Galaxy Nexus Lockups, App Crashes, and Random Reboots

[ringfingur]

Just picked up a new Galaxy Nexus yesterday (12/15/2011). Unfortunately, I've been having nothing but problems since day one. I'm getting seemingly random app lockups in the market, and maps. Additionally the browser has been crashing and often causes a reboot after most google search attempts. I've attempted to remove all apps with the exception of those developed by google. Also attempted multiple reboots and eventually tried a factory reset. Anyone else having similar issues?

 

[djras1]

No problems like that...
Took a while to get the proper drivers to root (needed to install PDANet for Fastboot Driver).
Transferred 1 gig of pics and 13 gig music over USB from my old Fascinate.
Restored Titanium files from Dropbox... restored Angry Birds without losing anything.

 

[cereal killer]

Exchange it out. Do not settle for equipment that does not operate properly. If you are experiencing this in a stock state there is something wrong. If you had a ton of apps loaded you could trouble shoot but with barely anything loaded this shouldn't be happening.

Exchange it out

 

[ringfingur]

Thanks for the response guys. Sounds like I got a lemon. I'll exchange it asap.

 

[alucard9114]

yea lemon bound to happen atleast its not all of them like the bionic.I love this phone.

 

[Plesk]

I'm having similar issues with my vzw Galaxy nexus. It worked fine for Day 1 but day 2 is a different story. I've rebooted and locked up on me about 6 times. It seems to be locking up and running slow and chunky almost constantly which means a reboot is coming in less than a minute. At first I thought it was due to clicking in and out of gmail and corporate email. But it happens when txting and even just trying to go Home or Back. I did Install EasyTether and it worked fine. I'll try to uninstall that. But I think I'll be taking it in for an exchange today.

 

[ringfingur]

Swapped out the the problematic unit this weekend for a replacement, as the problems were easy to reproduce at the retailer. Have had great success with the replacement thus far. @Plesk - You probably want to do the same.

 

[Plesk]

I also swapped mine out this last weekend. Current one working flawlessly. =)

 

[cirtbrethren]

I did Install EasyTether and it worked fine.

Plesk,

Did you get EasyTether to work on the Nexus? I hope so, waiting for mine from Amazon.

 

[Plesk]

Plesk,

Did you get EasyTether to work on the Nexus? I hope so, waiting for mine from Amazon.

Works very well. The coolest part was I was talking on the phone while tethering at 4g speeds =)
There was a trick to getting it installed: The version I paid for wasn't showing up in the market for me to download. It was wanting me to pay again. There was a note on the description of the app in the market that said if you had paid for it previously, just email EasyTether support with your invoice number. I did that and very shortly they sent me a link to download and install the app manually (.apk file) Works great. good luck!

 

[cirtbrethren]

Thanks for the info! I've been using EasyTether for years on my D1, but I had heard there were problems with it on Gingerbread, and hadn't heard anything about it on Ice Cream Sandwich. I can't wait!

 

[jjhash]

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Just picked up a new Galaxy Nexus yesterday (12/15/2011). Unfortunately, I've been having nothing but problems since day one. I'm getting seemingly random app lockups in the market, and maps. Additionally the browser has been crashing and often causes a reboot after most google search attempts. I've attempted to remove all apps with the exception of those developed by google. Also attempted multiple reboots and eventually tried a factory reset. Anyone else having similar issues?

Just joined the forum and came across this. I had the issue of the browser crashing as I typed in the Google search bar. The problem was fixed after I went into settings>developer options>background proccesss and set the limit to standard - it was previously set to no processes.