yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Nexus S General] coolfrooddude:
http://www.androidcentral.com/how-manually-update-your-nexus-s-android-233

Just followed the instructions from here. Of course, the file that I copied to the sdcard was the file linked in this thread, not the one on the instructions page.
[Nexus S General] infernosoft:
This might be a retarded question...

But, after copying the update.zip file to the root of your sdcard, how do you flash the update? I thought there was no recovery if you're not rooted?...Or am I wrong? And if I'm wrong, how do you do it?
[Nexus S General] styckx:
Woot! 50 My Little Ponies to whoever gets us rooted and rommed guys a flashable radio.
[Nexus S General] p-slim:
even if you're not rooted you will have recovery
[Nexus S General] cdw9800:
boot into bootloader mode by holding vol up and power while the phone is off go to recovery and once it loads go to apply update.zip
[Nexus S General] coolfrooddude:
I don't see any 4G toggle widget so far. However, my Back button is not freezing yet, so hopefully that annoyance is gone.
[Nexus S General] joebags:
If you just want the radio flashed. you can just unpack the zip and then "fastboot flash radio radio.pr.img" while in the bootloader. *BOOTLOADER* not CWR. This will not remove root or change anything on your phone except for the radio image.
[Nexus S General] moolman:
Thanks for posting the file, clears up that I'm not crazy or a liar...haha.. but most of all, I don't have to go through the hassle of trying to figure out, how to get the update off my phone. :p
[Nexus S General] steviee7:
i did that and it shows the android guy and a triangle with a ! in the middle... its not doing anything... can i do a battery pull or will i kill my phone... help please lol
[Nexus S General] JustinDroid:
AWESOME, thanks for posting those instructions. I've only owned my NS4G for a week and hadn't yet delved into booting into recovery. Thanks again!
[Nexus S General] ryno502:
You can't flash this if you are rooted, you must be on STOCK recovery.

Download the file, rename it to update(.zip) and place it in the root of your USB Storage.

Turn off Nexus, hold down VOLUME UP and POWER, scroll down with your volume rocker to RECOVERY and press POWER to select. Your phone will reboot into recovery.

When you see exclamation point, press power and volume up at the same time. Once you are in recovery, press update from zip (or something like that), find the update.zip file you added and select it with the power button. Done! Just wait for it to flash and reboot.
[Nexus S General] coolfrooddude:
Follow the instructions here:

http://www.androidcentral.com/how-manually-update-your-nexus-s-android-233
[Nexus S General] JustinDroid:
Mine did on the first tap =(

I knew they'd overlook this though.
[Nexus S General] The Killjoy:
nice work!

I'm one of those guys who is rooted(CWM and SU) but running a box stock rom and kernel....

.....waiting patiently :cool:

not sure if I want to guinea pig this though :p
[Nexus S General] jonnythan:
Awesome, thank you. Did that. My baseband is now listed as D720SPRKE5. What was the previous one?

Edit: looks like the last one was D8.
[Nexus S General] cdw9800:
ahh i forgot a step since i havent done it in a while as press power and volume up text should show apply update.zip or something update.zip i have cwm recovery so its been awhile
[Nexus S General] an276123:
U also notice no 4g widget as well. Also I don't notice much of a 4g Signal improvement verse previous version?
[Nexus S General] cteneyck:
Mirror
[Nexus S General] Slipknotdrifter:
i can't wait for a flashable version!
[Nexus S General] cdw9800:
yeah i was hoping i didnt get flamed me not being home and everything and ive seen alot of post saying they have a update and what not a lot of years on xda
[Nexus S General] ervman1:
im still on 2.3.4..my baseband is D720SPRKD8
[Nexus S General] p-slim:
this is the only thing i wanted, my signals aren't even that bad. I think i will just keep cyanogen mod and flash the radios seperately. damn you sprint for not including that 4g widget
[Nexus S General] xyzulu:
No need for mirrors.. simply download direct from Google, now you know the file name, here: http://android.clients.google.com/p...c0.signed-sojus-GRJ90-from-GRJ22.39fe4c59.zip
[Nexus S General] ROB281:
neither have I
[Nexus S General] ceredics:
Just want to say thank you to the man of the hour for the update !!! lol

downloaded and flashing now lol
[Nexus S General] joebags:
I am running Oxygen while i updated the radio.

