yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Nexus S General] mosd:
is adw ex alot smoother with ics? or same as ginger
[Nexus S General] kvaju:
ADW ex is much smoother on ICS, try it yesterday on stock ginger and 2 days ago on ICS, like 2 different phones..
[Nexus S General] aLNG:
anyone tried with new market...i got fc when clicking to review apps
[Nexus S General] Lordofminor:
Is the link on first post still for Alpha 11?

/Ok it's A11. Anyone has the link for A13? Thanks
[Nexus S General] axllent:
Yes, this is exactly what I was referring to :-) No need for a scientific test to see the difference though, they aren't even close (4-5x the size if the GB equivalent).

Someone else suggested changing the values in media_profiles.xml - I found the file but there's a whole lot of values in there and I have no idea where to begin ;-) That's not really the point though because the next update will set it back to what it was.

It would be nice to get this resolved "upstream" or at least find out why. I don't think the photos have become any better either (to justify such a decrease in compression).
[Nexus S General] warrenbey:
hi

can't see the version 13 download link !!
[Nexus S General] KBanause:
Ever heard of the SEARCH function? :confused:
[Nexus S General] big_raji:
So is CM9 on the Nexus S supposed to have the same extra features and tweaks a CM7x on GB devices? I can understand that this is an alpha, but are the features hidden? Or planned for the future?

I'm referring to things like Lockscreen Gestures, Power toggles in notification area, 2G/3G toggle, etc.

I tried searching the cyanogenmod forums, but they actually refer back to this thread. My search on this thread turned up empty, so perhaps I'm using the wrong terminology.

Right now, this seems like a vanilla ICS rather than a CM9. Not that I'm complaining, it's still ICS. ;)
[Nexus S General] sixstringsg:
CM9 is under active development. Those features are being added to this ROM as they get adapted/changed for ICS. None of the features are "hidden" they just aren't done yet.
[Nexus S General] GHOST99K:
the system MMS.apk is that straight from ICS or custom? kinda wanted a ICS black/blue themed SMS app.
[Nexus S General] nickmv:
I can't speak for the CM9 team personally, but I'd say CM9 aims to have the features of CM7/GB and more. That being said, it's nowhere near complete. CM Parts is actively under development, and new kangs reflect this progress. There's not even a CyanogenMod Settings section implemented yet, which I assume will come sometime in the future. For now, I'm enjoying the great increase of speed that this week's KANGs brought. :D
[Nexus S General] alessandro_xda:
after one day usage i've only a couple of issue:

-no chance to go online with google talk (working on alpha 11)

-no backgruond sync of Gmail (working on alpha 11)

maybe i'm wrong but to be onest i don't see any reason to upgrade from alpha 11

bye
[Nexus S General] renegade29a:
Does it work your you? I can't receive MMS.

I think koush mentioned this problem before.

(Alpha 11 with gapps 28)
[Nexus S General] taronas:
Yea, the file seems to be about video only, not a single occurrence of "JPG" or something similar, only mp4 etc.
[Nexus S General] maniac2403:
Google TTS crashes a lot. Just switch to Pico TTS in Language&Input settings and Navigation won't crash.

Looks like you got a dictionary problem. Koush had fixed it in his Alpha11. If you are running that, I would recommend getting hold of LatinIME.apk from the A11 source and replace the current one.

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Look at this thread to improve your 3G up/down speed. It works very well for me on ICS.

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I tried A13. Under no circumstances could I get google apps to work lol. Gmail, Market, all couldn't connect and sync.
[Nexus S General] KBanause:
Using alpha 13 and:

- Google Talk is working here

- Background Sync of GMail is working here

Have you already tried a full wipe and have you checked if Talk and GMail are still not working BEFORE you are installing any apps?
[Nexus S General] maniac2403:
You could try this and tell us if it works. Looks like it works very well on 2.2 based roms.

Edit build.prop file and add this to the bottom of the file. Make sure you do a nand backup and backup build.prop as well.

ro.media.enc.jpeg.quality=60
[Nexus S General] metalgeek:
Worked for me too, but after a few tries.
[Nexus S General] oafuape:
The flashed alpha 13 and the new music app won't download from the market. It keeps saying incompatible..........Im lost
[Nexus S General] stoanhart:
Is it safe to flash a different radio on ICS?

It looks like this ROM is still using the same baseband as the latest GB ROMS (I9020XXKF1 for me), so presumably any other Nexus S baseband should work too, right?

This baseband doesn't perform well on Wind (Canada). I get dropped data connections and no roaming support. This is the case in GB too, so it's not an ICS issue.

