 El QuintronResident Mouth BreatherPremium join:2008-04-28 Etobicoke, ON kudos:2 Reviews:
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Re: FYI - Nexus 4 is currently available on Google Play said by chmod:Sure install faux kernel and enable eco-mode. Most apps/games don't take advantage of 4 cores anyways. Good stuff, I'm going to look into it when I root. -- Support Bacteria -- It's the Only Culture Some People Have |
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 chmodPremium join:2000-12-12 Lockport, IL | reply to El Quintron said by El Quintron:said by Juggernaut:I'm sure that quad core gets hungry when gaming.  It sure does, it cuts me down to about six hours from ~36 But the smoothness! Can't I have both? Sure install faux kernel and enable eco-mode. Most apps/games don't take advantage of 4 cores anyways. -- Some people are like Slinkies. Not really good for anything, but they still bring a smile to your face when you push them down a flight of stairs. |
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 JuggernautIrreverent or irrelevant?Premium join:2006-09-05 Kelowna, BC kudos:2 | reply to El Quintron You can. Wait for the nuclear powered Nexus 18.  |
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| reply to Juggernaut said by Juggernaut:I'm sure that quad core gets hungry when gaming.  It sure does, it cuts me down to about six hours from ~36
But the smoothness! Can't I have both?  -- Support Bacteria -- It's the Only Culture Some People Have |
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 JuggernautIrreverent or irrelevant?Premium join:2006-09-05 Kelowna, BC kudos:2 | reply to dib22 I know what you mean. My other devices are collecting dust now. lol |
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 dib22 join:2002-01-27 Kansas City, MO | reply to Juggernaut I was so jealous of my buddies nex 4... I got one too.
Put it this way... I have not put them sim back in my iphone 4S since it arrived  |
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 JuggernautIrreverent or irrelevant?Premium join:2006-09-05 Kelowna, BC kudos:2 | reply to El Quintron I'm sure that quad core gets hungry when gaming.  |
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| reply to Juggernaut said by Juggernaut:So, now that you've had it for a while, how do you like it?
Myself, this thing's a beast. 24 down/ 19 up and can handle anything I throw at it. I generally get 2 days min. battery life.
I don't regret this purchase.  I don't regret it either, I even got a nice blue Seidio case to go with it.
The battery life is OK for Phone/text/web, but if you play games it goes down to about six hours, might be why they play so smoothly
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 JuggernautIrreverent or irrelevant?Premium join:2006-09-05 Kelowna, BC kudos:2 | reply to lordpuffer Honestly, one big reason I got it was, I had a feeling that it would be carried by the telco's here and the price would be stupid. Fido announced it, but at $420 for the 16 gig. Not so shabby.
Of course, if I didn't get it, it would be $600!  -- "I fear the day that technology will surpass our human interaction. The world will have a generation of idiots." ~ Albert Einstein |
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 lordpufferComfortably NumbPremium join:2004-09-19 Rio Rancho, NM kudos:1 | reply to Juggernaut I'm happy you like it. I didn't pull the trigger on it yet due to finances. I hope to soon, but for now it's me and my trusty GNex. |
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 Hayward K A R - 1 2 0 CPremium join:2000-07-13 Key West, FL kudos:1 | reply to Alcohol said by Alcohol:I was hoping they would come out with 16GB/32GB combo. 16GB isn't enough for me anymore, especially with titanium backup doubling my need for space (cant do box.net backup without backup on phone) Moto X, gs4 or next nexus. Will have to choose one of those. Yeah its a shame that Google insists on no SD expansion on all its Nexus devices. Been the deal killer for me. Have an old 32 GB iPod Touch and its always near full.
Then again My ASUS (who make the Google Nexus's) Transformer... is 32 GB with a 32GB SD slot plus Keyboard with another SD slot for a total of 94GB.... still usually only a few GB free on each. --
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 JuggernautIrreverent or irrelevant?Premium join:2006-09-05 Kelowna, BC kudos:2 | reply to lordpuffer So, now that you've had it for a while, how do you like it?
Myself, this thing's a beast. 24 down/ 19 up and can handle anything I throw at it. I generally get 2 days min. battery life.
I don't regret this purchase.  -- "I fear the day that technology will surpass our human interaction. The world will have a generation of idiots." ~ Albert Einstein |
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 JuggernautIrreverent or irrelevant?Premium join:2006-09-05 Kelowna, BC kudos:2 | reply to trparky
Re: Nexus 4 JDQ39 4.2.2 OTA Update Removes Unofficial LTE on Ban That's good to know guys, thanks. |
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| reply to trparky said by trparky:The great thing about a Nexus device is that it's damn near incapable of being bricked. I'm not saying that you can't brick it if you do something real stupid to it, I'm just saying that it's incapable of being bricked as long as you follow common sense. Like don't flash ROMs that aren't meant for the device, don't flash kernels, recoveries, etc. Seconded, I've had every Nexus device except for the Nexus one, and I've done tons of semi-stupid stuff (like flashing out of recovery mode) and I've yet to brick any of them... plus it only gets easier and safer as time goes by. -- Support Bacteria -- It's the Only Culture Some People Have |
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| reply to Juggernaut The great thing about a Nexus device is that it's damn near incapable of being bricked. I'm not saying that you can't brick it if you do something real stupid to it, I'm just saying that it's incapable of being bricked as long as you follow common sense. Like don't flash ROMs that aren't meant for the device, don't flash kernels, recoveries, etc. -- Tom Boycott AT&T uVerse! | Tom's Android Blog | AOKP (The Android Open Kang Project) |
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 JuggernautIrreverent or irrelevant?Premium join:2006-09-05 Kelowna, BC kudos:2 | reply to trparky Well, I haven't pulled the trigger on the update that's been downloaded. It's just sitting in the notification bar so far. I did download the .33 baseband from XDA to have on hand.
I have to admit I'm a rooting/ flashing n00b, and have some trepidation flashing a new device as well. -- "I fear the day that technology will surpass our human interaction. The world will have a generation of idiots." ~ Albert Einstein |
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 trparkyApple... YUMPremium,MVM join:2000-05-24 Cleveland, OH kudos:2 | reply to Juggernaut To keep LTE? The baseband update removes LTE, if you can get a hold of the older baseband and flash it via FASTBOOT you can get LTE back. |
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 JuggernautIrreverent or irrelevant?Premium join:2006-09-05 Kelowna, BC kudos:2 | reply to trparky Thanks, but I am not rooted as per my above statement. Looks like I may have to go that way though. |
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| reply to Juggernaut You can keep root even during an OTA. Download and install OTA RootKeeper on the Play Store. Run it, tell it to protect root, and then run the OTA update. Once the OTA update is complete, run OTA RootKeeper again and restore root. Tada! You're done. -- Tom Boycott AT&T uVerse! | Tom's Android Blog | AOKP (The Android Open Kang Project) |
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 JuggernautIrreverent or irrelevant?Premium join:2006-09-05 Kelowna, BC kudos:2 | reply to trparky Yep, and as stated, don't want to root for a while. |
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