yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Nexus S General] asaetern:
Hello, I've been thinking of installing this rom since I've been stock for a while and recently just rooted so still a little new to this. So do I do everything in recovery? I see the thread with the flashable zip to wipe all, should I run that first then flash the rom? Also does the rom comes with pete's kernel or would I have to flash that as well? Thanks in advance.
[Nexus S General] belvedere:
Yeah, I'd be sure to create a backup just in case something goes wrong. Also if something with the ROM, or any other ROM, doesn't suit you, you can load up your backup and be back to normal.

Going from different ROM to different ROM, like in your case stock -> GPA17 you'll need to wipe data. It's not a bad idea to clear cache and wipe dalvik cache (which is in advanced in Clockwork Recovery). The wipe data option may already clear those 2 caches but I usually do it anyway.

Once you have Pete's ROM running and you're interested in updating since he's technically doing 'nightlies' (more or less just frequent releases) you'll only need to wipe dalvik cache, maybe cache as well, and flash as you did before. A full wipe isn't necessary. I believe this scenario applies with most other 'nightlies' and updates to the ROM you're actually running, but someone can correct me if I'm wrong.

I believe Pete started including his latest kernel in his nightlies. If not, it's freely available on his website indicated in his OP and signature.

Edit:
[Nexus S General] Maximilian Mary:
Personally, I just go to mobile network settings, and check international roaming. I'm assuming you're not actually within reach of Canada. o_O
[Nexus S General] asaetern:
Thank you for your reply belvedere, it helped cleared up some confusion I had about everything. I did back up my current rom with rom manager and backed up my apps with Titanium backup. Now I'm going to go and try out pete's rom! Thanks again!
[Nexus S General] info[]box1:
Report: finally got my Bluetooth working. Don't if its because I used snandlal's format all zip 2x. Just happy its working.
[Nexus S General] Ichiban Rei:
Haha, nope. Sunny southern California.
[Nexus S General] Jess813:
The Nexus S 4G link seems to be not working although i found his roms on Rom Manager, are they the same? The one I am using now is the GRJ90 Deoxed....Can someone please confirm this. When i go to about phone it doesnt say that it has anything to do with his Rom...
[Nexus S General] ogbreds:
Nah there not the same. Those are the actual fully stock roms with non of Pete's tweaks.
[Nexus S General] mattallica76:
Great work on the kernel! I haven't flashed the ROM yet, but I've run the kernel for about a week on a stock 2.3.5 build (odexed).

I do have a question about VooDoo support. There seems to be conflicting info in the Kernel Modules Options of the Voodoo control app. The voodoo color options all appear to function properly, as do the VooDoo Sound options. Anybody else getting the "Device or Kernel version not supported" message.

See screenshot-

Other than that it's been running great.
[Nexus S General] amarrero83:
Has anybody got the roam option to work?
[Nexus S General] shinedown87:
Just wondering if anyone has had this problem that I am having.

Every once and a while (more than half the time) when I have been in airplane mode and using wifi, when I come out of airplane mode and turn of wifi, my phone won't connect to data. Under settings it constantly says that it is connecting. I try toggling wifi, airplane, etc. but it will never seem to connect. In order for me to get it to connect I have to reboot the phone.

Other than that, I haven't experienced any problems, and am loving the battery life!
[Nexus S General] pfer10:
166 hours of uptime. Where you guys at?
[Nexus S General] lilgrass71:
Do you keep everything off but the phone
[Nexus S General] belvedere:
uptime's just the time he's ran the phone and not rebooted... not a single charge of battery.

we could only dream ;)
[Nexus S General] mattallica76:
It does however give us an idea about stability. It means that he's gone 166 hours without crashes or random reboots.
[Nexus S General] DammitCubs:
Great ROM

So I haven't had a chance to really give any feedback. I want to personally thank Peter Alfonso for the best ROM ever. It's not about the features that shocks me more than battery life. This has been a horrible problem for me since even investigating Android back in 2010. When I first used an EVO 4G, I loved the phone but HATED the battery life. Coming from an iPhone, I was just annoyed that I need to charge my battery every 12 hours.

I thought after a year of development and Nexus S having great battery reviews, it would be different, but I found to have to same issues. It has to be my usage model and even after months of tweaking, it just won't go down. I am a widget whore and the reason I moved from iOS to Android was because widgets are the best thing since sliced bread. I came to acceptance that I need to carry two batteries with me.

