Sunday, July 08, 2012

ICS 4.0.4 千呼萬喚此出來 >_<,  both ICS 4.0.4 & 4.0.3 are rely on API level 15. ICS 4.0.4 is a further enhancement (bug fix) on the 4.0.4. It only have the following bug fixes.


  • Noticeably Faster
  • Android OS bug fixed (in battery stats)
  • Long-pressing on a blank spot on the last page of app tray bug is gone
  • New Radios. 3G/4G switching MUCH better. Don't even notice it changing.
  • Improved signal strength
  • New Power Menu. New from 4.0.2, familiar to those who have used a stock 4.0.3 rom.
  • PRIMELA03 Bootloader
  • Faster boot up time
  • Auto-brightness Functionality changed. Smooth transition
  • Holding down camera button now refocuses again
  • Multitouch issue seems resolved.
  • Autorotate is faster
  • Browser performance noticeably improved
  • Recent apps list opens faster
  • Miscellaneous camera UI changes
  • Increased volume
  • Keyboard fixes
  • Updated News & Weather app UI
  • Improved quick controls in browser.

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

ICS 4.0.2 what the point?

  Finally got the ICS update from Samsung for the Galaxy Nexus. However, it is only 4.0.2 an factually see nothing were improved. It is very disappointed.

  I go the check the official android developer web site & find no more description about the ICS 4.0.2. All ICS bug fixes & improvements were moved to 4.0.3.

  As a poor end user, I still suffering the nexus hangup & becoming a brick "磚" once  or twice a week. WTF!


Monday, January 09, 2012

短評 Samsung Galaxy Nexus (ICS v4.0.1)

用佐部Galaxy Nexus 差不多一個月, 有以下comments 不吐不快。

The bad side ...

1) Boot Loader doesn't handle very low battery as my expectation. It just loop on the charging state until the user php the charger, which is very strange to me.

2) The quality of the speaker is shit which user sure can't notice the voice call in a noisy environment. (好雞)

3) No Vibrate first & then ring mode.

4) Switching between background is not user friendly.

5) The default Playlist for the default player is not good.

6) The default photo app is not good.
7) Battery life can't last for one day general usage (fb, email, reading news, a few calls already drained 80% of the battery for 8 hours operation).

8) The new feature, face unlock sure only "just for fun".

9) MTF with Mac always broken with large amount of files transfer (GBs). I don't have PC and I don't know it is more stable with PC or Linux.

10) No default compass app, mail client (only have gmail), stop watch ...

11) Contact list handling is shit.

12) Wi-Fi connection is not stable with airport express. (Who should I blame to?)

13) It is quite often some downloaded application will crashed the system (e.g. 蒙恬筆Samsung GALAXY Nexus - 中文輸入, Browser plus ...etc)

The good side

1) Headphone audio quality is good vs iPhone.

2) Single-Motion Panoramic Mode for camera is good.

3) Super AMOLED 720p screen is beautiful.

4) Camera response is fast vs iPhone.

5) Response time is fast for most user cases.

6) Some users doesn't like apple iTune may like the device as it Samsung just open the MTP for user to handle the phone content. (For me, it is shit.)