Source: Behind the glass: a detailed tour inside the Samsung Galaxy Nexus -- Engadget
That sounds very definitive... Do you have an official source for that?
Not doubting you -- in fact I'm pretty confident you're right. I'm just really hoping you have some kind of "proof" to finally put my mind at rest, either from official word from Samsung or a successful MHL test on one of the dev phones given to the launch attendees (for which I could slap them).
There are rumors flying all over the web about MHL on the GN but nobody actually seems to know for sure; it's all based on assumption that it matches the port on the GSII. But given that Samsung already did a bit of a backslide from the GSII spec in terms of the microSD slot (or lack thereof) I'm not confident in assumptions right now!
The other part is that, if it does feature MHL, then Samsung really needs to get their marketing together and quit referring to it as simply "USB 2.0" in the spec sheet. If the port can manage output of 1080p video and multichannel audio -- even via an adapter -- then they need to highlight that. Otherwise it immediately looks like the spec is inferior to phones with native HDMI out, or even an iPhone dock connector.
To phone noobs like me, who had never heard of MHL before this week, it sounds like the Galaxy Nexus is stuck with a basic, ancient USB 2.0 port and no other connectivity except wireless. I'd actually written off the GN for that very reason until I saw MHL mentioned out of the corner of my eye on the GSII wikipedia page, which suddenly changed the whole outlook of the new phone.
I'm also hoping the Galaxy Nexus supports USB hosting via that port too, like the GSII. That would actually go a long way toward offsetting the loss of the microSD slot for me. Especially if something really stupid happens, like it launching as only the 16GB variant.
PS: I'm new. As you can see by the post count. So this can serve as my intro. Hi. Help me finally escape the clutches of this godforsaken 3GS to the greener grass of Android!
That's extremely odd, I flash roms every couple of days and have always managed to wipe data, without wiping the SD card. Typically I will do a full SD wipe every few months, to clear out all the stuff I don't need. It's also good that Samsung devices are so hard to brick, I've put my phone through hell and it works better than ever. If I've ever flashed a rom that puts me into a bootloop, it's always quite easy to restore a backup with CWM.
It kinda blows, but if you are going to use it to watch a movie, you're going to want to plug the phone in anyway.
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