But now that I have rooted, I have seen the light!!! And it's BRIGHT!!! Peter, I don't know what you did but I created the exactly same scenario in terms of usage as the stock kernel and this ROM lasted 30 hours!!! No more stupid draining when the phone isn't doing anything. The phone is just so much better!!!! and gives me confidence to leave my house and know I will have power to last me all day. If it weren't for this, i would of gone back.

We live in 2011 and battery life needs t be o a must. it's for a lot people: their only communication device. And now that I have found such an amazing rom. it makes not want to move to the new products because frankly, i can't trust those ROMS.

In Peter we trust.
[Nexus S General] itlnstln:
For sure. The ROM needs a new name. It needs to be GPA40 - it deserves an "A."
[Nexus S General] zergburger:
new build is up, from stalking his git here are some changes since the 8/19 version

market app updated

Display headset icon in notification bar

Updated headset icons

Added support for Changing Phone network mode

Added permission control for the 2G/3G switch
[Nexus S General] zergburger:
today's updated voice search app didn't seem to make it in though ;) no big deal as it can be updated via market or just delete before flashing to get newest version
[Nexus S General] BuglessPete:
GPA17 final is out, link in the OP and on my site.
[Nexus S General] kijp15:
THANKS BP! :D

Sent from my Nexus S 4G
[Nexus S General] mattallica76:
Any kernel changes?
[Nexus S General] unomedmen1:
And still no theme chooser, bummer I really liked this ROM too.
[Nexus S General] ehac1680:
Did you read his website? He open-sourced his code. You can add whatever you want now.
[Nexus S General] info[]box1:
Pete thanks for update
[Nexus S General] urushiol:
Thanks so much for the uuuupdate =)
[Nexus S General] Maximilian Mary:
Has anyone tested battery life on this with Pete's kernel vs Trinity TUV11? I'm curious if the battery life is mainly due to the ROM or the kernel.
[Nexus S General] qbking77:
Today I used his older rom (19th) with matrix 6.0 cfs kernel... I'm at 13h 21 min, 1H 20 min screen on time and I'm still at 27%. Phenomenal if you ask me. Mix of 3G and wifi as well.. more 3G than wifi.
[Nexus S General] Drizzzle01:
I no longer have the option to select "affiliated network" on latest version. Is it supposed to be available?
[Nexus S General] onigiri1692:
I could be wrong but I believe Pete dropped this feature in the final release because it was non-functional and doesn't have time to dedicate to fixing it.
[Nexus S General] mercado79:
I was wondering the same thing. Also... where is everyone downloading Pete's kernel? I don't see it on the downloads section of his site or listed in it's own there here.
[Nexus S General] info[]box1:
Click the link on OP "website" all information and links are there.

But there you go DL kernel shortcut…

http://www.peteralfonso.com/2011/08/download-nexus-s-263514-kernel.html?m=1
[Nexus S General] BuglessPete:
My kernel comes with the ROM already.
[Nexus S General] hllywd:
I notice that the 3g icon is gone, there is no 2g choice, not that I would use it, and wifi strength & network strength is decreased, quite a bit. I used to get full bars and 3g all the time at home. Now only one bar and no 3g.

I Love The Smell Of Burnt Rubber Anytime
[Nexus S General] rtc975:
Is there anyway to get one of the MMS.APK's that offer the msg splitting, font size and all those other options to install on this rom?

I've tried several APK's from the simple torch app in Deck's ROM/CM to any of the MMS versions out there from 2.3.5 and no matter what I always get "application not installed" errors.

Love this rom otherwise, it's top notch. Just wish I could be able to install these couple apps...
[Nexus S General] ehiggins:
The stock mms black that you can flash works and gas the option. Its in the themes and apps section. If you install one I've had better luck copying to system/app and then changing the apk permissions to match
[Nexus S General] jmkarc:
thanks!

