Hello. I recently switched to the Nexus after an 8 month love/hate relationship with the Droid Bionic. I bought it brand new when it came out in September and after 4 replacement Bionics, Verizon allowed me to switch to another phone last week. They gave me the option of the Nexus or the Razr (not the Maxx however). I decided to give the Nexus a try as I wanted to go with Ice Cream Sandwich. They also gave me an extended battery as I had bought one through them with the Bionic.
I received the Nexus on Wednesday of last week and so far I have been very frustrated. The battery life if horrible. I am not sure exactly what is the cause of the quick battery drain. I have 4g turned off, as I don't live in a 4g area at the moment, the closest is 70 miles away. I do have the twitter and facebook widgets on one of my home screens though. Does that make a big difference. Wi-fi, bluetooth, GPS are all turned off. And screen brightness is like at 30% if not lower. All I use the phone for at the moment is texting and websurfing, not a whole lot more. I do like how quickly the phone charges, but man, it drains alot quicker. Any ideas or tips for me?
The bigger issue at the moment is reception. In my home, I used to get 3-5 bars on my bionic, and now with the nexus it is usually no bars and greyed out, if I am lucky its 1 bar, with a very rare exception when I get 2 bars, but it doesnt last for very long. I am at school right now in the 3rd floor of the library and it has been between 3 to 4 bars, which is nice. I called Verizon support today and he thinks its the phone and I should just have another replacement sent to me, but I said I wanted to think about it because it took me forever to get my contacts in order (link with facebook contacts, delete duplicate contacts, etc..literally took me a few hours to do.) What do you guys think, do I need a new phone, should I wait it out, or just try to switch back to the Bionic or see if they will give me the Razr?
Looking for some advice. Thanks in advance.
Beau
I received the Nexus on Wednesday of last week and so far I have been very frustrated. The battery life if horrible. I am not sure exactly what is the cause of the quick battery drain. I have 4g turned off, as I don't live in a 4g area at the moment, the closest is 70 miles away. I do have the twitter and facebook widgets on one of my home screens though. Does that make a big difference. Wi-fi, bluetooth, GPS are all turned off. And screen brightness is like at 30% if not lower. All I use the phone for at the moment is texting and websurfing, not a whole lot more. I do like how quickly the phone charges, but man, it drains alot quicker. Any ideas or tips for me?
The bigger issue at the moment is reception. In my home, I used to get 3-5 bars on my bionic, and now with the nexus it is usually no bars and greyed out, if I am lucky its 1 bar, with a very rare exception when I get 2 bars, but it doesnt last for very long. I am at school right now in the 3rd floor of the library and it has been between 3 to 4 bars, which is nice. I called Verizon support today and he thinks its the phone and I should just have another replacement sent to me, but I said I wanted to think about it because it took me forever to get my contacts in order (link with facebook contacts, delete duplicate contacts, etc..literally took me a few hours to do.) What do you guys think, do I need a new phone, should I wait it out, or just try to switch back to the Bionic or see if they will give me the Razr?
Looking for some advice. Thanks in advance.
Beau