All the new Jelly Bean features that they talked about and that they didn't talk about:

http://developer.android.com/about/v...elly-bean.html

Really like the new TTS voice. It sounds more natural than the one they have in ICS and the new notification bar looks awesome with the resizable notifications. Project butter looks interesting as well. The new Google Search with the Google Now feature is pretty cool. Lot of new features incoming.

 

Google Now:

 

werd i'd ditch cm9 in a heartbeat for that, but its gonna have to be ported to my phone first, which means it may take a ltl while longer

 

Watch a lot of YouTube videos to learn how to do it properly. Each custom ROM is different. Some are based on Stock OEM (TouchWiz in your case) and then there are those based on AOSP (Vanilla Android). Which you want to flash becomes a matter of preference. They all function about the same because the skins usually add extra functions to Vanilla Android for better or worst. In many cases, a custom ROM will be significantly faster than the stock ROM because the guys at XDA love to optimize their stuff to tweak them to become faster and include extra options not normally found in a stock ROM.


A solid custom ROM is CyanogenMod because its based on AOSP and usually what most custom ROMs base their builds on. Once you learn how to flash on one device, you pretty much do the same thing on any other Android device. The hardest part will be installing the SDK and rooting the phone. From there on, its just a matter of picking which ROM you want to flash and then setting your phone up all over again. Watch some videos and read a few threads on XDA to learn how to do it. There are a lot of tutorials out there for every device.

 

Droid-Life's demo of Nexus 7:

 

No backside camera, I don't have a problem with that, but I think some people are going to bitch about it

 

http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1736529

4.1 sdk system dump, let the porting to ns begin!! hopefully someone does it soon!

 

Yup. lol. Funny thing is I've never used the backside camera of my Transformer ever. Okay maybe once to play around with it to see how the quality looked but haven't found a use for it yet. The Front Side camera, however, is very useful for GTalk and Hangouts. Google had to cut stuff out to get the price down to $200 so it was expected. Still trying to find out if there's an SD Card slot but I don't think it has one.

 

i think google is trying to do wayyy toooo many things at the same time....its a good thing but i hope they dont get lost somewhere in the middle...

 

I always laugh at people using an ipad as a camera... before the 3 the ipad's camera is probably worse than the camera in your phone.

But I think they should allow you to be able to take pics with the front camera. They dont have a photos app so i dunno if thats available for the Nexus 7. That I think is not a good idea if its true.

 

Wonder how long it'll take for someone to get it to boot. Still waiting for that OTA cause at least it'll have the complete drivers. I don't think they're giving out their goodies until 4 PM PT so I don't think an OTA dump will happen until later in the evening if they're not busy doing their after parties. Right now, I'm downloading latest Factory Nexus images right now just to get ready just in case.

 

they're doing so many things and adding so much, and their products are syncing better than ever before. Because so much is cloud based now its a lot easier to do so. I dont think they will get lost.


I/O pre order for the glasses $1500!!

 

Honeycomb allowed you to take pictures front or back. Even record videos with the Funny Facial Effects in ICS. I don't see why they'd cut that out in the Nexus 7.

 

Oh the web version of the Play Store just got updated too. You can now update/uninstall from the My Apps section. Still no way to remove the list of apps you installed though. Maybe its coming next version.

 

Whoa new G+ app is nice. I thought they only added Events. Its so smooth...Wonder if this is a side effect of Project Butter.

 

I went to a concert last Sat (The Cult), got right up to the front, and there was this older couple that brought an iPad to video

 

Even the YouTube update is nice. Wow. It has elements of G+. Really digging the new UI. Must be the new design for Jelly Bean. Love it. Go Matias and the guys they took from Palm!

 

Chrome browser seems faster (might just be in my head tho)

 

Yeah it does seem faster. I like to test it with the Funny Thread and it loads it a lot faster than previous versions.

 

Oooo the new TTS voice is in Google Navigation! Love it. Try out Navigation and you'll hear her speak.

 

If you missed the goggles intro
http://www.businessinsider.com/googl...ILVPki5-pvE2ah

 

Google+ Events:


Sample from tonight's event from Vic Gundotra:

https://plus.google.com/events/cblag...83540235115863



You can see the animation they implemented. Pretty slick. I can see how this could be useful for a wedding or big event where people can share their photos on the fly on a live slideshow.