Bugless,

I want to say thank you for the time and hard work you put into this ROM and all your stock NS4g files. I am new to Android (coming from Sprint Pre) and I followed your 'How To Root/Unroot' instructions/explanations to easily root my NS4g. Keep up the good work and best of luck with school!
[Nexus S General] method2madness:
Whoops. Posted this in the wrong thread. I suck. lol
[Nexus S General] zeeraf:
how do u install a rom via fastboot ??? i only recently got my nexus
[Nexus S General] method2madness:
If you're referring to my previous post, please ignore it. I'm an idiot and was posting information into what I thought was the clockwork Mod 5.0 thread. Yes, Sorry for the confusion ;)
[Nexus S General] mercado79:
thanks for the info, info ;). i guess i hadn't looked closely enough. it is missing from the downloads section and so i figured it might be posted here somewhere.

first of all, thanks so much for the rom pete. as for the kernel, i realize it's in the rom already. it's just that i had loaded this up on my cousin's phone and she really wanted to be able to theme it. so, i was considering loading up deck's rom or even cm7 but keeping your kernel since the phone runs like a dream with it.

so, can you provide some insight? can the kernel be used with either of those other roms? if so, do you think it'll be the magic sauce those roms are missing? sorry to ask all these questions! it's just that i don't own the nexus personally and don't want to drive her nuts messing around with various roms like i would normally do on my own phone.

thanks again! and good luck with your studies!
[Nexus S General] njeske:
Anyone else having a problem plugging the phone into the computer? As soon as I do, my status_bar force closes and doesn't come back until I reboot. As such, I have no way of using my phone as an external drive.
[Nexus S General] onigiri1692:
If you are using Dream's quickpanel mod then that is the problem. I believe since this rom is heavily modified it isn't totally compatible with this mod. Luckily AndroidUser00110001 has fixed this problem with the mod so that you can now use it without the notification bar force closing when connecting via usb on pete's rom. You can find here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1239060
[Nexus S General] BuglessPete:
I see now, yeah you can install the kernel separately, its on my website a few post back. It will work with ANY ROM.
[Nexus S General] belvedere:
where's the ANY ROM?

:D
[Nexus S General] pfer10:
Great job Pete! Made it to 198 hours and 25 minutes before flashing your update. Only reason this thing is going down is the update. Stable stable stable!
[Nexus S General] oakleyrdc:
I'm trying to find some themes for this rom. I was using cm7 previously. I can't seem to find flashable themes anywhere. Anyone know of a good site? The honeybread theme would be great.
[Nexus S General] tony1208:
A couple pages back there was a theme posted....works great on the new update
[Nexus S General] njeske:
Thanks for this. I am using quick panel. Since the thread doesn't have a link I'll give it a shot tomorrow when I'm back at a computer.
[Nexus S General] fergie716:
Hey so I started a thread for the theme. I would download the updated one I posted because it is build with latest framework from the 8/30 build

ColorMod Thread HERE
[Nexus S General] oakleyrdc:
Thanks
[Nexus S General] zeeraf:
"assert failed: getprop ("ro.prop.device") == "crespo4g" ll getprop("ro.product.device") == "crespo4g"

E: error in /sdcard/pete_crespo4g_08_30_11.zip

(status 7)" <---- got this error when i tried flashing in recovery , downloaded twice and still same error

can anyone help ????
[Nexus S General] stiffspliff:
Don't format system partition before flashing just wipe data
[Nexus S General] zeeraf:
what do you mean dont format system partition ??? sorry new to flashing on the ns4g , i tried 4 different roms and still getting the same error
[Nexus S General] Maximilian Mary:
You're using an ns (gsm) recovery. Flash an ns4g one.
[Nexus S General] qbking77:
What's your process of flashing the rom?
[Nexus S General] zeeraf:
ususal , wiped data/factory then wipe cache partition then flashed snandlal format all zip , then ROM... i was running the cm7 nightlies for a few days flashing with no problem ... yesterday updated the CWM to 5.0 and tried flashing this rom and got that error. tried flashing back the cm7 nightly and same error. now im stuck
[Nexus S General] KaLiBLeeK:
Just wiped and installed the newest version of the ROM last night. I'd been running an earlier version for about 2 weeks.

Awesome job; the latest ROM seems a bit snappier than the earlier version I was on...although that might be a placebo effect since I hadn't flashed anything in a while. Haha.

Thanks for the continued work on this ROM, Pete.
[Nexus S General] zeeraf:
how do i flash an img file while in recovery ?? and i am using a ns4g recovery , it was working fine untill i updated to cwm 5.0
[Nexus S General] stiffspliff:
Restore working nandroid. Just skip format all zip. Wipe data/factory reset then flash
[Nexus S General] zeeraf:
sadly i havent made a nandroid ... so im stuck with the bootloader screen and recovery till i can figure out something :(
[Nexus S General] pfer10:
Get fasboot running. Fastboot flash recovery nameofrecovery.img at bootloader screen.
[Nexus S General] stiffspliff:
his issue isn't the recovery, its the unnecessary "format all" zips that wiped his /system partition where updater-scripts look for the device name (crespo4g) before letting the zip flash. Since he has no build.prop on his phone its triggering a safety method in flashable zips that let you flash zips meant only for your phone.

try downloading a few roms and flashing them, some devs don't include the device check in their scripts

afterwards, just stop using the format all and just do a data wipe/factory reset in recovery before flashing roms
[Nexus S General] Maximilian Mary:
What he said.