Updated from KD8 to KE5

No improve in signal quality noticed here at work yet. The real test will be when i'm at home, and tethering.
[Nexus S General] Atheistnofaith:
How to apply update.zip

Step 1 rename the file to update.zip.

Step 2 Copy update.zip to root of SDCARD.

Step 3 Power off phone.

Step 4 Press and hold Power+Vol up buttons(Enters Boot loader).

Step 5 Select Recovery.

Step 6 Press Vol up and Power(Before Exclamation Indicator comes up), if thats does not work , Press the Power button, or Vol up.

Step 7 Recovery menu options should appear, select apply update from SDCARD.

Step 8 Enjoy..
[Nexus S General] p-slim:
the lack of 4g widget is already disappointing, if we still can't tether 4G natively im going to be angry with this update.
[Nexus S General] the.snks:
You sir, deserve a beer.
[Nexus S General] dmarden:
I only updated the radio for now, will do more later when someone has it deodexed/etc.

Signal strength/speed/etc all seem fine, but I wasn't have issues before so that doesn't reveal much.

Thanks to those involved in getting it posted.
[Nexus S General] kashb91:
was able to update and reroot using shabbys one click root. everything seems fine so far. no 4G here to check if the signal is better, and im on an air rave so i dont know if 3G is better.
[Nexus S General] xyzulu:
Ironically, the original sharer didn't even need to share the file.. just the filename ;)

In any case, I have started a new thread in this section with the direct link. Hopefully it will save others time looking in this thread etc.
[Nexus S General] ceredics:
How ironic...... i just got the official one :/ just downloaded it for nothing lol
[Nexus S General] firket2000:
Can you flash just the radio if you are rooted?
[Nexus S General] Envynet:
Yes you can. Look a page or so back for instructions.
[Nexus S General] infernosoft:
You guys have likely seen this question asked, but if I'm running CM7, I wont get this update directly from sprint, right?
[Nexus S General] jonnythan:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=15984910#post15984910
[Nexus S General] dmarden:
You can flash the radio no matter what sort of setup you've got going as long as you have ADB/fastboot on your PC.
[Nexus S General] ROB281:
don't think this fixed a damn thing, I'm still having my data connection turn off, and on
[Nexus S General] 3cables:
my 3G signal has improved somewhat. where i was getting 0 bars I am getting at least 1 consistent bar sometimes 2.
[Nexus S General] p-slim:
correct you will not get the update. the file will be posted soon and you will be able to flash through clockworkmod recovery.
[Nexus S General] chikilin1389:
press the pwer botton en vol up
[Nexus S General] csementuh:
Just flashed, thanks guys!

I am getting 3 bars at home where I used to get only 1 or 2. The real test will be tomorrow at work (.5 miles from home) where I roam continuously lol.

Weren't we supposed to see Google Wallet and a 4G widget, etc?

So far all I see if 're-calibrated' bars lol.
[Nexus S General] jonnythan:
Part of the update was changing the number of bars displayed for a given signal. There's no indication that actual reception has improved.
[Nexus S General] ceredics:
I dont see a google wallet nor a toggle for 4g or anything of the sort but my phone does show 2.3.5 and noew radio.....
[Nexus S General] gnuf99:
Sorry, noob here.

I'm rooted with Shabby's one click root.

Do I need to unroot to flash the update? Or even get the update?

What's the easiest way to do that?
[Nexus S General] njeske:
I've tried this twice, and my radio version isn't changing...
[Nexus S General] jonnythan:
You're messing something up. You should see output like this:

c:\android\tools>fastboot flash radio radio.pr.img

sending 'radio' (15232 KB)...