Thanks
[Nexus S General] shaunmclane:
Can anyone explain what would happen if I wiped, and reflashed this without gapps? I think I did that two days ago accidentally, and was able to download the new maps with no issues. Is there any problems I would run into doing this?
[Nexus S General] marinierb:
ROMs almost never come with "basebands" or radio firmware. This one is no exception.
[Nexus S General] maniac2403:
Gapps is just apps like Gmail, Maps, Market, Music, tts etc. You can get Maps and Market apk's, but I still don't know how to get Gmail without installing gapps.
[Nexus S General] shaunmclane:
That's what I thought, but I'm certain when I flashed this ROM after a complete wipe, and not installing gapps, I saw gmail, calendar, and one or two others. Maps wasn't there, but I was able to go into the market (also there), and download the latest version of maps with no problem.
[Nexus S General] Shihan:
Alpha 13 download link

Trying to find the alpha 13 download link is a painful PAINFUL thing. 25+ pages of search results, none of which actually are the download link.. Not helped by the fact that the Alpha 13 post refers to it as "alfa 13".

For anyone looking for it, i believe it is here http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=20220591&postcount=2236
[Nexus S General] GHOST99K:
Yea Mms	works fine here in alpha 13.volume toggle control for music doesn't work though.
[Nexus S General] drawde40599:
Its back few pages its there keep reading :)
[Nexus S General] tekkitan:
Can anyone verify Google Music works? I can't go without my streaming music! :)
[Nexus S General] shaunmclane:
Working fine for me on 13. No problems at all with sync or streaming.
[Nexus S General] metroidnemesis13:
Does anyone know how to fix this problem? I have looked around xda. I was having it with Cyanogenmod 7 and 9. I'm guessing it is probably a kernel issue.

After I lock the screen, I can touch the capacitive buttons and they light up permanently until I unlock and relock the screen. It is killing my battery. Also, how do I disable capacitive button light up notifications in this rom?

Thanks!

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This issue is the one I'm having. Here is my kernel ver.-

i9020XXKD1. This was happening on CM7 and did not happen on Alpha 11 before returning on Alpha 13.
[Nexus S General] Epiksol:
I've been having issues with A13 when trying to stream a song in the library, or having any song that isn't stored locally show up for that matter. Was working fine in A12. No biggie, but it is something I noticed.
[Nexus S General] Shihan:
The thing is seriously hard to find, there's no text in the post that actually says "alpha 13", and you'll get 25+ pages of results if you search for "alpha 13", none of which are the download link.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=20316218&postcount=2450 is where it is (unless im wrong), note it refers to "alfa 13"
[Nexus S General] intothevoid:
Yeah you pretty much got it. Direct link is within that post which is:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=20220591&postcount=2236
[Nexus S General] axllent:
Thanks for the tip. I edited the file, even rebooted just to make sure, but to no avail. Files still at 6.6MB each. Surely everyone must be having this exact same issue right?
[Nexus S General] KalimochoAz:
alfa 14 will have this solved.... and more ;)
[Nexus S General] KalimochoAz:
This issue is related to the camera driver. I will try to look at this more in deep, but this needs recompilation to be solved and a big change on the ROM.
[Nexus S General] axllent:
A fix for the TTS is actually quite simple, you just need these lib files. Instructions of where to put them are in that post :-)
[Nexus S General] KalimochoAz:
Look at my signature. I have always there the link to last ROM
[Nexus S General] chronikfatigue:
Forgive my ignorance but why does the download link still say Alpha 11?

Ah, I see the post above this one. Thanks!
[Nexus S General] axllent:
Ahhh thanks! At least it's not just me then :)

Could you maybe also include those missing TTS libs in future ROMS too then? Thanks, and keep up the great work!
[Nexus S General] GHOST99K:
OP is there any way u can modify or give us an option to choose a black/blue ICS themed sms interface like how the dialer is? Thank you.

Sent from my Nexus ICS Crespo
[Nexus S General] plusforce:
Does it include those complete language list that we had in CM7 ? I mean Arabic Persian ... ?
[Nexus S General] sik_gerar:
huge battery drain on alpha 11, wifi active almost all the time, little gps usage, 100 to 0 in uunder 14h.

really far away from cm7 on that one, still, quite stable imho for an alpha. looking forward cm9 tweaks ;)
[Nexus S General] 3Shirts:
No offence but I don't think you're gonna get much joy reporting bugs on Alpha 11 when Alpha 13 is out. Try that and if the problems persist, THEN report the bug
[Nexus S General] homen3:
Hey :)

where do you get updated Gapps? The apk here is not working for me.

