Samsung Galaxy Nexus volume bug fix tested -- it works

By Luke Westaway on 2 December 2011, 9:57am

The Samsung Galaxy Nexus volume bug has been patched. We've tested the fix, and it works.

That means we'll be updating our review of the Galaxy Nexus, to reflect the fact that it's no longer rubbish.

The Galaxy Nexus is the first Android phone to arrive running Ice Cream Sandwich, the latest version of Google's mobile operating system. But its launch was hampered by a glitch that meant the phone's volume would spontaneously drop, meaning calls would suddenly go silent and you would miss notifications.

The spooky glitch affected the phone when it was using over a 2G connection on the 900MHz frequency (used by Vodafone and O2, among other networks).

Bizarrely it also proved possible to make the Nexus' volume drop while it was in airplane mode, if another phone hooked up to a 900MHz connection was in close proximity. We put another O2 phone next to the fixed Nexus and nothing happened, so it seems this odd glitch has been patched up too.

Google admitted that the Nexus was borked last week, and this week the search giant has been rolling out updates that fix the issue. We've tested the Nexus, and it seems fine now.

We gave the Nexus a damning two-star score in our review, explaining that we couldn't recommend buying the otherwise excellent phone while it was still hampered by the glitch. Now that bug has been squashed, we're in the process of amending our review.

Will you be buying the Nexus? Has yours been updated yet? Tell us in the comments, or on our Facebook wall.

Update: We've now updated our Samsung Galaxy Nexus review to reflect the fix.

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anonymous 2 December, 2011 11:51

Gah, where's my fix update? I keep hitting Check Now, but nothing yet, plain old busted ITL41D for me.

Can I go and get it from somewhere?

anonymous 2 December, 2011 12:26

Yep it works well now. I hated this phone when I first got it, in fact I nearly swapped it for the IPhone. After 5 days of messing around trying to set everthing up I finally managed it.
Where the hell is the user manual? Nobody wants to go trawling through loads of user groups to try and find answers to questions which should have been in the user manual.
Samsung's support really really sucks.
After using the phone for a couple of weeks now, I am really starting to like it. I did have an E90 before this and now I have finally managed to get my contacts across with out having to sync etc I am pleased with the results.
Now the phone bug has been sorted it should be happy days. All we need now is for Skype to get thier finger out and get the video problem sorted out (Will not send video over skype)

anonymous 2 December, 2011 15:57

Re: Anon 12:26

I just want Google to update the G+ app so we can initiate mobile Hangouts. Currently you can only join a Hangout that was initiated on the website. Sure that'll be along soon though.

Of course, my comment has nothing to do with the quality of this phone...which, in my opinion, is the best you can buy right now. It certainly kicks the iPhone 4S to the curb.