The Official DF Galaxy Nexus Pre-Release Thread

[tgyberg]

Id love to activate the Nexus myself and not have any Verizon employee lay there hands on it. So i have a question if anyone can answer it; coming from a D1 how would i go about activating the Nexus myself? Number to call to activate the new phone? What do you do about the 4g activation? Thanks guys

Put the sim card in and turn it on!

 

[ilikemoneygreen]

Put the sim card in and turn it on!

Sure you didnt miss a step or two their? How would the phone know its your sim card? Doesnt the sim come with the phone? Im not sure about 4g phones but i would assume their would be a step in their that at least tells the sim which account its enabling unless the sim cards vz provided reads the persons mind about what account you have. Would Vz have to load account info on sim at checkout? i guess im used to dialing that *whatever number.

 

[tgyberg]

Sure you didnt miss a step or two their? How would the phone know its your sim card? Doesnt the sim come with the phone? Im not sure about 4g phones but i would assume their would be a step in their that at least tells the sim which account its enabling unless the sim cards vz provided reads the persons mind about what account you have. Would Vz have to load account info on sim at checkout? i guess im used to dialing that *whatever number.

I got my DB at Best Buy. I came home with it still in the box and the sim card was also in the bag (It was orignally the size of a credit card but the smaller sim snaps out). I put the sim in and turned the phone on. It activated and I was good to go. They must program the sim at the store.

 

[Trusstopher]

I know times are bad on this thread, but NEVER ask for APPROVAL to spend money...

"It's better to seek forgiveness than ask permission" -- Leroy Jethro Gibbs

This has been said so many times by so many people, but the fact that you chose to quote Gibbs on it is an Epic Win in my book.

 

[Chizzele]

Its funny how this thread has such a change in dynamics since the phone showed up on display in NYC, from rumors, guessing, venting etc', to planing and preparing for day one.. much more friendly if i may say..

 

[just4747]

I thought the pentile was not noticeable compared to other phones like the Bionic? Then explain this pic here from this guy's battery tests....


Pic (make sure you enlarge it to full size in browser): http://attachments.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=798046&d=1322509388

Thread: Max Screen Brightness Battery Run Down: Test Results! - xda-developers

 

[Liderc]

I thought the pentile was not noticeable compared to other phones like the Bionic? Then explain this pic here from this guy's battery tests....


Pic (make sure you enlarge it to full size in browser): http://attachments.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=798046&d=1322509388

Thread: Max Screen Brightness Battery Run Down: Test Results! - xda-developers

Looks like the image was compressed to 72PPI. I assume you mean the pattern on the screen.

 

[Jejackson]

Dec 9th

I just ran into a coworker from years ago who now works at a Verizon Authorized Resaler. After a lot of catching up I asked her about the Nexus release date. So she called her boss, and he told her they will be selling them on the 9th.

Take this information any way you like. I just thought I would be kind enough to share.

 

[just4747]

Looks like the image was compressed to 72PPI. I assume you mean the pattern on the screen.

I do mean the grid pattern on the screen, but what does that have to do with the compression?

 

[alucard9114]

eeeeeeeee getting close.dancedroid:icon_ banana:

 

[dagdoot]

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but really, i hope these dec8/9 dates floating around are legit for once because i need a new phone!!

 

[JFMFT]

No one wants to listen. My boyfriend works for VZW corporste and showed me an email he got from corporate. It clearly says the 9th as the release day.

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[dagdoot]

No one wants to listen. My boyfriend works for VZW corporste and showed me an email he got from corporate. It clearly says the 9th as the release day.

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I want to believe this just as much as the next person. If the 9th comes and goes and no nexus, theres going to be a lot of unhappy campers on this forum lol.

 

[ilikemoneygreen]

Im going to be honest. I played with all the major phones at VZ. I may not be hard to please i guess because i liked the screens on all 4 of them. I advised my sister with all the stats i knew before hand and told her everything about all the phones and didnt rely on my lust while actually playing with them in store and she walked out with what i suggested beforehand (the Vigor). I cant say my eyes really noticed a difference between any of screens though(played with each for 30 sec) , i played with an x before and noticed the crap pentile so i'm not all oblivious. After playing with all those phones i really like the stratosphere because of the keyboard. Its quite interesting actually seeing all these devices myself and not from the perspective of a computer. After going inside Vz Im still a bundle of confusion on what phone i will end up with at january 15 (or whatever extended return ends) because while i may love the nexus hackability i would love a keyboard which i could really tell becuase i was naturally (subconsciously i guess) playing with d3 and stratosphere more then the razr and Vigor. I played with vigor for like 5 min with my niece playing angry birds it was nice but i like gripping the keyboard and playing angry birds and it is what im used to. Otherwise it feel like my xoom tablet. Kinda strange feelings about this no? WHo knows, i may get the D4 as a secondary phone and keep switching between the two but then i say to myself no, becuase the quadcores are coming put and it would make no sense buying two phones like that. But i want a keyboard because thats my natural way of texting, i don't look as i text on my d1 but i do on xoom. So id be stuck with 1 phone which means sacrifice my daily hacking phone hobby (which is practically borderline obsession since i go to 15news sites a day about it) over functionality or go with functionality (i send like 50 or so texts a day) over my daily hobby. Keyboard is almost too useful for me to lose. Nexus is creme of crop in my hobby field but not in my hardware dream. I have $1000 of fun money ive had saved up for 3 years or so and i havent spent it yet but idk, lol, maybe this time i should make the illogical buy. Im a logical person so that will be hard though....quad cores over d4? ... Dilemma. On the other hand i might just complain and go with nexus. Kind of a long post i know but who knows, maybe someone out their feels exactly how i do.

 

[Liderc]

Image compression can cause anomalies sometimes, that's why I mentioned it. Not saying it's why the pattern is visible in that pic, just noticed it.