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Galaxy Nexus Watering Hole
- Thread starter BabyBlues
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adjuster11
Well-Known Member
So I got my first bill, after changing to the Nexus. My old plan had an unlimited data $15.00/month charge for Mobile Broadband Connect. What I used to use to connect my computer and tether it.
I was under the assumption that would carry over to the new phone and provide a mobile hotspot, since my old phone didn't have that feature.
They dropped the mobile broadband charge off the bill, and now want me to sign up for $30 bucks for 4G smartphone hotspot.
Big red claims it's because the mobile broadband connect wasn't compatible with 4g phones, so they dropped the plan.
What grates me is I looked the sales lady in the eye and said "NOTHING" is going to change on my plan, right" and she replied yes.
I'm not sure if it's worth arguing, but once again, Big red looked me in the ey, and calmly told me I was the most handsome man on the planet, please sign here.
His best offer was $10 bucks off, if I sign up to the $30 bucks.
Also said you can turn it on and turn it off as needed, so no long term committments.
Did I lose anything or not worth the bother? Worth a beef, or shut up and sign up for the $30 bucks if I want a hotspot?
I was under the assumption that would carry over to the new phone and provide a mobile hotspot, since my old phone didn't have that feature.
They dropped the mobile broadband charge off the bill, and now want me to sign up for $30 bucks for 4G smartphone hotspot.
Big red claims it's because the mobile broadband connect wasn't compatible with 4g phones, so they dropped the plan.
What grates me is I looked the sales lady in the eye and said "NOTHING" is going to change on my plan, right" and she replied yes.
I'm not sure if it's worth arguing, but once again, Big red looked me in the ey, and calmly told me I was the most handsome man on the planet, please sign here.
His best offer was $10 bucks off, if I sign up to the $30 bucks.
Also said you can turn it on and turn it off as needed, so no long term committments.
Did I lose anything or not worth the bother? Worth a beef, or shut up and sign up for the $30 bucks if I want a hotspot?
altimax98
Android Enthusiast
That really blows... they really screwed you on that one.
I say stick it to them, cancel the hotspot feature and use 'other' methods... Thats all I will say
adjuster11
Well-Known Member
Calling cousin Vito as we speak.
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RazorSharp
Android Expert
Yup, totally agreed here. I have no desire to pay $30 more a month to Verizon, and you (adjuster11) shouldn't be forced to do so either.That really blows... they really screwed you on that one.
I say stick it to them, cancel the hotspot feature and use 'other' methods... Thats all I will say
Lucky Armpit
Android Enthusiast
So I took off Phandroid, words with friends and hanging with friends and then charged my phone. One of them is definitely the culprit of battery eating. I will add them back but at least I know if I need to conserve battery those are the first to go.
Words with Friends chewed through the battery on my Android Tablet (Asus Transformer TF101) very quickly. I still use it but make sure to close it when I'm done.
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HanSolo
Guest
So I finally got the perfect setup. I wanted the stock app and widget drawer, with no gray line above the dock, customizable dock icons, and a way to hide the notification bar.
I got tired of waiting for a dev to do it and finally just tweaked the latest Nova Launcher (beta 5), which is really stable so far, using an apk editing tool. I also signed it so that it won't automatically update on me and ruin all my tweaks.
I'm so very happy! Yet somehow perturbed because now I have nothing to tweak.
I got tired of waiting for a dev to do it and finally just tweaked the latest Nova Launcher (beta 5), which is really stable so far, using an apk editing tool. I also signed it so that it won't automatically update on me and ruin all my tweaks.
I'm so very happy! Yet somehow perturbed because now I have nothing to tweak.
Lucky Armpit
Android Enthusiast
Congrats! Glad you got it the way you want it! But don't despair... I'm sure there will be something else to tweak at some point. 'Tis the beauty of an open-source OS.
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Member112085
Guest
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HanSolo
Guest
Here's the original Nexus boot animation, in 720p, if anyone is interested. Just download it and place it in /system/media using root explorer.
[BOOTANIMATION] Original Nexus 720p - xda-developers
[BOOTANIMATION] Original Nexus 720p - xda-developers
RazorSharp
Android Expert
Nice find. Any way to see what it looks like without uploading it to the phone?
EDIT: Never mind, found it on YouTube:
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HanSolo
Guest
Actually I've placed it both in the /system/media and /data/local, but it's not showing up, just a black screen. Not sure why.
Does anyone know if Netflix HD app is working on 4.0.3 yet? I'm dying to try Franco's kernel (latest build is supposed to increase quality of whites, somehow), but it's only compatible with 4.0.3.
altimax98
Android Enthusiast
nope... not yet :-( I just bit the bullet and put on AOKP w/fransisco kernel and took out the SD card binary that caused GTA to not work...
The whites are so clear and the all around improvement in colors is amazing.. he did a great job.
Lucky Armpit
Android Enthusiast
Whew, just finished uploading my iTunes library to Google Music. Now I have to play with Google Music to see how I like it. 
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HanSolo
Guest
How did you get it to work? What system folder did you put it in?
So a kernel can really affect the screen that much? Whites and colors? Wow. I might have to give it a shot, despite the non-Netflix support.
Does it do anything with the banding on the screen, or is that a hardware issue? (I do notice it sometimes.)
Yeah, figured it was cliché but I couldn't resist.
Nexus questions....
1. When dialing the phone, I'm used to being able to spell out names with the keypad on my Droid X. For example, if I wanted to dial my wife's name (Jen) I'd start dialing '536' and it would pull up everything that matches that in my contacts. Does ICS not do this?
2. Can I get an Airplane shortcut on the main screen without a 3rd party app? I noticed Airplane mode isn't part of the Power Bar.
Thank you!
1. You can search for contacts on your phone using the google search bar on the home screen. I don't think the native ICS dialer has the functionality you're talking about.
2. You can create Settings Shortcuts in the widget section of the app drawer. It would open the settings though, not act as a switch/button.
1&2 I'm sure you can find apps that accomplish both of these satisfactorily. For #2 I'd suggest Beautiful Widgets or Elixir.
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Hope everyone had a happy holiday.
It's a flashable .zip....did you flash it, or just put the Galaxy-Nexus-One-S-bootanimation.zip into the /system/media folder?
I extracted just the bootanimation.zip from the /data folder (within Galaxy-Nexus-One-S-bootanimation.zip itself) then moved it to the Nexus and placed it in /data/local and it works just fine (looks pretty darn good by the way).
BabyBlues
Trouble Just Finds Me!
That's funny!!