Do you have a tip/trick for ICS? Post it here.

[Wolfedude88]

Merged threads.

Nice tips, keep them coming.

 

[Jersey Tom]

I'm a little confused about all this usb cable chat... i've got a pile of cables that used to work with my HTC desire (connecting phone to computer) but now they either cause Win7 to say there is a problem with the device or only offer charging

I need to buy some more cables, how do i know which ones to purchase?

I plugged the cable that came the phone into my Win7 (64bit) computer and G Nex... no issues. Granted I've only transferred one file - a ringtone - but there was no problem.

 

[JustBiteMe2k]

I plugged the cable that came the phone into my Win7 (64bit) computer and G Nex... no issues. Granted I've only transferred one file - a ringtone - but there was no problem.

Yes me too... but of the 5 other cables i have laying around the house that i've used for the past 2 years with my HTC Desire, none of them work with the Galaxy Nexus.

 

[mike420]

how do you delete homescreens so you have just 1?

 

[Dubbin1]

how do you delete homescreens so you have just 1?

A different launcher

 

[mike420]

A different launcher

so your telling me on the stock android os we can not delete homescreens? omg the more i find out about pure google the more im wishing this phone came with samsungs tw.

 

[suXor]

Press and hold an app in the recent apps pop up to remove from that list or access the app info for force stop, uninstall, etc.

 

[JustBiteMe2k]

Press and hold an app in the recent apps pop up to remove from that list or access the app info for force stop, uninstall, etc.

or just swipe the app picture to the left and it'll close it for you

 

[eyc]

so your telling me on the stock android os we can not delete homescreens? omg the more i find out about pure google the more im wishing this phone came with samsungs tw.

Wow. Seriously? To each their own, I suppose.

If you want to have only one screen, why don't you just make five identical screens? You would never know there are five.

 

[stevevt]

Here's the only way I've found to see the RAM in use:

Settings --> (Under DEVICE) Apps --> RUNNING. RAM used vs. free is listed at the bottom of the screen.

Two questions:
1) Should I be worried that these numbers only add up to 695 on my phone?
2) Anyone know of other places to see this RAM info?

 

[JustBiteMe2k]

You can get loads of widgets which show ram, cpu etc... i use "Mini Info"

 

[wedgemoose]

It's my understanding that it actually helps in a lot of apps - for one I've noticed that scrolling is much smoother in the official Twitter app with this setting turned on. For now I'm leaving "force GPU rendering" enabled. Anyone else?

Exact same thing here Whitesoxwin (you know how hard it was for me to type that being a red sox guy...HaHa). I was so upset over the twitter app lag. I came here, read it somewhere about the "force GPU", checked it off and now twitter is 20 times better. I'm sticking with it on!!!!!

 

[indigodave]

Minor tip, apologies if this was in past android versions.

Go to the clock app, press and hold on the screen, it goes into night mode. Perfect for having by your bedside table. As most of the screen is black, pretty light on the battery as well.

I tried this on my Nexus and all I got was a "remove" drop down.

Coming from a Blackberry, I really want a bedtime clock setting. Of course am waiting for a dock as well, cheap!

Help??

Thx

 

[Dubbin1]

I tried this on my Nexus and all I got was a "remove" drop down.

Coming from a Blackberry, I really want a bedtime clock setting. Of course am waiting for a dock as well, cheap!

Help??

Thx

You're doing it wrong I think.
Go into your app drawer
Select Clock
Now press on the clock that pops up and hold down or just press and it will dim.

 

[iDon't]

or just swipe the app picture to the left and it'll close it for you

IIRC, when you swipe an app off the the recent app list it doesn't close the app, it just removes it from the list.

 

[ThrottleAbuse]

IIRC, when you swipe an app off the the recent app list it doesn't close the app, it just removes it from the list.

I have been wondering about this. Does that close the app or just remove it from recent history? How do you close an app or all the apps?

 

[OfTheDamned]

I have been wondering about this. Does that close the app or just remove it from recent history? How do you close an app or all the apps?

