Thanks a lot. All the sites that report on the OTA just skipped through testing whether it can be activated, and just state that blablabla are the new features in 4.2, which includes Miracast. *SMH*
Miracast is hardware dependent sadly. It's quite a bit different from DLNA which is software replicable as it outputs the phone's display itself instead of streaming video out for another device to decode.There have been apps available for years that accomplish the exact same thing, I can stream music/video to my AppleTV & PS3. So I see that as a total cop-out, if true.
Swype feature is working well. Camera looks good but forced closed few times. Once it hung and I had to take out my battery to restart.
Setting panel is a disappointment ..was expecting toggle to be available. Didn't face any lag.
Btw i don't see the thumbnail of clicked snap when my camera is on so I had to go to gallery to check the clicked snap.
Also new play store doesnt show manual updates seperately.
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Miracast is hardware dependent sadly. It's quite a bit different from DLNA which is software replicable as it outputs the phone's display itself instead of streaming video out for another device to decode.
I though some people were saying Miracast requires TI's Wi-Fi Display, which the Galaxy Nexus supposedly has?
The galaxy nexus Is feeling it's age with this update. The butter is gone
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Anyone else?Does anyone else's recent apps menu act a bit...wonky?
It doesn't seem to follow the app's orientation.
Example: I turned off rotation in portrait mode, I go into a landscape oriented game and press the recents apps button.
In 4.0 and 4.1 the recent apps would be landscape oriented, like the app.
But in 4.2 the screen switches to portrait and displays the recent apps.
Similar thing happenes if you have auto rotate on and open the recent apps up at the launcher and switch the phone to landscape. It will rotate to landscape, even though the app "under" it is forced portrait.
MX player and holo launcher no longer work. MX player says unsupported version and holo launcher crashes.
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I don't have a 4.2 OTA, but I've been running the leaked apps on my Gnex for weeks.
Here's my impressions:
Keyboard is great for one-handed typing, I don't care who you are you have to admit that it makes it a little easier to type when you only have one had available and I'm a fan of it.
Camera is alright, I feel like the pictures (at least on the Gnex) didn't look as good as they should've but that was a .apk from a Nexus 4, so it's understandable. Also Photo Sphere works pretty well if you know how to take the pictures correctly and not move the phone around too much.
From what I've seen of the official 4.2 features, lock-screen widgets look really unfinished, quick settings needs some work and the ability to customize it, and I still don't know if HDR is on the Gnex yet.
Overall I'm a little skeptical if this will be a definitive "upgrade" or not.
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In GMail settings enable Auto-fit messages to enable pinch zooming.It's really smooth and stable for me. Even better than 4.1.2. I like the new styling and I fell in love with new additions right away. Like I mentioned before, I'm a bit bothered by a "recent apps" menu. Everythime I close (slide) an app, it laggs. The whole thing just blinks for a bit. Otherwise, everything runs well.
Oh, and I don't have "pinch to zoom" in Gmail.. checked in the settings, if I missed anything, but nothing... any ideas?
widgets on android are so useless and so are multiple home screens
and guess whats even more useless? widgets in the lockscreen..
i hope they understand this and rethink the whole UI in android 5.0