OKAY [ 2.086s]

writing 'radio'...

OKAY [ 15.080s]

finished. total time: 17.167s
[Nexus S General] Swayyy:
I am getting 40KBPS to 90KBPS on 3G speed test with full 4 bars (-65) signal with the new radio... I think my data speed got worse.
[Nexus S General] DirtyShroomz:
Any flashable zip for the radio? I'm at work for the next few 6 hours :(
[Nexus S General] ceredics:
Ran a few speed tests and i dont see much man, 1.98down is all. Still not jumping past 3.

My upload link is still funky acting too on speedtest.net.

About to tether and see a speedtest on my laptop.

Also, no toggle or google Wallet.

signal seems a bit improved just from bars but im not seeing any speed jump.
[Nexus S General] enik_fox:
Any news on the wifi. I cant hold a signal for more than 30 seconds anymore...
[Nexus S General] p-slim:
unroot here
[Nexus S General] 3cables:
yea i don't think reception has improved it all. i just have bar(s) now.
[Nexus S General] ceredics:
My wifi still blows!!!!!!

Ugh!

All in favor of saying **** this samsung radio antenna say I!!!
[Nexus S General] p-slim:
do you get 4G in your area, if so please let us know if the native 4G tethering works now.
[Nexus S General] enik_fox:
Very reassuring x.x
[Nexus S General] ceredics:
Dear Nexus, I love your framework and design b ut the antennas samsung gave you are ****.

I think i hear something ......... I think the evo 3d is calling me. Not by voice but by better speeds.
[Nexus S General] droptothetop:
Running stock, rooted.

Flashed the radio.pr.img in fastboot.

Went from -76dBm to -65dBm. However, I don't notice any improvement in data rates...
[Nexus S General] ceredics:
I know but I dont want to portray the update for more than what it really is.

Im upstairs and my wifi is downstairs and it lost it.
[Nexus S General] The111:
Have the people with wi-fi problems tried multiple NS's? My first (and only) NS has great 3G/4G/wifi, and I assumed that the people reporting bad 3G/4G were just in bad signal areas, and I must be lucky enough not to be.

BUT... wifi is something that can't be explained by bad signal area, since you define the wifi signal in your own house. I didn't even know wifi was an issue for some people. That sucks.

I can get around 6Mbps down wifi at home, I know my real connection is faster that, but even my PS3 on wifi doesn't get that much.
[Nexus S General] oscarthegrouch:
This update, can it be done in cwm? Even if it kills root, as long as cwm is still there, root is just a flash away
[Nexus S General] cteneyck:
My thoughts on this update.

1. No 4g widget

2. no signal increase 3g/4g/Cell

3. worse wifi bandwidth

4. Still can't update my profile/prl

5. The speaker has been improved alot.
[Nexus S General] chappy824:
Have you tried your phone on different wifi signals other than yours? I get great wifi signal from 3 seperate routers. Stock radio too. Anyone else?

Sent from my Nexus S 4G
[Nexus S General] enik_fox:
I am about to exchange it. The wifi issue is just plain weird.
[Nexus S General] njeske:
That's exactly what I see, but the version still isn't changing. And now when I try rebooting to system all I get is loop of the boot animation. How screwed am I???
[Nexus S General] mikerowes69:
ROOTED STOCK GRJ22 on CWM, no problem

1. Installed the update ROOTED STOCK GRJ22 on CWM, no problem.

2. Signal for 3G seems little better, but can't test 4G as there is none here.

3. No battery percentage change, still at 97%

4. No 4G widget, keeping working on it guys.
[Nexus S General] steviee7:
i thought sprint couldnt block aosp's tethering... i try to tether and my 3g icon goes away and it doesnt let me get online on my laptop... only limited connection no internet
[Nexus S General] dreamsforgotten:
Guys you applying a radio patch but none of the ril patches wifi or wifi lib patches don't be surprised if you don't see an improvement and haven't applied it all
[Nexus S General] cteneyck:
You cannot flash this update with CWM recovery. you have to have the stock recovery.
[Nexus S General] enik_fox:
Thats what I'm running as we speak and the issue has been consistent on every rom I have run.
[Nexus S General] ceredics:
Wait everyone pump the breaks and check your NFC!!!!