That list simply shows a history. Swiping it off the screen does not close it.

With most apps you will simply press the back button to exit the app. With many apps this will close them out or put them into a suspended state where they may be running in the background, but not using the CPU or the battery. With other apps (Pandora for example) you can hit the menu button and there will be a quit or exit option that will shut the app down. Hitting the home button does not exit an app properly and it will continue to be active in the background for a while.

It is important to understand that there are 3 main states that your average app can be in. Active which is running and using both the RAM and the CPU, Cached which uses just RAM and Off which uses neither. An app sitting in the background or cached may be taking up RAM, but still not really running or active. Many of your most commonly used apps will sit in a cached or suspended state waiting for you to open them. This allows them to open faster when you want to use them. This has caused many misunderstandings in the past for a lot of people (especially former WinMo and iPhone as well as windows users). They will think that an app sitting in the background/cached and/or taking up RAM is draining battery when it really isn't. The RAM that is being used will be released when needed.

If you want to know more about how the system works and how it handles apps and their states many of the articles on why Task Killers aren't needed will explain it in more detail than I have.

 

[Protonus]

Anyone figure out how to change the way People are displayed in the People Tab of the Phone App?

Ugh I hate it too, in fact it's the thing I hate most that I haven't seen a fix for yet in ICS... It does look like that metro windows phone look, which I abhor.

 

[damstr]

Anyone know how to not have the phone's notification go off when your listening to music? Maybe just vibrate or something?

Thanks

 

[nj02vette]

If you connect to a computer using the standard default MTP protocol, it will only show you some of the folders. Swipe your notification menu down and change from media device to camera. Sounds strange, but doing so lets you see the full directory structure.

 

[xGalaxyNexusx]

Anyone know how to not have the phone's notification go off when your listening to music? Maybe just vibrate or something?

Thanks

I haven't played around with the actual setting yet, however when I set up my Light Flow notification settings, I made sure to uncheck the box for interrupting phone calls. Ever since (mind you only tested it maybe 5 times), the notification flashes but I don't get a sound and/or vibrate (which I could have gotten vibrate and chose not to).

This may not help during the streaming of music, but it should kill the probably during calls for you. Until someone has a better answer, I hope it helps!

 

[mistermojorizi]

I was watching Tech News Today on UStream and they quickly mentioned something about the version of ICS that was released on the Nexus is made for the tablet? Is that correct? I am curious because one of the games I often play is very different on my Nexus than it was on my Droid X, despite it being the exact backed up copy I had previously used. Anyone know anything about this? Thanks in advance!

ics is universal...expands and shrinks to work on any device..blend gingerbread and honeycomb...remove flash n you got a sandwich

 

[MoPhoMan]

Two things:

1. It took me a day to see this - there is a market icon at the top of the app drawer you can click on for quick access to the market.

2. For those new to Android, if you put a period "." before a file name or folder it will hide those files.

 

[Jersey Tom]

so your telling me on the stock android os we can not delete homescreens? omg the more i find out about pure google the more im wishing this phone came with samsungs tw.

 

[soy.lor.n]

While taking advantage of OTD's tip to keep apps from automatically installing on the desktop, I notice there is a setting in the Market that will force apps to only update over wifi. Might be a very useful thing for folks with limited data.

Not really a Nexus-specific tip, but 4G in general...I just signed up for VZW when I picked up my Nexus, but I called yesterday and added the 4G mobile hotspot which gave me unlimited data on the phone, up from 4GB!

I have heard that if you cancel hotspot unlimited data remains, but I haven't tried it yet. I'm gonna keep the hotspot for at least the first month.

I've also heard that some people have had varying degrees of success depending on the CSR, but it's probably worth a try if you are limited. Just call *611 and ask to add the "$30 4G mobile hotspot" (NOT the $20 2GB hotspot); it probably helps to not mention the word "unlimited" at all, but when they add the hotspot they'll see that they have to upgrade you to unlimited data for $29.99

ETA: I'm sure this has been mentioned many other times in other threads, but I'm also sure many people would be interested but haven't heard about it.