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[Nexus S General] AllGamer:
ICS 4.0x it's definitely the very first version of stock AOSP where i don't really see the need to use a 3rd party launcher to replace the stock launcher.

it still doesn't have all the features most of us are used to from Go Launcher EX or AWS EX, etc

but for a stock AOSP it's a huge step forward indeed.

basically if you can live with the basic features of AWS or Launcher PRO (and don't need any of the extended feature of the Plus / EX version), then the stock AOSP 4.0x beats those two hands down

however Go Launcher EX still dominates them all as it's the single FREE launcher that has all their features combined in 1 fast and neat package
[Nexus S General] Esteway.619:
Agreed 100%
[Nexus S General] djjonastybe:
I was just about to buy SPB Shell 3D but I think I am not going to buy it after playing with ICS :)
[Nexus S General] gun26:
AllGamer and Esteway.619, the problem with GO Launcher EX isn't features - it's speed, and memory usage. I ran GO Launcher EX for the last several months on various Gingerbread ROMs including CM7.

Running various flavours of ICS on my Nexus S (ending up on CM9 kangs for the last week or two), I've found the stock iCS launcher to be considerably faster than GO (or ADW or Launcher Pro for that matter.) The home replacment apps are going to have to step up their game to keep their popularity on ICS.
[Nexus S General] steviee7:
Did you not see Eric with his nexus s running ics? Pretty sure he has official and his phone isn't rooted.
[Nexus S General] donsh00tmesanta:
May I have the link

Sent from Oxygen 2.3.2 powered Nexus S 4G
[Nexus S General] donsh00tmesanta:
Google is doing their job they haven't allowed a leak

Sent from Oxygen 2.3.2 powered Nexus S 4G
[Nexus S General] Darrien13:
This is great1
[Nexus S General] blackhemi4x4:
Still waiting for ICS. I came from the Captivate, still waiting for Gingerbread on that thing!

I bought my Nexus S 2 weeks ago. Its still stock, and runs better then any rom that I had on my captivate.

I know I wont have to wait as long for a update, but I really want some ICS!
[Nexus S General] gonintendo:
If you haven't rooted yet, I suggest you do it asap because it requires a data wipe.
[Nexus S General] Skunk Ape1:
If they come up with a gingerbread stye rom, I will certainly try it. I'm thinking that ICS will likely be slower than gingerbread. I know that the official ICS is supposed to be faster than the builds that are out now but I have my doubts. We may find out our hardware just isn't up to the task. Can't count how many times a new OS has driven the consumers to upgrade their hardware to run properly.
[Nexus S General] RonnieRuff:
Actually ICS by all reports is faster due to hardware acceleration

Kang Kang Kang a Gong get it on.....
[Nexus S General] praveenmarkandu:
Didnt look especially fast when it was shown off at LeWeb conference
[Nexus S General] bozzykid:
They only showed off Beam on the NS which basically consisted of loading the market app and a web page. It wasn't enough to judge performance improvements.
[Nexus S General] jesusice:
Exactly. I got mine two weeks ago too and was gonna wait to unlock it but when I saw it'd clear all my data I went ahead and did it as soon as I brought it home.

Sent from my sexily curvy Crespo4G running the latest CM9 kang. Jealous?
[Nexus S General] Skunk Ape1:
Like I said, we'll see...
[Nexus S General] Smokexz:
All we know for sure is that this is a lot sooner then expected. I am just speculating but I think Google is allowed to update the Nexus S with ICS before the launch of the Verizon Galaxy Nexus. I mean, by now tons of people have already ordered one online for their GSM carrier here in the states, so why does it really matter? It's been available for nearly a month in the UK anyways.

Sent from my Xoom
[Nexus S General] RonnieRuff:
I probably won't.... will be banging off cell towers dual core GNexus style.

