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Letter Sent to the Google Press Offices
Dear Google press folks,Not sure if you're aware of it, or are even interested, but just in case: we wanted you to know that Google is close to being voted in as winner of The Worst Customer Support...
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Waiting
Yesterday we sent politely-worded requests to both the Google Press Offices, press@google.com, and to the Board of Directors, directors@google.com requesting feedback or a status update on when we...
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Count Down
So, in what has turned out to be the daily routine here, we went over to the Google code forum devoted to Nexus 4 (and 7, and 10) wifi problems to see if the developers had deigned to offer up an...
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Oh, shi...
It's not going to be that much longer before we switch from wondering whether Google has the capabilities and infrastructure to maintain Android running on their very own devices, much less all the...
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The Natives Are Getting Restless
This could get ugly. I just took a look at the Google code forum devoted to the Nexus wifi issues. Here's what they're saying.#796 d...@parrot-farm.netIt's pretty simple. It's so simple people are...
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Epic Fail
So, at the end of the day, where are we?Well, we're still three months down the road with a buggy Android 4.2 implementation that has impacted untold numbers of Android device users, and not just users...
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Massive, Indifferent, Brooding Silence
Google is exercising their right to remain aloof to all of the complaints about their lackluster Nexus 4 (and 7, and 10) support.I see them browsing this site regularly, though. So we know that they...
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What Is Evil?
Well, we have the answer to the question of when the WiFi and bluetooth problems with the Nexus 4 (and 7, and 10) Google devices will be fixed. And we didn't get the answer from Google, we got it from...
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Fourth Time's The Charm
<Snicker>I just ordered another Google Nexus 4. LG is gearing up to produce a new batch, for which the estimated shipping date of 2 - 3 weeks matches the now-estimated release date of...
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Us Department of Commerce
Hmm. You've got to wonder whether this visitor was taking a professional interest in potentially Evil E-Commerce, or if the person was just researching a potential new Nexus 4 phone.Page Views:2Entry...
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Very Little Surprise Here
As I write this, my Nexus 4 is downloading the 4.2.2 OTA update. But I already know from reading this Google code bug forum as well as several other technical forums this morning, the promised delivery...
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Stealthy
Interesting.After a particularly, um, direct post on the blog here, we immediately see a bunch of stealthy proxy vpn-masked visits from Mountain View, Palo Alto, San Jose, and other communities...
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Opportunity Knocks
Aha.We see that potential competition is beginning to snap to the fact that an opportunity has opened up in the Android unlocked GSM cell phone market.Blood is in the water.The Google has exposed...
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A Report Card on the Google Nexus 4 Phone
The new Nexus 4 phone from Google went on sale mid-November last year. It is made by LG and sold by Google, and is presently running, of course, the latest Android - 4.2.2 Jellybean.We received the...
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96 Days, and Counting
Yep, 96 days since the Nexus 4 narcolepsy wifi bug was first reported here, and again later here.However, after using up nearly a whole box of digital bandaids, like this one, which required rooting...
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CyanogenMod
We've gone down the path of CyanogenMod for the Nexus 4. The Android development community has an apparent average age of about 14, and all the arrogance and haughty superior attitude of, say, your...
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Key Lime Pie and the Nexus 4
Since the last post, we've tried a CyanogenMod derivative ROM on the Nexus 4: Paranoid Android 3+.PA 3+ is a decent ROM, it feels solid and fast. However, it, like CM 10.1, is based on Android 4.2.2,...
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Translated...
"It's a hardware bug, we can't fix it. If it were a software bug, we could, in theory, fix it, and we therefore would not be calling it a feature. Instead of calling it a bug. Which is what it really...
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Steve's Upcoming Counseling Session
We just set the following email to the Google Device Support Team:_________________________Hi, Google Device Support Team.It's been a while since we spoke, but I recently discovered that someone in...
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The Fine Art of Corporate Fibbing
Word has it that the good folks at Google's Device Support hotline (1-855-836-3987) are still telling people who call in to complain about the wifi and bluetooth issues with their Nexus 4 phones one of...
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