Do you use the apk in the first topic or an other one?

I use the latest alpha 13.

Thanks in advance and have a nice day ^^
[Nexus S General] KBanause:
http://download.clockworkmod.com/test/gapps-ics-20111128.zip
[Nexus S General] trebiani:
Battery drain

Hi,

i am using this Alpha 13 Version for some days now and i encounter a huge battery drain during phone calls. With my usual usage of my phone i hat approximately 30 to 50% left at the end of a business day. With the Alpha 13 i have now 50% left after 4 hours running on battery!

The information screen shows that phone calls used more than 50% of the energy.

My baseband version is I9023XXKF1

Can someone help me with that? Should I use a different baseband? I would like to stay with ICS it’s cool ;-) but running out of battery is annoying.

Cheers,

Joe

P.S.: i did full wipe and i don't have any additional apps or games installed
[Nexus S General] metroidnemesis13:
Awesomesauce. Just making sure I'm not the only one here. Keep up the good work dev.
[Nexus S General] Shivammcool:
Miui android 4.0 for nexus s coming out tomorrow!
[Nexus S General] homen3:
Thanks :)

SOLVED -> do you usually install gapps before of first boot? I want to prevent FC errors.
[Nexus S General] KBanause:
1. Boot into recovery

1a. Full wipe (when coming from different ROM)

2. Flash ROM

3. Flash GAPPS

4. Reboot into System
[Nexus S General] sik_gerar:
I would, but I couldnt go through initial settings on a13, so I decided to go back a bit and so a11 did work. I will keep it until a really stable version is released. anyway, I felt like another piece of info could be of some use, if any.

you're right anyway.
[Nexus S General] KBanause:
A13 IS stable. With A12 I have had random reboots, with A13 not only once.

Out of experience most problems are not ROM but user related and have vanished after a full wipe (and with full wipe I don't mean the dalvik cache) even when just upgrading from one version to another. There were some changes from A11 to A12 (as you can see in the kernels which break the wifi after flashing).
[Nexus S General] ilnanny:
mmmmm... a 13 is plus stable... maybe. not good for. me.

I use. other. ics rom based. on pure ics 4, very fast and stable.

this rom no.

Nexus S i9023 _ICS
[Nexus S General] 3Shirts:
I actually upgraded from 12 to 13 without a wipe (cos I'm too lazy to reinstall everything unless I have stability problems) and it's still really stable
[Nexus S General] DoktorZero:
Great Work @KalimochoAZ..
[Nexus S General] loudaccord:
battery life with A13 + the updated kernel is pretty good. I'm at 76% after 19 hours. :)
[Nexus S General] intothevoid:
I am experiencing a weird problem. I decided to do a full wipe and flashed A13 and gapps and rebooted. On the main screen where it said to press next i noticed at the bottom where it should emergecy calls it said enter usb password. When i pressed it, it took me to the dialer.

Now when i connected my phone to my laptop, it only showed 4 folders in the sdcard. Which was weird as a I have a ton of stuff in there so I installed Astro and it showed everything but I realized like gallery and music were not showing any music or pictures which are present on the storage and I can see them in Astro and even when I click on one of the pictures that's not showing in gallery but gallery opened it. After maybe about 20mins I noticed that it started to show more folders on my laptop and the gallery app is showing some of the pictures that are on my storage. Anyone know what could be causing this ? I am thinking of waiting and if everything shows up then doing backup and then wiping my sdcard as well.

Oh and my music is still not visible on my laptop and not music is coming in the music app. Even though I can see it in Astro.

NOTE: Flashed gingerbread to see if i could recover usb but when I connect it, it's not letting me access the storage card, it says to insert a disk in usb storage for access meaning there is nothing there. Crap.
[Nexus S General] technogravy:
That's got to be a typo. Share some screens and details.. What is your CPU setup.
[Nexus S General] 3Shirts:
I agree. I've never had battery life like that on ANY rom and kernel set up. Mind you, I do play with my phone a lot! :D
[Nexus S General] fooraide:
I'm running CM9 Alpha 13, installed with ROM Manager - cleared cache/data, etc.

I've noticed what might be a bug with calendars tied to my google account.

I'd expect to be able to select and add them through the calendar application but the application crashes when I tap "Calendars to Sync".

Screenshots:

http://imgur.com/a/g1ydo

Under Gingerbread, I would be able to toggle different google calendars that are linked to my google account.