Kang Kang Kang a Gong get it on.....
[Nexus S General] RonnieRuff:
Matters cuz there was a contract

Kang Kang Kang a Gong get it on.....
[Nexus S General] Award Tour:
The HW acceleration on the community AOSP builds are waaaayyy smoother than anything I've ever seen on Android. Using apps like Feedly that require a lot of swiping transitions is night and day when compared between 2.3 and 4.0 with forced GPU acceleration.
[Nexus S General] donsh00tmesanta:
how is dolphin hd with hardware accel?
[Nexus S General] aic719:
Indian too.. I've actually heard of it being in chennai's black market. Doesn't mean you ditch us though:-P
[Nexus S General] jvanlew:
+1. I bought my nexus s a month or so ago (love it!) and have a Samsung Infuse. I'm still waiting for official gb on that thing.
[Nexus S General] Bucci:
I read the whole topic from the beginning.

I'm - of course - waiting to Official ICS OTA for my 1 month old Nexus S (bought with some vision of soon ICS)

I wouldn't to root - but "have to have ICS". All people are discuss about Verizon delay (but if I'm not wrong - is for US 4G and LTE - or not?).

I'm from Czech Republic - Europe, and in our country is Galaxy Nexus normally and officially in sale - GSM net.

Here is CZ link to product sale - that is official distribution

http://www.sunnysoft.cz/zbozi/063ZSA-249/samsung-galaxy-nexus-i9250.html

So what's the problem "Mr. Google"? When we will receive ICS for Nexus S?
[Nexus S General] wyk126:
Someone caught a pic from Googler using ICS on Nexus S on the tube in london

"It looked real smooth, no lag!"

http://twitter.com/#!/lukemedland/status/146888091972546560
[Nexus S General] HAKA:
why this never happens to us? :rolleyes:

http://www.androidcentral.com/samsung-galaxy-s-ii-i-9100-ice-cream-sandwich-rom-leaks-out
[Nexus S General] insid3r:
True...At least I hope the one we receive will rock over those ones.

Cheers
[Nexus S General] hp420:
is there anything in that rom that's of use to us? something we didn't already have?
[Nexus S General] jesusice:
Pretty safe bet since ours won't have TouchWiz :-p

Sent from my sexily curvy Crespo4G running the latest CM9 kang. Jealous?
[Nexus S General] 4I-I:
isnt this just a rom like the ones we have for the ns? or is this based on the original 4.1 for gs2?

Edit: i just saw that it has kernel 3... but thats the only difference from the roms weve got IMO..
[Nexus S General] blackhemi4x4:
Doh! yeah, I need to do it this weekend. I was already pretty deep into some visual customizations. I can back up most of it though, but its still a pain.

Maybe Ill play with a few ICS roms while I wait for the real deal :)
[Nexus S General] ferozfero:
exactly common haka u cant ditch us..i mean the great developers are wat make nexus s wat it is..its in my eyes THE BEST PHONE.. even better than the GS2... and thats because of the developers..
[Nexus S General] info[]box1:
You are correct..and confirmed
[Nexus S General] donsh00tmesanta:
i sense a leak coming
[Nexus S General] :
Hope someone uploads it, Louis Gray posted this weeks ago on Google+ too though :(
[Nexus S General] info[]box1:
Ray Charles can see a leak coming haha.
[Nexus S General] donsh00tmesanta:
But he died

Sent from Oxygen 2.3.2 powered Nexus S 4G
[Nexus S General] Rem3Dy:
wrong. Ota on any stock rom, rooted or not. No matter the recovery. It will only install as long as /system hasn't been modified.
[Nexus S General] chrisgtl:
I hope someone is uploading the code right now, i keep checking back for the OTA but hey ho
[Nexus S General] supralover72:
I LOL'D

10 chars hoping I get ICS soonzies
[Nexus S General] Ieatnoobs:
How is this different from the current ics roms ?
[Nexus S General] droidfreak007:
Its an official release.

