Building AOSP Jelly Bean for the Verizon Galaxy Nexus - a tutorial [from the forums]

We've seen the source code for Android 4.1.1 (affectionately known as Jelly Bean) drop from Google, and plenty of us were excited to see the Verizon Galaxy Nexus binaries were back online and available. Whether you're a Verizon subscriber or not, as an Android fan it's OK to get warm and fuzzy inside seeing more devices opened up for users. Nice work to all involved for getting the licensing worked out once again.

But seeing it there is only the first step. For many of us, half the fun of having a phone like the LTE GNex is building code and hacking the living crap out of it. If this sounds like you, there's a special treat waiting in the Verizon Galaxy Nexus forums -- the best damn AOSP building tutorial you'll ever see. I've written a few how-tos in my time, so I can say, with no remorse, that you won't find a more thorough, easier to understand, well-thought tutorial anywhere. Dmmarck is not just an AC forums moderator, he's a total nerd, and not afraid to let it shine. He walks you through setting up your machine, from the ground up, and in the end you'll have the satisfaction of flashing a build of Jelly Bean that you made yourself. It's the pinnacle for any Android geek with a Verizon Galaxy Nexus. The icing on this cake? Dylan is there, in the forums, all day every day, to answer your questions and walk you through when you get stuck. When doing this sort of thing for the first time, that's the key.

If you've got the hankering to do some Android building for your LTE GNex, and looking for a great place to start, you've found it. Hit the link, and be sure to give dmmarck a big thanks for his hard work!

[GUIDE][Ubuntu] Compiling Android from Source

Problems Motorola RAZR not charging

Message from droider, difficulty getting it to charge
Hi,

I've gone through most of the threads here regarding Motorola RAZR and battery life/charging. I've only seen one person mention in passing a FAILURE TO CHARGE / PHONE NOT CHARGING issue.

Here's what's happened (I've had the phone for just a week):

Battery gets down to about 20% (I have a Smart Action set up to notify me).
I plug in the charger (either the one that came with phone or the one from my Droid Incredible) and nothing happens -- battery continues to drain.
I switch chargers. Same thing.

However, it seems that if I power the phone off and on again, it starts to charge.

Any suggestions?? Am I missing something??

Answer :

At a guess, some app that's running is preventing the phone from going in to charge mode, and when you reboot that app isn't running.
First thing I'd do is disable your 'low battery' Smart Action to see if that's causing a problem.

How is wifi can turn on notificaiton led

Mine is configured to automatically connect to different SSID's when I'm at my main office, regional office, and primary customer site. It also connects to you home SSID without issue. Now my scenario might be different from others since you got Tasker set up to automatically turn on/off WiFi when droider approach/leave the area.

Wi-Fi is consistently weak for me across multiple locations which I never had problems with on my old HTC Desire. I just use my mobile data more often instead because I have an unlimited plan.

The notification LED doesn't appear to be customizable at all unless you get a 3rd party app. I use the free version of lightflow which seems pretty good. I have had intermittent problems with random flashing when there is no notifications. Also it doesnt seem possible to change the notification LED from flashing to solid