Mines is on and not turning off!

To those wondering about 4g tethering and speeds off the phone i will be with you shortly.

I have tried 4 already (friends across the street and granny etc lol)

Okay so NFC is really acting up.

Its making my data jump 3g 4g 3g 4g then scanning disconnect scan dis.....
[Nexus S General] esoh:
Been trying for 30 mins now. Can't get *ANY* tethering or hotspot working, 4G or 3G. Maybe it's just me, but I know I'm getting a signal and it's connecting to the HS and the phone for tethering, but no Internet going through...Weird.....

Anyone else?
[Nexus S General] ceredics:
Not letting me tether my 4g or 3g... its making everything jump around etc.
[Nexus S General] DesertSilver:
For those that think data speeds did not increase, here are my results using the SpeedTest app. The phone was placed on the EXACT same spot on my work desk, which is in a very bad signal building.

Android 2.3.4, across 7 tests

Download: High 188, Low 55, Avg 92 kbps

Upload: High 79, Low 14, Avg 53 kbps

Ping: High 857, Low 422, Avg 548ms

Android 2.3.5, across 9 tests

Download: High 704, Low 192, Avg 415 kbps

Upload: High 182, Low 43, Avg 83 kbps

Ping: High 219, Low 159, Avg 178 ms
[Nexus S General] ceredics:
Same here my friend
[Nexus S General] steviee7:
yep... posted earlier
[Nexus S General] Overstew:
My laptop sucks, can't get adb to work. LOL and I'm on vacation so the only wiFi signal I get is super slow. I'll just wait until a flashable zip comes out. Thanks to all who posted it.
[Nexus S General] ceredics:
Will people still get the official ota even though they just flashed this ??/
[Nexus S General] pewipo123:
me too!!! I trust the xda family far more then the man! ( sprint )
[Nexus S General] seezar:
No reason to since you'll now be on the latest release. So no.
[Nexus S General] shabbypenguin:
im deodexing right now guys, :)

prerooted and busybox
[Nexus S General] ceredics:
Turning on tethering while on 4g makes it drop the connection to 4g for me and stillllll

NFC is not turning off.
[Nexus S General] anaglich:
Is there a way to update the radio on a rooted CM7 device without using ADB?
[Nexus S General] bsage23:
Just flashed from completely stock. My observations:

1. 3G coverage is better. I'm fluctuating between 1 and 2 bars whereas before I was between 0 and 1. Seems to be about a 10dBm improvement (-96 average to -86 average).

2. WiFi seems to fluctuate a lot between 3 bars and 1 bar, BUT I haven't noticed any complete drops yet. The better test will be at home tonight.

3. Cannot comment on the volume issue because I never noticed a problem before. Seems to be the same to me.

4. Also cannot comment on 4G as I'm in a 4G-less area.

5. Complaints about no Google Wallet seem premature. Sprint's release just says that the update will enable the NFC secure element in preparation for secure transaction. It may (or may not) have done that, but Wallet proper is still forth-coming.

6. On the lack of 4G widget, again I wonder if this will be a market download vs. something that was to be in this update?

EDIT:

7. My NFC turns off just fine.
[Nexus S General] enik_fox:
You are my new best friend.
[Nexus S General] chewbz:
cool! should i wait for the flashable radio zip or just flash it through adb right now?..... hmm
[Nexus S General] 3cables:
yes! thanks.
[Nexus S General] shabbypenguin:
sorry for teh slow going, i just recently installed windows again and i didnt take the time to install linux, so im doing it all off a live cd right now :x
[Nexus S General] enik_fox:
Damn your a trooper. I'd have chucked my computer out the window by now lol.
[Nexus S General] Slipknotdrifter:
god shabby this is why we love you man!
[Nexus S General] chewbz:
btw how do you check what radio you are on?
[Nexus S General] oscarthegrouch:
crap, I'm rooted odex
[Nexus S General] 3cables:
settings > about phone
[Nexus S General] p-slim:
shabby thank you very much.