Not based on source code for another phone.
[Nexus S General] simms22:
the aosp ics roms out right now arent based on the source code for another phone. they are based on the source code for android. the difference is that the official release has the newer ics kernel and drivers for the nexus s, while we are using a patched up gingerbread kernel and drivers for the moment. but the rom is the same.
[Nexus S General] fabulous69:
is a leak possible?
[Nexus S General] bozzykid:
Only if a Google employee captures the url of the update and leaks it. That is highly doubtful. There are some NS phones out there that are probably not in the hands of the original owner so it may be possible they will get it too.
[Nexus S General] donsh00tmesanta:
its possible but a google employee will have to do it
[Nexus S General] 4I-I:
So will i see the update? Im on kwiboos ics version! Or does it see it as updated?
[Nexus S General] droidfreak007:
I thought the source code released was for the galaxy nexus.

Ok then. I learned something.
[Nexus S General] donsh00tmesanta:
Exactly for the gn not the ns

Sent from Oxygen 2.3.2 powered Nexus S 4G
[Nexus S General] red_skittles:
An android release consists of a kernel and the rom. The kernel includes the device specific drivers and some propriety stuff made by the manufacturer (so for the NS its Samsung). The ROM is built from AOSP and will run on any android device unchanged provided you have a kernel to support it. kernel is different from device to device, all roms are the same
[Nexus S General] athani:
Is it true that all android developers are getting this update? If yes, it is just a matter of paying google $25 and becoming an android devrloper to get this (and future) updates on our phones before the general public.

Can someone please confirm this.
[Nexus S General] SupaDupaFly24:
I don't think android developers are getting the update, only google employees.
[Nexus S General] shockem:
If its really gonna be smooth than its worth the wait. Anyway MIUI 4.0 is coming this Friday so its gonna be a good replacement:)
[Nexus S General] evcz:
the point is that cyanogen, miui or whoverelse will release a rom... we need google to provide a working 3.0 kernel base with the relevant 3.0 drivers!

without that we cannot have a full ics rom!

it will be just an ICS rom running over a GB engine (all the current mods are using gingebread kernel)
[Nexus S General] funkyblue04:
twitter post removed lol
[Nexus S General] SupaDupaFly24:
I think they're waiting to push 4.1 to both the Galaxy Nexus and the Nexus S. I noticed the OTA for google employees went out the same day the Galaxy Nexus supposedly got 4.1!
[Nexus S General] thegtfusion:
Do you think we'll get i it friday?? (16th)
[Nexus S General] SupaDupaFly24:
Tweet is still there! Twitter is just having some problems right now!
[Nexus S General] drSTRIFE:
Verizon will be releasing the Galaxy Nexus on the 15th of December.

It's getting closer for us waiting for ICS for the nexus s. :)
[Nexus S General] SupaDupaFly24:
No one knows. But I do know that the Verizon Galaxy Nexus is already getting an update to 4.0.2 (Source: http://www.droid-life.com/2011/12/14/android-4-0-2-rolling-out-to-verizon-galaxy-nexus-units/) and the phone should be out tommorow (Second source: http://www.droid-life.com/2011/12/14/official-galaxy-nexus-on-verizon-launches-tomorrow-for-299/). So I think a 4.1 update on friday would be unlikely but I am still staying optimistic!!
[Nexus S General] 4I-I:
Hopefully well get 4.0.2 then! :D just anything official would be great! I cant wait to try out all the new roms appearing then! ;)
[Nexus S General] thegtfusion:
I hope we get it on friday. :D And **** verizon. All they care of is making money.

Reallllly hoping on friday. It will be our luckiest day :P
[Nexus S General] donsh00tmesanta:
o no!!! ICS and touchwiz dont look good!!

Maybe they are waiting for ICS flash to be released?
[Nexus S General] 4I-I:
Maybe youre right... lets hope flash for ics comes out on friday as well!! :D then i would remember the 16th december as my personal holiday! lol
[Nexus S General] jerkwagon:
are there no google employees with the NS that want to share their OS with the rest of the world? how come if they have it, no one else does? are they all that loyal to the release?
[Nexus S General] DirtyShroomz:
I'm sure 4.0.2 is just to fix this whole google wallet mess
[Nexus S General] ozone89:
♪ Donnn... donnn... donnn... ♪

I'm gmt+1 and it's already 12/15 over there!

