Galaxy Nexus Watering Hole

[Steven58]

Haha, was grocery shopping at the store yesterday and had a fruit roll up box with Yoda on the front, and all I could think was wow, Steven is a spokesman for fruit rollups? are you as happy with your phone as me?

I am. Here's my modded phone, so far:

ICL53F Deodexed Rooted Busyboxed + Softkeys + APM/AB MODS

 

[vandyman]

Glad to see you Steven.
As the saying goes ;I am happier than a clam with my GNex.

 

[AntimonyER]

I am. Here's my modded phone, so far:

ICL53F Deodexed Rooted Busyboxed + Softkeys + APM/AB MODS

Thanks for reminding me, need to get rid of the search bar.

 

[vandyman]

You missed the fact that a lounge thread is more Nexus related at this point than the actual Nexus thread.

And did you notice that about only 20% of the peeps from that thread actually brought the Nexus.

 

[sperho]

Anyone know the best podcatcher for galaxy nexus? Google listen is good except I would like to be able to download my podcasts and have it saved where I am into them when i turn the device off.

Beyond Pod. Hands down. Great customization features...

 

[IndecisiveElle]

And did you notice that about only 20% of the peeps from that thread actually brought the Nexus.

Wow that's pretty lame! I figured it was at least half of the regulars. Crazy.

Hi Steven! Nice to have you back around but glad you took some time off. Very very happy you're enjoying your Nexus!

 

[jbdan]

I've run each one about 6hrs or so. I did about two battery charges per. I've had a very uneventful weekend lol..

Mr.Birdman is going to release the 4.0.3 with all the bug fixes.. best rom IMO 4.0.3 is crazy fast.

Glitches I've had with revolutionary:
The keyboard lag is worse then on the other roms. Its got a very slow landscape keyboard when typing reallg fast. I did NOT like the forced GPU rendering. Some apps don't support it and your sol on those apps. The app drawer had the typical lag. Nova fixes it. And the kernel had issues for me with OTG to my keyoard mouse. It would shutoff for no reason and not come back. Overall its real good, I've just been spoiled with 4.0.3

Thx . I thought the same about Rev. Have not tried the .3 flavor I'm waiting one something very stable and look forward!

 

[BabyBlues]

It is the teenage rebel syndrome. When its not against the rules, we don't do it anymore

Well, my mother does call me Peter Pan sometimes.

And did you notice that about only 20% of the peeps from that thread actually brought the Nexus.

Wow that's pretty lame! I figured it was at least half of the regulars. Crazy.

Hi Steven! Nice to have you back around but glad you took some time off. Very very happy you're enjoying your Nexus!

I didn't realize it was so few. I figured that there were a lot that bought that are just happy to have it and not posting anymore. Well, it's a good thing some people didn't - if they had then Han may not have been able to exchange his phone twice.

 

[Steven58]

Thanks for reminding me, need to get rid of the search bar.

Just add nova launcher beta apk into your system folder and you'll have ics functionality as well as gb.. which I'm more used to. More transitions, too. Better launcher, no search bar. More options. Link

 

[RazorSharp]

It is the teenage rebel syndrome. When its not against the rules, we don't do it anymore

Heh, I think it's just because noobs like me have lots of questions for those more experienced with tweaking and hacking! This thread is a one-stop hangout for both socializing and tech support! I know that's why I hang out here.

the big battery life improvements will come with custom kernels/roms, and to use them you will need to be unlocked/rooted.

See, now this is what I mean. This is a small point of confusion - do custom ROMs include their own kernels? Or could I, say, install the Android Revolution ROM and this kernel?

 

[jbdan]

See, now this is what I mean. This is a small point of confusion - do custom ROMs include their own kernels? Or could I, say, install the Android Revolution ROM and this kernel?

Yes. And it depends on what the rom dev puts in his/her rom, their choice.

You can flash any kernel (with compatibility of course) to your rom. Fransico's kernel looks really good, I'm waiting for him to get the LTE version out. Some guinea pigs are testing it as we speak.

 

[RazorSharp]

Yes. And it depends on what the rom dev puts in his/her rom, their choice.

You can flash any kernel (with compatibility of course) to your rom. Fransico's kernel looks really good, I'm waiting for him to get the LTE version out. Some guinea pigs are testing it as we speak.

Yeah I've been keeping up with his thread, very excited about some of the features he's incorporating. There don't seem to be that many ROMs around yet, are there a lot of kernels being developed?

 

[zx10droid]

im waiting on something stable that focuses on battery life, then i will let my rom/kernel flashing begin

 

[jbdan]

Yeah I've been keeping up with his thread, very excited about some of the features he's incorporating. There don't seem to be that many ROMs around yet, are there a lot of kernels being developed?