Let me know if you have any questions !
[Nexus S General] KalimochoAz:
Thanks. Since those files are privative from google it should be added into gapps. This is already done on latest CM gapps.

google text engine will work for now only in English. To make it work with PICO you need to add you language pico file from market.

Kalim
[Nexus S General] nawktonson:
I experienced the same problem. I was able to fix it by reinstalling Calendar.apk from the zip file for the ROM.
[Nexus S General] SalsaForte:
Which Kernel do you use?
[Nexus S General] rentaric:
The correct question would be: Do you use the phone at all? ;)
[Nexus S General] coloxim:
Quote

Inviato dal mio Nexus S usando Tapatalk
[Nexus S General] kenshin33:
still missing libflint_engine_jni_api.so in the latest GAPPS (20111128)
[Nexus S General] loudaccord:
Haha... I mostly use the phone to listen to music. The screen stays off unless I know there is a notification.

I'm using the kernel KalimochoAz posted. Set CPU at 100/1000 min/max with Smartass v2 gov. No profiles.

I'm at 70% battery now.
[Nexus S General] michalurban:
Google Maps drain

Hi, I`ve got a question about the Map application. Since Maps 6.0.0 my phone began not to sleep, the main wakelock is NetworkLocationPassiveCollector process. I had to downgrade back to Maps 5.4. Is this solved in ICS please?
[Nexus S General] technogravy:
That's some fantastic battery life..I don't know why mine is so bad. Switched to Franco 9-12 kernel.
[Nexus S General] AllGamer:
not really, look at this screenshot, the is screen is barely on

that means he just basically didn't use the phone much for most of the day

any phone can do 1&1/2 day on standby, which is what that screenshot shows
[Nexus S General] Waza_Be:
All my previous android phones: HTC Hero, Desire , Galaxy S, and Nexus S on some ROM are loosing 2-3% every night (8hours)

I wouldn't enjoy such battery life posted in screenshot.
[Nexus S General] Pentium:
downloading Alpha 13 in progress, anyone tested it with i9023?
[Nexus S General] theadb:
a reboot loses my voodoo settings - any way around this?

ps - a clean wipe with alpha 13 and the updated kernel (ignore my signature - not using Matr1x right now) run buttery smooth here :)
[Nexus S General] irishrally:
Check out the themes and apps section for a thread "making voodoo settings stick". You have to use an app like Rom Toolbox or gscript to set the colors for when the phone boots.
[Nexus S General] theadb:
thanks! you rule
[Nexus S General] nandihno:
So any news when alpha 14 will be available?

need my flashing fix!...
[Nexus S General] KalimochoAz:
Stay tunned. We are testing all togueter. We are making some tests, and as soon as no big issues, we will release it.
[Nexus S General] weidong.yi:
ICS 4.0.2 releases, is A14 based on it??
[Nexus S General] adiprince1:
Anyone knows how to fix it? Everytime i start video chat on talk , it stops the app. Thanks
[Nexus S General] zhane0513:
can anyone upload alpha 13? i don't have wifi connection here to have the OTA..pls guys :rolleyes:
[Nexus S General] technogravy:
Tested the nova ICS launcher and it works like a charm on this ROM. Seemingly faster than the stock one when installed as system app.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1389071

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Try out the Nova launcher for ICS, it keeps all the ICS goodness and builds on it, feels alot smoother too.
[Nexus S General] Azuske:
I flashed the rom and for some reason I can't seem to get it to recognize my internal memory. My photos won't show in the gallery and when I plug it up to the pc only some files show.
[Nexus S General] kewlguru:
It happened to me when i flashed a KANG. It took an awful amount of time for all my camera pictures to appear in the Gallery (even though all the picasa web albums showed up). Be patient, it worked out for me. :)
[Nexus S General] cpl593h:
Hi,

Google Music (Music 4.1.511) is out of beta. The strange think is that it lives together with Google Music (Music 4.0.1), that I have to uninstall with Titanium Backup each time I upgrade (CM9+Gapps).

4.1.511, despite the relatively low increase in version number, is a totally different app than 4.0.1 : 4.0.1 was a simple music player, 4.1.511 is a Google cloud music player.

I don't know if it is supposed to be a system app in ICS. Anyway, I think that the fact that 4.1.511 is out of beta should lead to the creation of a new Gapps package, with 4.0.1 removed and 4.1.511 added.

Are there plans to do something like this for future releases?

Cheers!
[Nexus S General] bojiokia:
I am currently using A13, the wifi tethering is workkng fine only on open network without security.

When setting it with wpa or wpa2, no user cab get connected to ny tethering.

