careful, etc.

Truth is, since my "return", I've been in contact with the mods involved, and everything is cool. No one is "gunning" for me or muzzling me, and I'm not telling anyone to go jump in a lake.

As far as I'm concerned, we're the Brady Bunch again.
Click to expand...

And just to be clear, I was just joking with both you and the mods. As it is and was a sensitive subject I probably should have avoided it altogether so my apologies.
 
pjsockett said:
P3Droid posted last week sometime that he was able to remove it from the launcher with a 2 letter edit to the manifest. I'm sure his method will be released once the VZW come out. If his method disables the search altogether this would obviously be easier but I don't know
Click to expand...

first couple things I'm gonna do with my nexus is disable that search bar and enable the search button on the lower keys :)
 
OfTheDamned said:
I use it for all my calls. I still have an Atlanta number as my primary number (for family and other VZW customers) and I give my Colorado GV number out to anyone I meet now. The Colorado number hits my phone just like any other call would and since I'm using an older version of GV I can route all outgoing calls to that one number and it goes through my F&F plan as a free call. Since we have unlimited text too, I have my GV text show up in the stock text app too. Anyone with my CO GV number doesn't know the difference.
Click to expand...

Thanks for the info, I was going to ask about the FF thing earlier because I had heard that they changed that. So where do you get the APK for the old GV? How long do you think that will work in new versions of android?
 
pjsockett said:
P3Droid posted last week sometime that he was able to remove it from the launcher with a 2 letter edit to the manifest. I'm sure his method will be released once the VZW come out. If his method disables the search altogether this would obviously be easier but I don't know
Click to expand...

His two letter edit in the manifest was referring to auto-rotation, "sensor" to "nosensor" (which I'm not entirely sure of what this means).

However, he has stated he has been able to modify stock AOSP to remove the search bar. I'd much rather do it this way so I don't actually lose the Google search app. When you combine this with that other modification someone else made to add the search button to the soft-keys, I'll be much happier. I'll also be looking at ways to have custom icons for the soft keys.
 
muscal said:
Have you guys seen this yet? It was posted yesterday. Over a million views already.

(mod note - NSFW and language)

Nerdy white kid KILLS "Look at Me Now" (Mac Lethal) - YouTube
Click to expand...

Mac Lethal is fun to see live. Here are a couple of other videos that are pretty good from him also. Again NSFW and language unless you have my job then no one cares as long as it isn't the porn.

Mac Lethal "Undertow" - YouTube

Woodchip Grinder - Mac Lethal - Aesop Rock - Soulcrate Music - YouTube
 
Ytram said:
His two letter edit in the manifest was referring to auto-rotation, "sensor" to "nosensor" (which I'm not entirely sure of what this means).

However, he has stated he has been able to modify stock AOSP to remove the search bar. I'd much rather do it this way so I don't actually lose the Google search app. When you combine this with that other modification someone else made to add the search button to the soft-keys, I'll be much happier. I'll also be looking at ways to have custom icons for the soft keys.
Click to expand...

I agree although I don't use it often. I do use it every now and then so would like to still have it available. But having it stuck to every screen is just annoying. It works well for the Honeycomb OS because of the large screen real-estate and they hid it off to the side a bit so I don't notice it but on a phone I would get quickly irritated that its taking up the space.
 
Ytram said:
His two letter edit in the manifest was referring to auto-rotation, "sensor" to "nosensor" (which I'm not entirely sure of what this means).

However, he has stated he has been able to modify stock AOSP to remove the search bar. I'd much rather do it this way so I don't actually lose the Google search app. When you combine this with that other modification someone else made to add the search button to the soft-keys, I'll be much happier. I'll also be looking at ways to have custom icons for the soft keys.
Click to expand...

I could be wrong but I believe when he removed the search widget/app he still wasn't able to utilize that space for anything else. It just removes the search bar.
 
DiegoKokomo said:
And just to be clear, I was just joking with both you and the mods. As it is and was a sensitive subject I probably should have avoided it altogether so my apologies.
Click to expand...

I knew you were joking, no problem. :p

Actually gave me the chance to say that I'm not getting that "we're watching you" vibe from the mods. Everything is as it was before, except now I get my name in black. I feel like Batman!
 
Sushibagel said:
I agree although I don't use it often. I do use it every now and then so would like to still have it available. But having it stuck to every screen is just annoying. It works well for the Honeycomb OS because of the large screen real-estate and they hid it off to the side a bit so I don't notice it but on a phone I would get quickly irritated that its taking up the space.
Click to expand...

I use the app because it always felt more light-weight than pulling up a browser to perform a search. And light-weight is a necessity for anything I try to do on my OG Droid nowadays ;)

Since you can't currently re-claim the space for widgets, my main complaint is its visibility. I don't get why the removed the search button, much less obtrusive and very useful for long press actions and the like.

akellar said:
I could be wrong but I believe when he removed the search widget/app he still wasn't able to utilize that space for anything else. It just removes the search bar.
Click to expand...

Yep, that is correct. I'm sure it'll come eventually though.
 
Status
Not open for further replies.
Back
Top Bottom