I've seen several kernels, but so far only for GSM. LTE should follow very soon. Francisco's should be the first I know of incorporating all the said tweaks. Power standby looks to be super on his gsm testing! The developement for this phone is insane I can't believe what is out already

After using smartass and smartass v2 for so long on the Inc I'm looking forward to seeing what kind of battery life we are going to achieve. From the looks of it now (with stock battery and 4.0.2 kernel) it's going to be very good.

 

[kokiangel]

Can anyone offer some advice on esecuritel cell phone insurance? That was the insurance that VZW was offering as an option other than asurion when I bought my phone. I bought the extended warranty but I am thinking now that that might have been stupid.

 

[jbdan]

im waiting on something stable that focuses on battery life, then i will let my rom/kernel flashing begin

That is what I shoot for. As long as the ROM keeps it's smoothness and speed as well. Francisco's looks like it might be the first candidate for me!

 

[HanSolo]

Quick question for the veteran rooters here:

When I flashed the Universal HD rom, it made me activate again, etc. I also lost the clockworkmod app. Is that bad?

If I simply reinstall it from the market, will I be okay?

Also, I remember that I made a nandroid backup when I rooted earlier today. Will I be able to get rid of this rom I flashed by restoring the nandroid backup from the recovery boot screen?

TIA

 

[RazorSharp]

I've seen several kernels, but so far only for GSM. LTE should follow very soon. Francisco's should be the first I know of incorporating all the said tweaks. Power standby looks to be super on his gsm testing! The developement for this phone is insane I can't believe what is out already

After using smartass and smartass v2 for so long on the Inc I'm looking forward to seeing what kind of battery life we are going to achieve. From the looks of it now (with stock battery and 4.0.2 kernel) it's going to be very good.

What exactly is the relationship between the ROM and the kernel? For example, they both seem to mention power governors and battery life improvement. Could they both be affecting the same area? If so, could there be any conflict, or does one take precedent?

 

[altimax98]

Quick question for the veteran rooters here:

When I flashed the Universal HD rom, it made me activate again, etc. I also lost the clockworkmod app. Is that bad?

If I simply reinstall it from the market, will I be okay?

Also, I remember that I made a nandroid backup when I rooted earlier today. Will I be able to get rid of this rom I flashed by restoring the nandroid backup from the recovery boot screen?

TIA

Its not an issue. Any rom built from the VZW releases have the activation built into the setup app.

You can go back to what you had before by flashing your nandroid backup. I usually recommend wiping twice before you flash the nandroid

 

[jbdan]

What exactly is the relationship between the ROM and the kernel? For example, they both seem to mention power governors and battery life improvement. Could they both be affecting the same area? If so, could there be any conflict, or does one take precedent?

I'm really not that knowledgeable everything I've learned is just through trial and error. Governors are for the kernel and control the speed at which the cpu will run and how aggressive it will react to a user request. ROM's have little if any effect on battery life. The kernel, in the most simplified form and just about as much as I know, is the bridge/communication between the hardware and software. Earlymon needs to drop in he is much more technically inclined than I ever want to be

btw Francisco's Kernel is in testing for LTE versions and nightly's should start rolling out this week hopefully Wed! Can't wait

 

[HanSolo]

Its not an issue. Any rom built from the VZW releases have the activation built into the setup app.

You can go back to what you had before by flashing your nandroid backup. I usually recommend wiping twice before you flash the nandroid

Do you mean wiping cache, or wiping/factory reset?

 

[woodstorm]

i really don't use facebook much at all...what i was talking about was syncing facebook contacts to the people app...that's where most of my contact pics came from previously

Friendcaster will sync pics also. I believe I got the contacts with them too.

 

[HanSolo]

Has anyone downloaded that new boot screen animation?

It's floating around somewhere on xda. I can post the link tomorrow (I'm not home and I have the site bookmarked on my laptop).

Its exactly the same one as stock, except optimized with true blacks and more vibrant colors. I don't know why they made it fake black in the first place.

Huge difference maker.

 

[altimax98]

Has anyone downloaded that new boot screen animation?

It's floating around somewhere on xda. I can post the link tomorrow (I'm not home and I have the site bookmarked on my laptop).

Its exactly the same one as stock, except optimized with true blacks and more vibrant colors. I don't know why they made it fake black in the first place.

Huge difference maker.

Yeah I'm using it.. I can't believe they didn't launch with that one lol.

NEVER do a factory reset from within android on the Gnex. It will wipe the Sdcard as well ;-)

I mean wipe it from clockwork

 

[HanSolo]

Guys, cool tip:

On the browser, tap menu dots.

Click on settings. Then labs.

Then check full screen.

The notification bar will disappear and the software buttons turn into faint dots!!

Nice extra screen real estate for browsing!