That means US GN id officially out for what I could care :)
[Nexus S General] benrees21:
Via Twitter: "@googlenexus: Galaxy Nexus lands in US 12/15 Buy: http://t.co/bXu4DZq4, in-store @ Best Buy & Verizon. Calling all Galaxy Nexus fans: http://t.co/mJ0EruHr

Sent from my Nexus S on CM9, Morfic's SEUV Kernel and some help from Tapatalk!
[Nexus S General] donsh00tmesanta:
I think they like their jobs and wanna keep them lol

Sent from Oxygen 2.3.2 powered Nexus S 4G
[Nexus S General] Nomedias:
Like others have said, maybe they like their job. Going further, believe it or not there are people who like the company they work for and don't want to steal the thunder from a release. Just sayin.
[Nexus S General] koolkid09:
It's probably not going to sell all that well in America anyway. I don't see an update for older hardware stealing thunder from the Galaxy Nexus.
[Nexus S General] red_skittles:
heres hoping google pushes the ota on friday as a **** you to verizon for spending so much time jerking us around on the release date :p:p:p
[Nexus S General] bdpyo:
Wtf?! Last night I did the ota package on my nexus, had an system update about an hour ago, whatever it was hard bricked my phone! Ics?
[Nexus S General] iGoogleNexus:
Did u read what the update was?

-Google
[Nexus S General] bdpyo:
In a rush no, I don't remember what it said. :/
[Nexus S General] bdpyo:
I was just kidding. Lol
[Nexus S General] iGoogleNexus:
=_= had a feeling lol

-Google
[Nexus S General] stevencpoynter:
Herp
[Nexus S General] shockem:
-.- lol I got excited. I've been wanting kernel 3.0 but i think they might have to wait a week until they can release the ota...
[Nexus S General] frenchbigdog:
I'm pretty sure that the ota is already on the launch pad. .. business stuff...
[Nexus S General] DirtyShroomz:
Where is everyone saying the ota is coming getting this from? Because they said a few Weeks after the nexus launch? it's been 2 hours since the launch or are we taking into account the delays of the nexus launch?
[Nexus S General] ekerazha:
The non-Verizon version has been available for weeks.
[Nexus S General] Bucci:
tottaly agree, more people around already GN has... (I played with it... and it's toooooo big for me)
[Nexus S General] 4I-I:
They say it comes out on the 16th because gingerbread or the nexus or sth thats got to do with the nexus (haha) so it would be like a tradition.. i just read it so i dont know! But i hope they are right! ;)
[Nexus S General] BrianDigital:
Me too I'm also have something to add Swype that sprint gave the nexus people is themed like ics and expires on the new year
[Nexus S General] ferozfero:
guys jus a quick question...will the nexus s get the zero shutter lag thing with ics..?
[Nexus S General] HAKA:
only Google knows....

Guys look at this: http://code.google.com/p/media-button-router/issues/detail?id=10#c1
[Nexus S General] benrees21:
WHAT??? How?

Sent from my Nexus S on CM9, Morfic's SEUV Kernel and some help from Tapatalk!
[Nexus S General] HAKA:
you didnt get it right? he is an employee...
[Nexus S General] ferozfero:
Only google knows right but i bet we'l be knowing by tmrw....weeee
[Nexus S General] HAKA:
U shud never be too excited so that later you are depressed....
[Nexus S General] benrees21:
Oh OK, didn't think an employee would post up an issue, thought they would keep issues internal.