 

the new apps are nice!! Man I wish people used google+ more often well my friends. I'm on the messenger app all the time but i dont touch the rest of google+

 

I use it a lot. I actually prefer that my friends stay on Facebook because I really hate the ego, pity me, chainletter like posts in Facebook. I've circled a lot of car, tech, science, and funny sites on G+ and find a lot of interesting articles on there daily. Its more of a higher intellectual discussion forum than a personal/friend forum for me. Its funny cause a lot of the stuff that shows up here on Acurazine I normally see in the What's Hot section so I don't spend as much time on here because it becomes a rehash of that stuff in Ramblings. I only keep Facebook because it allows me to sync my contact pictures with HaxSync. lol.

 

Jelly Bean Wallpapers:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1736685

 

lol i see.

haxsync is awesome btw. I love the calendar sync! Ohh is there any way to get fb events on google calendar thats not on the phone?

 

You could export them from Facebook to Google Calendar.

http://maketecheasier.com/export-fac...dar/2011/07/29

However, for some reason, the times stay in Pacific Time only regardless of where you live and if you change your time zone. HaxSync does a better job IMO.



Oh and speaking of Facebook. They changed everyone's emails to @facebook.com without telling anyone. You can change it back yourself by editing your profile info:

http://facecrooks.com/Internet-Safet...com_today.html

 

Good overview of What's New with Jelly Bean from Gizmodo (Yeah really):

http://m.gizmodo.com/5921713/android...s-new-features

 

I'm really excited for Google glasses, I would totally buy a pair for using on my motorcycle. Having navigation/traffic alerts displayed or video from a small rear facing helmet cam would be awesome.

 

Giant Nexus Q at I/O:

 

google now vs siri

http://www.theverge.com/2012/6/27/31...6H0G-pBTtzBI4L

seems like there are pros and cons for both

 

so here's a question, with the nexus 7 kinda having like phone UI'ish does this mean the tablet apps arent available for this device?

 

Google's stance on Tablet UI has always been there's no need for a separate "Tablet app" if the Developer creates their app properly using fragments. It bases it on the DPI and resolution and the app will adjust accordingly. You could always sideload a Tablet app and see if it'll work but for the most part, Google doesn't want separate Phone and Tablet apps in the market at it confuses people. They want one app that can translate into either form factor depending on the DPI and resolution.

 

Jelly Bean OTA for GSM Galaxy Nexus:

http://android.clients.google.com/pa...D.5a07884d.zip

http://v5.lscache3.c.android.clients...D.5a07884d.zip

http://www.mediafire.com/?5v2gv9tnn25emkr


Must be running stock IMM30D! Downloading now but I need to make some backups. Now to find IMM30D. Someone has to have it.

 

IMM30D:

https://plus.google.com/u/0/11370263...ts/X1kukKRFu16

I think I'll wait until someone posts mirrors. The links on there are going so slow for me right now. lol. Just finished making some nandroids so I'm ready to flash me some Jelly Bean.

 

CWM flashable IMM30D:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...&postcount=454


My internet is so damn slow over here. 21 more minutes until its complete.


A full 4.1 Nandroid if you don't want to flash to IMM30D then to Jelly Bean:

http://rootzwiki.com/topic/28469-gsm...nexus-41-dump/



They're working on a Verizon update. I'm guessing it'll be out tomorrow.

 

Woo Jelly Bean is running!

Pics up in a bit. Animations are beautiful and its a lot smoother than ICS! Almost on par with the iPhone in terms of smoothness. There is room for improvement but I can see that coming along with custom Kernels and some more tweaking.

 

First setup:

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New Lockscreen with Google Now/Search:

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The home screen (Notice Google Chrome not preinstalled. Not sure why.)

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Keyboard (Notice the back arrow):

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Slide up to access Google Now/Search on any Screen:

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New Notification bar (expanded and then condensed with a two finger slide up):

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Lots of new transition animations that are really slick. Fling up to delete pics in the Gallery like getting rid of cards in WebOS is really awesome. Pinch out to access the thumbnails a lot faster. Lots of UI tweaks here and there. Overall, its smoother than ICS. I had some issues with WiFi but I fixed it with a Static IP. Hopefully someone will come up with a proper fix on XDA. Gotta look. Might make this my daily for the time being...


Oh also forgot to mention. The Boot Animation is a minimalistic Nexus X and it looks awesome. Its different from the Nexus 7 boot animation. Boot time is a lot faster than ICS as well but maybe because I don't have that many apps installed yet.

 

Alright final update for the night. WiFi has been fixed. Download the ROM Manager version of Jelly Bean:

http://www.clockworkmod.com/rommanag...20Nexus%20(GSM)

Should be flashable with Yakju or Takju variant of GSM Galaxy Nexus.

 

nice, i was reading about project butter and it looked like great improvements to the responsiveness of the UI