yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Nexus S General] jnrbshp:
2 questions for new ics users:

Does the camera support HD video now?

Is the memory partitioned 1/15gb still or is it unified now like the galaxy nexus?
[Nexus S General] Xidroid:
I can't get root. I've run superuser and then mounted the system in CWM. chmod to 6775 I can su in adb . But Titanium Backup can't get root. What am I missing?
[Nexus S General] scott8281:
Cool thanks!
[Nexus S General] scott8281:
Cool Thanks !
[Nexus S General] CLZJCasper:
NS4G got too much swag we stand out for a reason...they saving the best for last
[Nexus S General] tonycw15:
I had the run fastboot and flash xxxxx.img again because Stock 2.3.6 overwrote my Clockwork Recovery and changed it back to Stock Recovery.

I haven't used any of the pre-builds of ICS atm, just the one released today so I can't really comment on that. Sorry!
[Nexus S General] juliano_q:
is it possible to avoid the Android to override custom recovery without root? i am tired to flash recovery everytime..
[Nexus S General] damambt:
Got it on at&t

Had rooted i9020a, AT&T, used CM-Rom Manager Premium.

Flashed Stock image 2.3.3 [I9020XXKB1 / GRI40].

Did OTA update to 2.3.6 [I9020XXKF1 / GRK39F].

Downloaded official 4.0.3 update for T-MOBILE.

Powered phone off, went into recovery and did the manual update.

After update was complete, didn't have signal so I

downloaded I9020AUCKE1 radio.

Powered off the phone went into recovery by flashing the CM-Recovery image.

Flashed radio zip file.

PURE AWESOMENESS :)
[Nexus S General] foreman31:
How did you flash cwm
[Nexus S General] navykid0211:
I just purchased my i9020a and I'm stock 2.3.4 how do I get stock 2.3.6?? There is no update.

Sent from my Nexus S
[Nexus S General] :
Radio in this one does not work with Vodafone Australia.
[Nexus S General] Klisman:
but your recovery didnt change to "original" recovery after this OTA update?

I have the original recovery right now, and I am not able to install other ROM.

My phone is not rooted right now(SU is not working), so I am not able to install recovery via Rom Manager.

AFAIK if I connect my phone to PC, my i9023 "brickes" -I dont know if "brickes" is the correct word :D.
[Nexus S General] damambt:
follow this tutorial to flash CWM

h t t p : / / n e x u s s h a c k s . c o m / n e x u s -s-hacks/how-to-root-nexus-s-or-nexus-s-4g-new/
[Nexus S General] rub1k:
Nothing... I don't think anybody can get the Superuser app to work (if someone can, please explain how):

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=20381905&postcount=443
[Nexus S General] Xidroid:
http://android.clients.google.com/p...a25375426.signed-soju-ota-189904.1ada2537.zip
[Nexus S General] TheColdOne:
Tried to follow those detailed instructions by tonycw15, but got nowhere.

I flashed the stock 2.3.6 onto the phone, then used my PC to flash CWM recovery, used that to install that ICS Zip floating around (VQ8PQk_V.zip) and STILL get the Status 7 error.

Every time I flash a new ROM I wipe data/cache. No 4.0.3 for me yet (and yes, I have the original T-Mobile version, not AT&T or Sprint 4G).
[Nexus S General] gavingreystone@gmail.com:
So this is confirmed working on I9020A.

First you must download an I9020T stock rom (2.3.6), download an I9020A radio, download the ICS update, flash the stock rom, use your computer in fastboot to reflash clockwork recovery, and flash ICS, then your I9020 radio.

Credit toTonycw15's post in an [INFO] about ICS thread in the stickies in The general section. Page 41, he gives more details. Makes sense though, we have to trick our phones to think they're on T-Mobile.
[Nexus S General] ChocSoldier:
With this being a T-Mobile version, will I have any issues with it on Vodafone Australia?

I've already flashed it and everything seems fine, but is there any difference between this version and what Australia gets/will get?
[Nexus S General] juliano_q:
Install 2.3.6, reboot, login on google account, configure phone normally. bootloader, flash cwm again, flash ics, reboot.

It worked here.
[Nexus S General] navykid0211:
And this is official stock 2.3.6??