No. It gets the build.prop from the current recovery's ramdisk. The recovery he's using was not built for the crespo4g. One should always wipe /system when flashing a different ROM.
[Nexus S General] itlnstln:
Awesome. Stiffspliff with a Nexus S. We have yet another awesome dev for this device.

Excitement contained. Carry on.
[Nexus S General] stiffspliff:
if true i stand corrected :) thanks for correction
[Nexus S General] kniteshift:
When I try to dial for my voicemail, I believe it dials another number or service. Anyway to fix?
[Nexus S General] belvedere:
Settings > Call Settings > Voicemail Settings
[Nexus S General] zeeraf:
thanks everyone for there help , i was able to partially fix my phone .... had to return it to stock ... we root again later and reflash but will use older version of cwm
[Nexus S General] kniteshift:
Thanks!

Also, the rom is great.
[Nexus S General] vansmack:
Get off this message board, get out there and enjoy College mate! This ROM should hold me over until ICS...

Hope to see you back someday. Thanks for all your hard work.
[Nexus S General] riassan:
Try team win recovery, it works well
[Nexus S General] method2madness:
Words cannot express how fast (and awesome) this ROM is.

You sir, win 1,436,722 internets.

Thank you SO much.
[Nexus S General] mntbkr:
I agree!
[Nexus S General] onigiri1692:
After using the final build for a few days I'm really noticing how well done and polished this rom has turned out. Great job Pete and thank you for your efforts.
[Nexus S General] zeeraf:
im still new at this so how do i flash a img. file ????
[Nexus S General] ogbreds:
With fastboot
[Nexus S General] TheBurgh:
There is also an app that you can use. Thread if you want to check it out is below. It has worked well for me in the past.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1083260
[Nexus S General] itlnstln:
The instructions should be in the OP of the TWRP thread.
[Nexus S General] riassan:
+1 on this, if your a newb, unless your comfortable with fastboot use this app recomended here bro. :D
[Nexus S General] Maximilian Mary:
The same way as when you rooted:

fastboot flash recovery recoverywhatever_31415.img
[Nexus S General] tony1208:
I wonder if we will see BB anytime soon in the future?
[Nexus S General] amarrero83:
I guess I was somewhat right.
[Nexus S General] pulser_g2:
ROM was updated on 30th August... I'd be quiet if I was you - you are not entitled to "updates NAO".
[Nexus S General] pewipo123:
works just fine here.....what could possibly need updating anytime soon??
[Nexus S General] kalico17:
any chance someone could walk me through compiling this rom with theme manager??

its the only thing holding me back from making this my daily driver :(

been using oxygen but it just aint the same lol
[Nexus S General] jta462:
2.3.6 sir. But i'm happy here as well.
[Nexus S General] stiffspliff:
here's a flashable 2.3.6 (didn't add the build.prop change to display in about phone so it can be flashed on other 2.3.5 roms as well like oxygen and miui)

http://goo.gl/dYNIo

files from: https://github.com/peteralfonso/platform_vendor_pete/commit/566521fd1f905f5f4cfca1ee909b3f3651efe1bf
[Nexus S General] pewipo123:
ok...im using your stock deoxed, i downloaded, installed, rebooted...no probs... still says .5 like you said.. so what.differences am i looking for??
[Nexus S General] zergburger:
click the other link, it lists the files that are changed.
[Nexus S General] tony1208:
that link dl miui 2.3.6 gapps only...is that just what was updated ??? the gapps??
[Nexus S General] shibby80:
this would be perfect
[Nexus S General] warhell200:
I like to say this is a awesome rom theme support be even better but I use adw ex launcher so I got some themes lol this final is very stable and good job on the kerenl Pete. Gonna test this out for a week I been testing quite a few roms cyanogenmod holds my hart usually.
[Nexus S General] toddlmr:
I like this rom! Is anyone have knowledge of a dialer lag? Place call and it takes a long time to actually dial out.
[Nexus S General] info[]box1:
Curious.. what kernel are you using?
[Nexus S General] toddlmr:
Matrix #39. Dialer lag is gone today. I was lagging yesterday too. Thanks for your response.
[Nexus S General] 313:
Using this rom with matrix kernel... fast and good battery life..

