I am currently on 2.3. And I was thinking of updating to 2.3.1 but can someone please explain is it safe and stable??? And pls someone explain what are the actual updates in 2.3.1 over the 2.3.0. I have heard that there is improvement in browser (like less lag in scrolling etc.) Is it as smooth as iphone? Can someone confirm it? And should i go for the update?
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C'mon guys, can anyone here just answer my question? What are the exact changes from 2.3.0 to 2.3.1, and is it worth upgrading? Coz i will only update if there is no lag in browser after that. Coming from iphone 4 i see a significant lag in the browser otherwise the phone is quite good and lives up to the hype. A quick and thorough reply will be highly appreciated.
Also suggest me some good exclusive android apps, if possible.
really man, cmon its an official update from Google..why wouldnt you update...
All reports say that its just bug fixes and updates Google Maps to version 5.
More specifically Paul @ MoDaCo says about the update, "Super quick Nexus S OTA update (GRH78) analysis -changes to framework.jar, kernel and Maps.apk. That's about it."
That's about as specific as you're going to get short of Google publishing an official changelog.
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Since I have updated to 2.3.1 I have a lot of apps missing from the market. I would read the thread about missing apps before I update. It is 4 days later and they are still missing.
Google has their work cut out for them; there are a slew of bugs/issues/glitches with Gingerbread. Looking forward to 2.3.2.
I am new to the Nexus line (in other words, I never owned a Nexus One); how often do these minor updates get sent out? The 2.3.x ones.
Thanks for the replies at last guys. My main concern with 2.3.1 is the bugs associated with it, like missing apps from market and stuff. And i wanted to know more about such issues before upgrading. I am new to Nexus S and even with Android as an OS. I am quite impressed with it as a platform but i must say it's not as smooth of an experience as iphone, these small glitches and bugs are quite annoying to say the least.
I think as a general rule with a vanilla Android phone, if reliability is your main concern, incremental updates are probably a good thing, but you may want to think twice about going to a new version of the OS. That's the trouble with being on the cutting edge, you're liable to get wounded. I expect it'll be several updates yet before all the kinks in Gingerbread are worked out.
My main issues with Gingerbread are the random ringtone changes, difficulty in moving app icons on the home screen, sometimes disappearing icons after attempting to move them, some scrolling lag/issues, weird gallery issues like missing photos or photos in odd orders, etc.
These are recurring issues that primarily only happen with Gingerbread - for example, I can move app icons perfectly fine with AWD.
Gingerbread needs far more bug fixed than what 2.3.1. brought.
I just got my Nexus S today and also have the missing media bug in the gallery! Twice it's happened where there'd be nothing displayed in my gallery apart from the last picture taken with the camera! Only hard restarts have solved this so far...
I've updated and not seen any problems so far.
The new Android Market has been out for a week now and I'm still not seeing it on my tablet. I'm not rooted and I'm running 3.2. My phone which is rooted got the update a day after it came out. So to my question.
Does anyone have the apk for the new market? I tried downloading one from Android Central but it seems it was meant for phones because the layout is screwy and it gave me a second market icon. I'd like something meant for tablets.
Thanks to anyone that can help.
Mine is 3.2 and also not rooted. Haven't received it yet, but I think it will come soon.
For a new phone i am surprised at how many apps require an update from the market. So not only does Samsung take a lot of user space away from us, they also fill it will outdated apps which you have to update using the 8gigs we have left.
I maybe wrong but in the past future rom updates do not update the preinstalled apps.
Samsung are just making matters worse
ardsar said:
For a new phone i am surprised at how many apps require an update from the market. So not only does Samsung take a lot of user space away from us, they also fill it will outdated apps which you have to update using the 8gigs we have left.
I maybe wrong but in the past future rom updates do not update the preinstalled apps.
Samsung are just making matters worse
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Root the phone and remove the stuff you don`t use or need
Google just updated most of their apps following the i/o. If you don't want the latest versions, then don't update. The choice is yours.
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I see HTC has released a bunch of Sense 6 apps on the Play Store. I miss my old HTC phone, I really liked the Sense UI although I appreciate many did not.
Unfortunately it seems none of those apps on the Play Store work on the Nexus 4, actually they appear to work on very few phones or is the fact they won't work on rooted phones?
Apologies if this has been done to death,but I only came across these apps this evening and had no time to read up.
Thanks.
I don't like it
I don't like Sense, i love stock android
I just got a Sprint S7, and I'm eager to update it to Nougat. I might want to root down the road, though, so I was wondering if there's any reason not to update at the moment?
My current software version is PJ2.
Thanks!
I've had the update for 2 days now and I'm seeing no issues nor major bugs for people not to update except for that wifi bug that was disconnecting and reconnecting. It all went away the 2nd day gladly. What I noticed tho is it's so much snappier. My disabled apps did not reenable nor re installed eg. Amazon apps, Sprint apps and a couple of samsung apps that i dont need. :good:
That's good to hear! Any idea if the update affects the "rootability" of the phone? I know sometimes root threads will warn against taking a specific update since it makes root impossible or much more difficult.