Sent from my Nexus S on CM9, Morfic's SEUV Kernel and some help from Tapatalk!
[Nexus S General] ferozfero:
true...but this is the only date iv been excited about..it jus feels right..and look im indian too...heard that ull get galaxy nexus by feb...but common u cant ditch us haka..the developers are wat make nexus s ..THE NEXUS S...
[Nexus S General] heartblasts:
Sony Ericsson releases ICS Alpha rom

Even sony ericsson also released ics rom. Wat google is doing? Googling?

http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/1...-ics-rom-for-certain-unlocked-xperia-devices/
[Nexus S General] swemasa:
This is to bad,
[Nexus S General] bozzykid:
Not unless the update includes a new camera lens as well. :)

It could be improved some in the software but it will not be as fast as the GN.
[Nexus S General] sperber82:
you can't compare an alpha release to a stable relase...
[Nexus S General] sph33r:
There's a big difference between releasing an alpha and what Google is going to release to our phones.

I guarantee HTC, Samsung, LG, Motorola (keep inserting names here) all have alpha ICS builds for every phone they intend to update. And I guarantee that none of them are 100%.
[Nexus S General] hp420:
ok... so it's an alpha.... where's my official ns4g alpha? it's sad when sony ericsson releases official test roms before google. se has a notorious reputation for late releases.
[Nexus S General] SupaDupaFly24:
Some random guy on Google+ said the update should be out by Dec. 25....He said he got his info from a "highly reliable source"(We have all heard that before)..

Anyway here is the link...I think he might be trolling!

https://plus.google.com/102998223503152308180/posts/6exwQEXpymj
[Nexus S General] hp420:
they could at least release the kernel so we could have afull aosp build...even if they don't release the source, they should release the full built kernel
[Nexus S General] ekerazha:
He's trolling... they launch the OTA update on Christmas, yeah... so if there are issues, there will be a lot of people that will fix issues on the Christmas day... lol
[Nexus S General] flodb113:
We're looking for leaks more often than plumbers.

Anyway, it would be nice to see something official from Google. Something like the OTA tomorrow:cool:
[Nexus S General] DirtyShroomz:
I know that just seems like everyone is using Verizon as the launch for some reason
[Nexus S General] zipredictive:
On xmas day... lol thats really funny.

So I'll tell my family Ill be busy that day cause I need to backup

unroot reflash waiting for root installing titanium backup restore blablabla

Im just joking thats obvious

Im sure this comes from a not reliable source

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Its verizon fault indeed if we dont have some ics :)
[Nexus S General] Eniac77:
+100. Why don't they just release the Kernel already?!?!?
[Nexus S General] Nexus-S:
Get a ****ing move on, Google!
[Nexus S General] p.pavljasevic:
This is just ridiculous, i love my NS but i hate waiting.

They need to push ICS soooooon.....
[Nexus S General] thegtfusion:
I hope tomorrow. as a present for the 1st anniversary of the NS :D haha
[Nexus S General] prinz3nroll3:
cant wait cant wait cant wait.....
[Nexus S General] heartblasts:
Ya a BIG surprise will b coming tomorrow. lol
[Nexus S General] donsh00tmesanta:
that would be nice

Sent from Oxygen 2.3.2 powered Nexus S 4G
[Nexus S General] benrees21:
Don't get your hopes up though. Just wait and see.

Sent from my Nexus S on CM9, Morfic's SEUV Kernel and some help from Tapatalk!
[Nexus S General] raducux:
Hello.im from romania...and just curious how can you be sure of this verizon launch being the same date as the launch to our update ?...we have no verislzon here:)) and SGN is allready selling
[Nexus S General] mykos5:
https://plus.google.com/102998223503152308180/posts/6exwQEXpymj
[Nexus S General] SupaDupaFly24:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=20333414&postcount=428
[Nexus S General] evcz:
check his full g+ profile page... minutes later he is mentioning larry page and asking for a xmas present ;)
[Nexus S General] teuntje3:
Do you think its real or fake?
[Nexus S General] moon-unit:
What do you think.....:rolleyes:
[Nexus S General] 4I-I:
"It'll come tomorrow!!" Thats what i keep telling myself! Haha i just hope it rly out tmr! If not miui ics will keep me occupied for a while... i hope! ;D
[Nexus S General] RonnieRuff:
Really? You want an alpha build. Who needs that from Google I got that with Koush LOL. BUGGY ALPHAS are just that buggy. From Google I want the finished product