Anyone know how to remove the clock from the status bar? All the cwm flashables I find on the forum don't work on gingerbread it seems..
[Nexus S General] DammitCubs:
I'm having issues with the tethering. I applied peter's tether fix and it seems to not work with the final release of GPA17. Well at least for me. It worked on the GPA17_08_17_2011 build. But the one found on clockwork rom manager doesn't seem to work.

I get this message saying "unable to tether the device, did you root?"

Using wireless tether app.

Correction: I fixed it by re-installed the wireless tether app. I also did booted into recovery and installed the crespo4gtether.zip rom. I don't know if the one on the rom manager is the same as the one I have not the SDCARD. luckily, i still have all my rome from all my nightlys.
[Nexus S General] info[]box1:
I don't think that's a option on this ROM, all you have is CPU setting. I believe.
[Nexus S General] beetlo:
The tethering fix is already applied to this ROM AFAIK.
[Nexus S General] deathpod:
You should be able to tether with the built in ASOP tethering found under Settings -> Wireless & Networking -> Tethering and Portable Hotspot.

Shouldn't need to install the Wireless Tethering app at all.
[Nexus S General] method2madness:
This may have been discussed already and I did search (with no matches), but does anyone know if Proton voltage control works with this ROM?

Simply OUTSTANDING ROM, by the way. My daily driver and I have not had one problem. Thanks! :)
[Nexus S General] onigiri1692:
The kernel that comes with the rom doesn't support undervolting or any other kind of voltage tinkering but it's an easy fix, simply install a kernel that supports it such as matr1x or netarchy.
[Nexus S General] method2madness:
Roger that. That's kind of what I figured. Thanks for the reply! :)
[Nexus S General] MrDrumngun:
What's the difference between this and the stock ROM? They seem the same.
[Nexus S General] belvedere:
The best answer is to look at Pete's Github.

But with that said I don't understand most of the stuff on there so good luck.
[Nexus S General] MrDrumngun:
Yeah nor do I! I just know how to flash and shiz. Not read code. Oh well. Can you get the OTA updates with this ROM?
[Nexus S General] mntbkr:
I like to use the wireless tether app because it allows you to tether over 4G
[Nexus S General] belvedere:
Pretty sure the answer to this is No, however I wouldn't be surprised if there's some exceptions. Most the time when there's an update, devs get all over it and release a flashable version and/or update ROMs pretty quickly.
[Nexus S General] DominoDoug:
If you have a Nexus	S and are not running this ROM, you are missing out.
[Nexus S General] MrDrumngun:
But why? Some details please.
[Nexus S General] method2madness:
Summary

1.) It's faster. Way faster.

2.) Better battery life. Not night and day better, but noticeable.

3.) Built-in over (and under) clocking. The Interactive governor is included as well.

4.) BLN support. (Allows you to use the soft key backlights as notification lights since the Nexus doesn't come one.)

And here are the features pulled straight from his website, found simply by clicking on the link in the OP.

180 degree rotation

Overclockable kernel

CPU toolkit (can be removed by deleting "Toolkit.apk")

FLAC audio support

Ad-hoc network support

Facebook sync

Reboot option

"Copy All" text option

Modified widget picker

Headset/headphone icon in statusbar

Latest Google apps

Busybox

Bug fixes/code improvement from CyanogenMod
[Nexus S General] grifforama:
You can get all this from deck's ROM pretty much.

The only difference I See, is that this is more STOCK than deck's, which is more aligned with CM.

GPA is a nice ROM, but I like the castor notifications, which are not here.
[Nexus S General] method2madness:
He wasn't asking about other ROM's. He was asking the difference between this and the stock ROM.
[Nexus S General] grifforama:
oops sorry my bad
[Nexus S General] pewipo123:
seems like a stock rom with added cpu clocker, also feels realy realy snappy!!
[Nexus S General] mattallica76:
Agreed, most of Pete's work here is under the hood, and yes really snappy!
[Nexus S General] djorijun:
So what's needed for this to happen?
[Nexus S General] method2madness:
A BLN capable kernel and a BLN app from the market, such as BLN Control.

Although, I have to admit: Bugless supposedly cooked BLN support in during the last update (GPA17/08-30-11), but I could never get it working with the inbuilt kernel. It definitely works with this ROM on top of the matr1x kernel, however.