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★☆★ The Official "I got my Galaxy Nexus" Thread ★☆★
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I have been creeping on the forums here for some time now, waiting on this phone to be released like everyone else. Well, I finally got one and I am absolutely in love. I had the OG Droid but just recently got into the rooting business. I'm looking forward to rooting this bad boy but I am trying to wait a little bit in case I need to return it for any reason. I do have a couple quick questions for those that have had more time with it. 1) is the extended battery worth the money? I have only cycled the battery a couple times so it may get better but right now I'm getting pretty shotty battery life. And I have done most of the tricks found here. 2) I am slightly disappointed in my screen, on grey or white screens it seems very grainy looking and I can sometimes see like vertical lines. Anyone heard of this? Hoping its just my phone and I can go get a different one. Thanks for all the help everyone these forums rock!
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Might be your phone. I've never seen any graininess and I'm about as picky as it gets. This is just about the best screen I've ever laid eyes on.
Welcome to Droid Forums!! And I second what sbenson says. I have not noticed any grainy-ness but it might not hurt to go into a VZW store and compare to some of the demo phones there. And as far as battery I can't say I have the extended but I am getting really good battery life stock. How long are you getting out of it on average?
That's kind of what I was thinking, I know that would have been brought up around here if it was a normal thing. I wouldn't consider myself super picky so the fact that I noticed it and no one else had brought it up really led me to believe I've gotten a lemon. Thanks for the reply!
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Here's my current. This is about average to what I've been getting. No games, not excessive use of browser, just seems crappy.
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I think that is pretty normal for the stock battery. I get a lot more but I use primarily wifi at home because any phone I have had gets terrible reception at my apartment. It's a bit of a dead zone unfortunately.
I am reluctant to believe that the extended will result in a huge increase since it's size is not that much bigger but I could be wrong. Someone else will have to comment on it for you.
That's more or less the average on a stock Nexus. A custom rom will probably net you another 2-4 hours based on your usage.
The extended battery will net you an additional 1-3 hours depending on your usage. If you picked one up on the $25 special then I would say it's definitely worth it. But at $50, I would say no - not a big enough jump in battery life to justify that price tag...
I've got the extended and it gives me an additional 3 hours on average so far.
Let's hope the official 4.0.3 fixes battery life.
Do you love Titanium Backup? Do you plan to use Wireless Tether? These two programs are the main reason that I wanted to root my phone. There will be other benefits. I did try Th3ory ROM and it allows changing the soft keys (back, home, menu, etc.).
I'm sure there will be other benefits as developers write more for the phone.
(Droid Life had listed soft key mods before the phone was released but those didn't work for me.)
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