Anyone encounter the same issue? Guess this is a bug
[Nexus S General] nop56773:
I didn't test without WPA, but today I noticed that I couldn't get my tablet to connect to the phone. I tried reboot both and it didn't work. I tried wireless tethering app from market and failed as well.

Edit: I tested it with open and it works. Confirmed.
[Nexus S General] aLNG:
i hope A14 will be more compatible with newest version of gApps like: new market 3.4.4, map 6.0, etc..

thanks you for great ROM :)
[Nexus S General] skatastamoutrasas:
So, here is my part to this effort:

I installed the given ROM on the 1st post of this thread to a Nexus S i9023GSM.

So, far, I only followed the guide for phone's first use and everything went really well.

I should start installing my apps now and I should return with any questions I might have.
[Nexus S General] kooskoos1814:
The torch crashes and then it appears as on in the notification bar.

Alpha 13 on Nexus S 9023
[Nexus S General] 3Shirts:
Yeah, it's a known bug. To kill it just go to Settings > Apps > Torch and Force Stop (in case you don't know, sorry to patronise if you do :D )
[Nexus S General] kooskoos1814:
Thanks ;-) Is there an ICS Rom where the torch is working ? It's a feature that I use relatively often...

If not, I'll just wait till the next release, maybe will this point come with A14.
[Nexus S General] att1cus:
teslaled is working with ics as a stopgap measure, fyi
[Nexus S General] marinierb:
I use this one:

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.devuni.flashlight
[Nexus S General] skatastamoutrasas:
Guys one question: when the next release comes out, in order for us to install it, we have to go all over again with formating etc? Because today, after setuping all my apps and re-setting them, I thought I don't want to go again over this process. Flashing a new ROM is easy but that is all about easyness.
[Nexus S General] XC3N:
well this is an alpha so it's usually better to completely wipe before installing the next version.

you can also just wipe cache/dalvik cache and try it out, most of the time it works fine.

the catch is, if it *doesn't* work find then you'll have to do a full wipe before you can complain about it/do a bug report.

if you are all about easyness, stay out of alpha/beta builds ;)
[Nexus S General] marinierb:
Try this:

- Format system and cache

- Wipe dalvik

- Flash ROM

- Flash gapps

This leaves your data partition intact and you should be good to go. YMMV.
[Nexus S General] kooskoos1814:
Use Titanium Backup and make a complete backup of all apps (system and user) ;-)
[Nexus S General] demo23019:
anyone have issues with root explorer with a13 everything is tiny.
[Nexus S General] ijama:
A14?share link please

Sent from my Nexus S
[Nexus S General] demo23019:
sorry ment 13
[Nexus S General] att1cus:
Thanks, that one's better than Tesla LED in my opinion. I had forgotten about it.
[Nexus S General] noname4444:
Thank you! The Google Maps Navigator was the only thing I couldn't get to work in ICS due to the TTS engine closing, and pushing these libs to my phone has fixed the issue.
[Nexus S General] theadb:
Update it from the Market. New version fixes it.
[Nexus S General] damnmisur:
I have a thread in apps section on how to make voodoo settings stick.

Sent from the bowels of hell
[Nexus S General] sumeetchawla:
Wifi

Is it just me or the wifi ain't connecting if the source is secured over WPA?

When I make the connection as open, it connects fine. But when the connection is secured then it just says 'Saved, secured with WPA'. The wifi connected perfectly on the stock rom and even on the new MIUI Rom.

What can be the problem?

Thank You,

Sumeet.
[Nexus S General] KBanause:
It's just you. I have a WPA2 secured connection and it's connecting fine. Do you have a custom kernel installed?
[Nexus S General] maarch:
Well the official ICS for nexus s GSM is coming out today...

so I guess I'll just wait for the rooted version of it and keep alpha 13 for a while !

Good job from google, that was fast.
[Nexus S General] got2best:
Has any1 gotten this update?? and if they have is there anyway we can get the official release for us to download and flash!!
[Nexus S General] sixstringsg:
http://twitter.com/#!/koush/status/147795795524067328

Edit: that is the t-mobile version.
[Nexus S General] DaX05:
What's your source for providing that date?

Beamed from my Nexus S
[Nexus S General] mike.b93:
I would go with google itself xD
[Nexus S General] GHOST99K:
straight from google https://plus.google.com/104629412415657030658/posts/cRBcEzBAmGL
[Nexus S General] AllGamer:
straight from XDA i9020 sticky ;) http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1395828
[Nexus S General] maniac2403:
Google ICS OTA out for T-Mobile GSM, check it out, gonna flash it now