Now i just need to decide if its worth me to flash. still no aosp 4G tethering and no 4g widget. actually it seems you can't tether 3G or 4G now, its getting worse
[Nexus S General] firket2000:
When I go into the bootloader to flash the radio there is no fastboot option. Could some one tell me what stupid thing I'm doing?
[Nexus S General] logikgr:
Damn, that sucks. =/
[Nexus S General] pewipo123:
sorry to ask, but im out of town in mexico and i dont have a PC with me...can i flash the radio via terminal ??
[Nexus S General] pewipo123:
how do i donate?...lol....ill send you a check!
[Nexus S General] chewbz:
yeah im on miui, it doesnt show me :( ahh well, ill just wait till the rooted update comes out.
[Nexus S General] chappy824:
Its your baseband version

Sent from my Nexus S 4G
[Nexus S General] teflon bob:
3G bars look higher but I don't think the db readout has changed at all. NFC doesn't turn off, and hotspot is no longer working. Man I hope this was a failed install and not the update itself.
[Nexus S General] chewbz:
ahhhh okay i got it
[Nexus S General] mikerowes69:
Corrections

1. Installed the update ROOTED STOCK GRJ22 on CWM, no problem.

A. However I rebooted and noticed it re-installed factory recovery

B. re-flashed CWM recovery

2. Signal for 3G seems little better, but can't test 4G as there is none here.

3. No battery percentage change, still at 97%

4. No 4G widget, keeping working on it guys.

5. WIFI works fine

6. No issues with NFC
[Nexus S General] Stramondroid:
installed

I used the bugless pete method to return to stock. Literally takes 5 minutes. I had all files in place already, since this is my current phone. I am updated to GRJ90, and a noticeable update in signal strength. Im in Miami Beach, with a 4G tower about 4-8 miles north. Ive already noticed a faster boot as well. Anyway +1 on the hotspot, and no 4G toggle. I WAS able to turn off NFC.
[Nexus S General] teflon bob:
Rebooted and NFC seems to turn on and off normally now. The hotspot still busted.
[Nexus S General] p-slim:
thanks. i will only flash this rom to get the radio update but i will flash back to cyanogenmod as nothing has changed. people can't even tether natively anymore, this has to be the biggest dissappoint ever. Google is probably readying the tmobile upate before we get the google wallet.
[Nexus S General] shabbypenguin:
im hitting a snag deodexing 6 files

thinkfree

google earth

voice search

sprint menu

maps and google voice
[Nexus S General] ceredics:
Turn off the phone and pull back and battery so it'll reset the nfc. Same things are happening to me man. Seems like I can't have 4g on with my nfc nor tethering. They got us guys. I think they took the tethering from us :( or could be a bad install or something.
[Nexus S General] steviee7:
does your tethering work? or your rooteD?
[Nexus S General] crashcourse:
NFC Wont shut off

If your NFC wont shut off pull the battery and restart...worked for me.
[Nexus S General] HareyCarey:
When you do manage to get those deodexed will the update.zip work for any ROM? Say...Oxygen for instance? Not because that is the ROM I am using or anything...ya know...just asking ;)
[Nexus S General] chappy824:
Just work on voice for now....only thing necessary. Imo

Sent from my Nexus S 4G
[Nexus S General] stiffspliff:
Don't even worry about apps available in the market IMO..
[Nexus S General] shabbypenguin:
im pulling those from a deodex'd grj22, as all but one of those you can get via the market so there should be no changes.. however teh sprint market and thinkfree annoy me im going to keep working on them tho
[Nexus S General] pewipo123:
i told you the devs on here are kick ass...Fusprint!...xda in da house!!
[Nexus S General] chappy824:
Lol^^^^^^^