Kang Kang Kang a Gong get it on.....
[Nexus S General] real_per:
Can't you put your signature in the signature box ?
[Nexus S General] bozzykid:
I highly doubt Google will release ICS on the Nexus S the day after the GN was released on Verizon. Google is activating advertising the GN in the US since yesterday. Updating the NS the next day wouldn't be a good business move by them. I'm guessing it will be closer to January before we see anything. I'm not saying they shouldn't release ICS tomorrow but they won't.
[Nexus S General] dwielunski:
I don't buy this line of reasoning. Is it a bad business move when Apple releases iOS 4 for existing devices two days before they release a new phone? I think the new phone sells pretty well regardless.
[Nexus S General] bdpyo:
But does Google really have to sell a phone? They did their press release on the Galaxy and 4.0 for everyone to see and it was a good move on their part. They don't have to push their product down the throats of consumers like Apple sadly has too.
[Nexus S General] Eclair~:
I believe that this may be more so about Verizon than Google. Verizon still has to make money. There is probably a length of time after the Galaxy Nexus release that Google must wait to deploy Android 4.0, at least one would assume so. Though this doesn't really make sense... the Galaxy Nexus is still superior to Nexus S, which is now turning 1. I cannot imagine releasing 4.0 to the device severely damaging their sells, which are already going to be subpar to begin with. Otherwise, unless the update is not finished, then there are no other reasons to hold back the release. None that I can see.

Apple truly does not have to shove their products down the throats of the consumer to sell well. They make beautiful commercials, beautiful products, and sell millions of devices.
[Nexus S General] bozzykid:
This type of behavior is not new for the Nexus line since the same thing happened when the Nexus S was released (held off the Nexus One software update for months).
[Nexus S General] RonnieRuff:
I use Tapatalk... My sig is placed where the app places it. Sorry it bothers you so much. You must be easily annoyed. Take a pill.

Kang Kang Kang a Gong get it on.....
[Nexus S General] corythug:
That's classic.

Follow the leader @corythug ;)
[Nexus S General] Bruce lee roy:
I don't think the majority of people out there are as interested in ics as we are on this forum. I stopped trying to talk to people about ics a long time ago because most people simply don't care. In fact, I would venture to guess that most people have never heard about ics and fewer people have heard of a nexus (of any kind).
[Nexus S General] snandlal:
Very true...
[Nexus S General] SupaDupaFly24:
Wait, if Verizon wanted some type of exclusive on ICS, wouldn't they have forced Google to hold back on releasing the source code as well?? And besides this is Verizon first Nexus device, so how would releasing ICS to a device they don't carry effect sales??
[Nexus S General] borrowedchief:
I would have to say no. The source code is only meaningful to a handful of people.
[Nexus S General] donsh00tmesanta:
The thing is Google is already testing an OTA so we know its at least 99% complete

This is great news for us regardless of what verizon wants.

I suspect google will have to halt layoffs lest it be leaked lol......

I know I would leak it should I be laid off from Google (if I worked there lol)
[Nexus S General] iGoogleNexus:
Lol wouldn't leak anything if I Worked for Google ... I'd give hints and clues as to when the release will take place but leaking it... yeah I love my job ... just Saying " I Work At Google" makes me feel badass (if I worked there =[ )

-Google
[Nexus S General] donsh00tmesanta:
I wouldnt either if I worked there......should I get laid off thats another story
[Nexus S General] bdpyo:
How many commercials have you seen the Nexus S in?

ZERO is how many times I've seen it. How many dumbass Hipster commercials have you seen about the terrible update they call "4S"?

We could argue all day but if you're bright enough you will know exactly what I'm saying.

PS, I'm at the bar so my sentences may or may not make complete sense. Lol
[Nexus S General] donsh00tmesanta:
gotta advertise to the masses