My list of Nexus problems:

[malikona]

First Android phone, bought-out AT&T contract to switch to Verizon ... for the network. 😕

1. Reception

Phone will periodically lose signal altogether as I move around inside my house. Never had ANYthing but 4-5 bars with my iPhones (switched b/c of signal on AT&T where I work, in another town). At best my Nexus gets MAYBE two bars, and only when I'm literally next to the window.

Last night my extended battery drained completely, phone was dead when I woke up. Once it charged enough to turn on I saw it went from about 60% to 0% in three hours or so where it was apparently searching for a network signal ('network connection' bar was red, as opposed to its' normal orange). Even using the phone in the middle of the LTE service area I bought it for I only get a spotty connection.

2. Battery

See issue number 1., also the fact that this thing eats battery for lunch, even when it's doing NOTHING. I have the extended battery. Maybe I am spoiled by the iPhone, but I used to go days at a time without charging that thing. Even when I have the Nexus PLUGGED-IN to my car charger, it will often use charge faster than it can replace it. I mean...wow. 

3. Random Rebooting

Was in the middle of listening to a song on headphones the other day when all of a sudden the screen goes black and I hear a painfully loud 'crack!' in my headphones while the phone apparently resets. 

I should say that I really love this phone - well, I love the OS - and if it functioned acceptably I would certainly prefer it to the iPhone. I figured all the talk amongst the Apple faithful about Android's failings were exaggerated, and perhaps they are, but I want to see these problems fixed SOON or I will be returning the phone and switching back to AT&T early next week. Not to mention getting a lot of "I told you so"s that I'm not ready to deal with. Really this phone should not have been released in the first place with all these issues, but I don't know who to pin them on. I guess that's what happens when one 'experience' is made by three (or more) companies, one of whom at least have serious control issues (I'm looking at you Red).

Feeling duped.

[curtterp]

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malikona wrote:

First Android phone, bought-out AT&T contract to switch to Verizon ... for the network. 😕

1. Reception

Phone will periodically lose signal altogether as I move around inside my house. Never had ANYthing but 4-5 bars with my iPhones (switched b/c of signal on AT&T where I work, in another town). At best my Nexus gets MAYBE two bars, and only when I'm literally next to the window.

Don't go by the bars on the phone. Check the signal level out with any one of the apps that will show you the actual signal level, not just bars. The bars are not exaggerated like they are on most phones. I used Open Signal Maps that show me the actual signal strength, not the interpretation into 'bars' Bars can be faked by the OS (re Apple) and can show more 'bars' than the signal strength would suggest.

Last night my extended battery drained completely, phone was dead when I woke up. Once it charged enough to turn on I saw it went from about 60% to 0% in three hours or so where it was apparently searching for a network signal ('network connection' bar was red, as opposed to its' normal orange). Even using the phone in the middle of the LTE service area I bought it for I only get a spotty connection.

2. Battery

See issue number 1., also the fact that this thing eats battery for lunch, even when it's doing NOTHING. I have the extended battery. Maybe I am spoiled by the iPhone, but I used to go days at a time without charging that thing. Even when I have the Nexus PLUGGED-IN to my car charger, it will often use charge faster than it can replace it. I mean...wow. 

I doubt the phone is doing NOTHING..... check out Settings-Data usage, and you will see what your phone is doing behind the scenes..... there is a LOT of stuff happening involving the radio most of the time.....

But with that said, yes, this battery seems to drain a little quicker than my Droid X.... but lets look at the difference between the phones...... Nexus has a dual core, X has a single core, Nexus as a 4g radio, X has only a 3g radio..... Nexus screen 4.65, X 4.3...

Yep.. the Nexus will eat the battery a little more quickly.... remember, does your laptop last all day running? If not, you really cannot expect a smart phone (which is a small POWERFUL computer) to last like that..... but that is my opinion

3. Random Rebooting

Was in the middle of listening to a song on headphones the other day when all of a sudden the screen goes black and I hear a painfully loud 'crack!' in my headphones while the phone apparently resets. 

My Nexus rebooted on its own once.... and I have not been able to recreate it... That was after I made a mistake dialing and shut the call off as soon as I could. Did this happen only once? If it happens more than once, does it happen on the same song everytime it reboots? Too many questions to say that it is randomly rebooting.. there might be a

I should say that I really love this phone - well, I love the OS - and if it functioned acceptably I would certainly prefer it to the iPhone. I figured all the talk amongst the Apple faithful about Android's failings were exaggerated, and perhaps they are, but I want to see these problems fixed SOON or I will be returning the phone and switching back to AT&T early next week. Not to mention getting a lot of "I told you so"s that I'm not ready to deal with. Really this phone should not have been released in the first place with all these issues, but I don't know who to pin them on. I guess that's what happens when one 'experience' is made by three (or more) companies, one of whom at least have serious control issues (I'm looking at you Red).