Sent from my Nexus S 4G
[Nexus S General] HareyCarey:
*katt williams voice* So..is that a yes or a no..on the chicken?
[Nexus S General] p-slim:
edit: nevermind
[Nexus S General] shabbypenguin:
it will be flashing a rom, so if your on cm or oxygen or miui and you flash this, youll find yourself at stock ;)
[Nexus S General] cteneyck:
Well i just dropped my phone off at the sprint store. they are gonna look at it and see what they can find out. maybe ill get a new nexus s 4g.
[Nexus S General] anaglich:
Is making a radio flashable zip next on your queue? Pwease?
[Nexus S General] jonnythan:
I'm getting significantly better WiFi reception. In the chair I'm sitting in now, I never got better than "poor" or no signal when connecting to the bedroom AP. 5.5 or 11 Mbps. Now I'm getting "fair" and 48 Mbps.
[Nexus S General] LancerEVA06:
Mickey just sent me an IM saying tethering is blocked. Can someone confirm?
[Nexus S General] shabbypenguin:
actually tahts whats taking me so long :O i keep running into issues with it tho, tried looking to see how the nexus s owners did it but taht will have to wait i guess
[Nexus S General] styckx:
We are such nerds. :)
[Nexus S General] p-slim:
many people in this thread have said that tethering is blocked
[Nexus S General] jonnythan:
You can install the radio separately right now.
[Nexus S General] Jeremiah239:
How lol
[Nexus S General] esoh:
Anyone on this forum paying for tethering or MHS who could check to see if it works for them?

I am happy to test it by turning it on, but does anyone know if I turn it on that I am on the hook for the whole month? If it's one of those things that I can turn on, test, and then turn off and pay for 1-2 days vs the whole month, I'm happy to test it.
[Nexus S General] DirtyShroomz:
I need a flashable im at work :(
[Nexus S General] apache2:
Soooo, NS4G 2.3.5 :)
[Nexus S General] 12MaNy:
Coming soon.....
[Nexus S General] mikeyinid:
Was this actually confirmed by sprint this time?
[Nexus S General] detusueno:
Press Release and all.
[Nexus S General] azfxstb:
LOL, Yah be careful cuz yah know they might...oh that's right they might ban you.

Respect? Most of you dill weeds dont even know what that means go back to your dark cave and fire up WOW so you can rule your world...
[Nexus S General] chewbz:
LOL! dont trip dude I read your post hahaha. Anyone care about the google wallet and stuff? Or everyone just wants the radio lol.
[Nexus S General] mikeyinid:
radio.radio.radio.

:d
[Nexus S General] unomedmen1:
Radio is priority but for all this time that they made us wait, I guess some extras like google wallet wouldn't hurt LOL. Plus I would love to use it at work too:)
[Nexus S General] oscarthegrouch:
I couldn't give a rat's ass about Google (big brother) wallet. Just let me have the radio yo!
[Nexus S General] eagercrow:
I don't even think my NFC works, but I have no way of testing it. I've got a building access card that it reads nothing on. I have a new passport that it doesn't do anything with, not even say unknown. I ran it around the dog who I knows has one of those home chips in him and I know where it is....BUT I just want the radio to work. I can't use my phone unless its in roaming mode, with no bars in roaming I can have a voice convo, with 2 bars on sprint I can't even send text messages.

radio.radio.radio
[Nexus S General] mikeyinid:
So I've been doing some very official testing with my evo and my nexus. To level the field I'm running both phones on decks rom. Here's what I'm finding:

On a sense rom the evo works far better than it does on aosp, or than the nexus does. Wifi has more range and it holds a signal longer in bad service areas. Load aosp on the evo and guess what? Wifi sucks. 3g sucks. Wimax sucks. Exactly the same service issues my nexus has. My point is that I think its more just aosp issues than radio issues. I hope I'm wrong but what I'm seeing with my phones is pretty telling.

Hopefully this ota makes towers sprout in all of our yards...
[Nexus S General] oscarthegrouch:
or they give us all free airraves