Verizon Galaxy Galaxy Nexus User Manual download pdf

Hacking the Verizon Galaxy Nexus

Much like my Droid X Hacking (../droidx-hacking/) page, this page describes how to do cool

things with your Galaxy Nexus. My Nexus is the Verizon LTE ﬂavor, however some things may

work on other Nexuses (Nexi?). None of these things are particularly difﬁcult and do not need

their own document, however a collection of little hacks can be useful to both me and,

hopefully, others.

1. Hardware Recommendations

A lot of people complain that a new phone costs $300 on contract but think nothing of dropping another

$200 on phone-speciﬁc accessories that they’ll just throw away when they upgrade. I try to keep things

as generic as possible while maximizing utility.

First, some things not to buy. I don’t bother with cases at all, I’m careful with my phones and I’ve spent

more on cases than it would cost me to replace most phones. If you want some level of protection,

consider a neoprene pouch which can be swapped between phones.

Docks are even worse. It’s often easier to just plug in the USB cable on a generic or even makeshift dock

than to seat a phone into a proprietary dock. Car docks are just as bad, especially in the VZW Galaxy

Nexus’ case since the car dock doesn’t make use of the three-pin contact charger. This means you need to

fumble to get the phone in the dock and you still need to hook up the charger and/or audio cable - it’s no

better than a generic dock. However, I do admit that a dock able to make use of the three-pin charger

would be something I’d consider because I do ﬁnd myself passing my phone to my wife in the back seat

with my daughter.

Instead, consider a generic car dock like this one

(http://www.amazon.com/Arkon-SM410-Universal-Windshield-Smartphones/dp/B003ELOOZO/). It ﬁts

the Galaxy Nexus well enough, and also my wife’s new Droid X or her work Blackberry. It has either a

suction-cup mount or a vent mount and it’s easy to make mods to either to support other mounting styles,

you can pick from a range here (http://www.arkon.com/smartphone-car-mount.html). Just as a warning,

the Mega Grip style I linked works with the Galaxy Nexus, but it does restrict access to the headphone

jack in some positions and the volume buttons can get in the way.

Consider an MHL HDMI adapter

(http://www.amazon.com/Menotek-Adapter-Samsung-Galaxy-Sensation/dp/B005F9W6DU/). This will

give you a full-sized female HDMI port when you plug it into the MicroUSB and plug a power adapter

into the MHL adapter. Kind of annoying that it needs power, but it does provide full screen mirroring at

720p on the Galaxy Nexus. I also wish it was a little smaller and used the micro-HDMI cable I have with

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Summary of Contents

Page 1 - 1. Hardware Recommendations

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Page 2 - 2. Unlocking the Bootloader

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Page 3 - 4. Installing Backtrack Linux

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Page 6 - 5. Night Mode

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Page 7 - 6. IPv6 WiFi Support

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Page 10 - A. About Me

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