What did 4.0.4 do for you?

[kabull]

Finally got my update, I have had it almost 20 hours and I am trying to figure out what it was supposed to do.  Screen orientation issue is fixed but that was the least of my problems.  I am still operating at -115 dbm.  So signal strength issue not fixed. Bars do display differently but the dbm strength (the real indicator) is exactly the same.  Call quality has not improved at all, in fact it may be worse.  It has a different sound that is more muffled instead of the robotic sounds.  Still have tons of background clicks and squeals etc.  I am trying to patient as I have been for the last almost six months but it doesn't appear that the update has helped in the ability to use the GNEX as a phone.  I'd love to hear from others, what did 4.0.4 do for you?

[PJNC284]

Could it be that you're just in a poor signal area?  I really doubt an update is going to fix it if the dBm are that low.

[kabull]

No I can see Verizon tower out my window.....less than a quarter of a mile.  Other comparable phones in the house are at -80 dbm.  Verizon first tried to blame it on that until they pinpointed my exact location to their tower.  I have a friend with the phone who lives 40 miles from me and she has the same issues and 4.0.4 didn't help her either. 

[zombielove69]

I too live a half a mile away from a verizon tower, and after googling verizon towers on G maps to see towers closest to me i found it was not a 4g tower. I found that the 2 closest 4g towers to my house were over 8 miles away, and I get 12 mbps down and 6 up. Just an fyi that every verizon tower isn't a 4g tower. I also noticed in the update they fudged with the receprion bars, I always had at home 1-2 bars always at home and now I have 3-4 bars now after the update. But using the speedtest.net app I still only get 12 down and 6 up on my 4g. Kind of sad to add bars to my phone when the signal hasn't changed.

[mterkowski]

I updated to 4.04 and I am still having the same issue. I had a droid bionic and had full 4 bar 4g in my house, since I switched to the nexus. I can only maintain 4g for 2 minutes max then it goes to no signal. I even called samsung and they claim to not know anything about this issue. If you google this problem you will find numerous pages of people with the same issues.

[NexusMan21]

For me the biggest fix 4.0.4 brought is the 3g/4g hand off issue.

Whether I am in 3g or 4g, I stay connected to that network for a long time. Perhaps Verizon tweaked the towers in my area, but I am getting the best speeds I have had yet since the update with 4g. Most of the time I swear the phone was showing 4g in error, cause the speeds were so low.

I am glad the screen orientation doesn't lag anymore from landscape to portrait. The menu transitions feel smooth to me as well. The update doesn't appear to have done anything to my call quality, but I never considered it to be poor to begin with.

The update did not fix my alarm clock rebooting issue. If I set an alarm, and hit snooze 3 times in a row, it reboots. I cannot tell a difference with the ringer volume either.

[eltorro711033]

I have had the update since Saturday. I get much longer connection times to the 4g. It also switches off a little better. I still have issues with it dropping the signal as soon as I start a phone call and try to send a txt message. So I went to the store today and a Tech told me it was a sim card issue. So he changed the sim card and said your all set. I walk out of the store try to make a call........no signal. 10 feet outside the store. I walk right back in and show him no signal. He changes it again and said it must have just had luck of getting two bad sim cards in a row. So I get another one. Leave the store and about 10 minutes into a phone call it happens again. I am going to give this another day or two and if I have to go back in I am going to demand a droid maxx. I am over this ipod touch trying to disguise itself as a phone. Oh yea he also told me I should just leave the phone on 3g most of the time and only change it back if I need to download or stream something. If that is the case why even have 4g at all?

[commonsense101]

this is why i always shake my head when people cry over software updates..if you live in a poor coverage area buddy nothing is going to fix that

[kabull]

Mr. Commonsense,

I have been promised since January by Verizon and Samsung that this update would fix my issues.  I DO NOT live in a poor coverage area.  I can see the Verizon tower as I type this, I can walk there in like five minutes.  I live in a well covered 4g area.  When I began calling in January Verizon tried to tell me this until they mapped my location.  They no longer give me that excuse.   We have six other lines on the account, all get excellent reception.  I have had other 4 g phones here that are of a different manufacturer that record around -80dbm.  I am at between -110 to -120 pretty much all the time. As I am sure you know this does not make for good phone service.  I cannot keep a good data connection more than 15 ft. from my router.  Laptops can go anywhere in the house and get a data connection.  So before you tell me I am crying......get the facts straight please. 