Feeling duped.

Why are you feeling duped? Most of what you said are not problems with the phone, you expectations are a little high. I am not trying to be mean or flame throwing, or insult you in any way. But a lot of perceived problems are not really problems at all. Remember that Android apps are not always up to our standards for apps, and sometimes they cause more problems. Apple does have an edge there because they police the way apps interact with the phone. But that closed system is also a curse. There are many good app developers out there that will not do iPhone apps because of the control that Apple puts on their developers.

Today is not a good day to try to troubleshoot the network. Verizon has a whole set of problems with 3g/4g today and if affects more than the Nexus phone, its affecting the whole network.

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[malikona]

Thanks for the response cutterp. Duped is the wrong word; stupid is maybe better. I will try to be patient and see how things shake themselves out in the next few weeks. I understand that this is a new phone, a new OS, and a relatively new network too. Plenty of opportunity for things to go wrong, and I knew that I was taking a risk by diving in early. Just not encouraged by seeing all the many and varied problems reported on this forum (and experiencing them myself).

[curtterp]

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malikona wrote:

Thanks for the response cutterp. Duped is the wrong word; stupid is maybe better. I will try to be patient and see how things shake themselves out in the next few weeks. I understand that this is a new phone, a new OS, and a relatively new network too. Plenty of opportunity for things to go wrong, and I knew that I was taking a risk by diving in early. Just not encouraged by seeing all the many and varied problems reported on this forum (and experiencing them myself).

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Here is how I think about my smartphone.

#1 reason to have a smart phone is to make calls. - If I can make/receive calls and not have them drop, it is a good sign.

#2 reason is to be able to use the network for news, radio, and even some social media (Twitter more than Facebook). I also use Google reader for a lot of my news. If that works without causing the phone to restart, it is a good sign.

#3 reason for a smartphone is GPS app. The ability to find where you are going when you are off course from a map you printed out is priceless. If that works without guiding me to the wrong part of town, and it does not cause restarts on the phone, it is a good sign.

#4 reason is for games. When I am bored, I like to play a little angry birds. if that doesnt cause the phone to restart, it is a good sign.

It would be nice to have the battery last 2 days of use, like my old razr did. But, the processor in my Nexus is 100 times more powerful the Razr2, the screen is over twice the size and the battery is not that larger. So with all the smartphone can do, for me, expecting the batter to last all day is a pipe dream. That is why I have a charger at home, a charger at my desk at work, and a charger in the car. I am usually not away from my desk more than 4 hours at a time, so as long as my battery lasts during the longest meetings, zI am good. I know that there are people that are away from power all day long, and those people I feel bad for, but there are options for external power packs. Yeah it would suck to have to add more cost to the price of the phone, but it is a small price to pay for some people. What is more important, keeping in contact or having the phone die?

and Android phones are not for everyone.... That is why Apple is still a large fish in this pond.... people like their products

[AntInPhilly]

I too am a very proud Galaxy Nexus owner!. I'm coming from a Nexus One on T-Mobile and what a difference in network and speed

this phone really is over the previous.  I've been with Android OS since day one (G1) and what a long way Android has come!!

Today's network outage resulted in correcting my reconnect issues i was having with my Galaxy Nexus. Before the outage I couldn't connect coming from a wifi connection to 3g(never had a problem connecting to 4g) unless i rebooted the phone.  Now it seems to connect without any issues. 

LOVE MY PHONE!!!

[gerio]

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malikona wrote:

Thanks for the response cutterp. Duped is the wrong word; stupid is maybe better. I will try to be patient and see how things shake themselves out in the next few weeks. I understand that this is a new phone, a new OS, and a relatively new network too. Plenty of opportunity for things to go wrong, and I knew that I was taking a risk by diving in early. Just not encouraged by seeing all the many and varied problems reported on this forum (and experiencing them myself).

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Oh, heavens, no, I wouldn't say stupid, either. 

Perhaps "caught in the middle of getting the bugs out of a really cool phone and a young, wicked fast network"...

However, I would hope that one doesn't have to endure many more bug bites in the process..))

Geri O