[shagg]

Stop yer whining and crying. Call and have Verizon fill out a trouble ticket for your area.

[kabull]

Gosh Shagg, thanks so much for your helpful, constructive advice.  FYI trouble ticket done months ago.  Verizon now says it must be the hardware.  Refurb coming today.

[shirke]

Kabull, Please let us know how's your Refurbished phone work for you.

[KLRSKIR]

I seem to be getting a better signal in areas where I got very poor signal since I got the GNEX back in January (3/4g). I also think the "auto" setting for screen brightness has been tweaked a bit for the better. Luckily I have never experienced the call muting nor dropping issue prior to this update.

The device seems to boot faster and I really have not seen any increase in battery life. I did pull the simcard after the update which seemed to make my signal stronger. I also performed a factory reset which yielded no noticeable benefits compared to another GNEX in the family which did not perform a factory reset post update.

[bowlingdb]

After two months of serious signal problems (I love everything else about the phone) I finally requested a replacement phone after running into my cousin, and holding exact same phones side-by-side, his was getting 3-4 bars, and mine was stuck on grey "x" (I.e. no signal).

I got my replacement on Monday, and it seems to work great. I was able to sit in my living room and make a call. Before, I had to go to a "special spot" in my house in order to make a call without dropping. And for signal reference in my house - before Galaxy Nexus, I had a Droid X that worked perfectly.

And for update reference - I had updated my old Galaxy Nexus from 4.0.2 to the IMM76K 4.0.4 and it hadn't helped the signal issues at all.

I'm also getting a stronger data signal at work, where I had a mediocre to zero signal before. And it's not just a visual bars adjustment - it's an actual adjustment, meaning I actually get data now where I didn't before I got the replacement.

Long story short, jumping through the hoops of requesting a replacement has worked well for me...so far.

[nimiaj]

For me the 4.0.4 update did the following:

- Random freeze and reboot has not happened to me so far after the update

- Signal quality (4G) has improved a lot both at my home and work as compared to before. This is also resulted in a lot better battery life.

- 4G signal frequently disconnecting (like the radio is rebooting) is not longer happening.

- Brightness transitions are more subtle and smooth.

- Call quality is good. Never had issues with call quality on 4.0.2 other than the fact the the radio disconnecting was leaving in dead water sometimes.

- Device generally feels faster. (don't have any measurable evidence, but that's what I feel)

- 4G/3G switching is really fast. I have some spots in my office where 4G fades away, and I used to notice the signal disconnecting and connecting to 3g, with 4.0.4 its not noticeable.

All in all, 4.0.4 made my Galaxy Nexus what it should have been from day one.

[Ann154]

The other thing I noticed that the 4.0.4 update fixed was the calendar widget now displays the three other Google calendars that I had loaded. For example, I had the US holidays loaded. It would display in the agenda view of the calendar application, but it wouldn't display in the widget. It does now!

Sometimes it is the simple things in life.

[DigeratiDave]

I have to say I think the 4.0.4 update has been a blessing for my phone.

Granted I've only had the update for 48 hours.

The things I've noticed are:

1) Battery life seems to have improved significantly. Previously I had to charge my phone midway through my workday, especially if I had a few long conversations.

Today alone I've had multiple 30min conversations, and battery is still only 3/4 discharged.

2) Before the update my signal was almost always -85dBm at one of the most used locations. Now it has been -77dBm almost anywhere I go.

3) The microphone seems to be better. I had one guy tell me I sound like I'm talking in a tin can everytime I called him so our conversations were short. Today he was one of the 30 minute conversations I mentioned above.

4) Screen rotation seems much better. I don't have as much lag as I had on the previous version.

So far the update is good for me.