Sent from my Nexus S
[Nexus S General] devius:
I have I9023

I can not flash over ANY stock version WTF?
[Nexus S General] navykid0211:
Remember my phone is stock unrooted. Can I still do it?

Sent from my Nexus S
[Nexus S General] klone96:
What if ur like me and already on tmobile? how should i go about getting this ota.. tia
[Nexus S General] nicholasbgr:
did anyone get root access to work?
[Nexus S General] eortizr:
Where do I get the download for the At&t version?
[Nexus S General] ilnanny:
Thanks :-D

Nexus S i9023 _ICS
[Nexus S General] holtenc:
this version unofficially works with att version. there is instructions in this thread for it.
[Nexus S General] foreman31:
I get this trying to flash cwm:

C:\android-sdk-windows\tools>fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

sending 'recovery' (4136 KB)... FAILED (command write failed (Unknown error))

finished. total time: 0.649s

as for that link:http://nexusshacks.com/nexus-s-hacks/how-to-root-nexus-s-or-nexus-s-4g-new/

none of the download links are showing, do you need to be registered or?
[Nexus S General] tonycw15:
The instructions I gave out are for i9020A (for Rogers/ATT/GSM 850).

Since you're using the T-mobile version, following the official instructions on the first page should work.
[Nexus S General] seriosbrad:
Is your device showing up?

>fastboot devices
[Nexus S General] RonnieRuff:
Working for me! My Galaxy Nexus will be here in a week or so but I have the real thing till then!

Stock OTA ICS Version 4.0.3
[Nexus S General] :
Thanks

Tested working on Koodo
[Nexus S General] foreman31:
yes it is showing up

C:\android-sdk-windows\tools>fastboot devices

3634A4391E1900EC fastboot
[Nexus S General] Frankenstooge:
In what way would they be different?
[Nexus S General] Zardos66:
Flashed and working perfectly. Its so smooth, I love it.
[Nexus S General] AndroidUser00110001:
Radio is different.

Anyone get root yet?
[Nexus S General] tonycw15:
Radio is different, i9020T runs on AWS. i9020A runs on 850mhz/1900/2100mhz
[Nexus S General] damambt:
This is the recovery img i used.
[Nexus S General] hostile apostle:
I flashed 2.3.6 from CWM, booted up and put in my Google Account, then booted into fastboot and flashed ICS from there.

Now my phone wont turn on. Any ideas?
[Nexus S General] TheColdOne:
Nope, the simple "rename it update and install it" method gave me the Status 7 error so I tried your method and got the same thing when I reached the point of installing ICS.
[Nexus S General] damambt:
superuser doesn't seem to have a file yet. been searching for 2 hours.

---------- Post added at 09:51 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:47 PM ----------

radio is different. thats all. if you flash 2.3.3 stock img found in Rom Manager (premium) you get a tmobile rom but the radio/calls/data are fine, but after you update to 2.3.6 everything is lost. Once you have GRK39F / I9020XXKF1 installed you can do the manual update to ICS. After you update to ICS, use CM-Recovery to flash the radio of your choice, for AT&T its I9020AUCKE1
[Nexus S General] foreman31:
thats for mac ay? I am using windows 7
[Nexus S General] mbolinao:
I did the manual update on my I9023 and it worked fine. My system still reads "I9023". I think he also got it right since he said his device reads i9023XXKl1 which is also the same with mine. Before I upgraded, it WAS i9023XXKF1

I also tried the official recovery and it's still working.
[Nexus S General] winkling:
I9020T updated successfully

I9020T updated successfully:)
[Nexus S General] tonycw15:
Just noticed the page lengths/posts changed...(merge of several threads?)

I have an unofficial tutorial on page 49/post #485 on how to get the i9020T ICS working on a i9020A. Several people have reported success.

Do this at your own risk! I take no responsibilities.
[Nexus S General] damambt:
the img is not for a specific os.

in windows do:

fastboot flash recovery recovery3101.img

check out this guys tutorial

h t t p : // youtu.be / EA6DlAqYUeo
[Nexus S General] cllangfo:
I'm on a Rogers - I9020A and this worked perfectly!
[Nexus S General] wind784:
Your bootloader version changed from KA3 to? Anyone that has done this revert successfully back to 2.3.6?
[Nexus S General] tonycw15:
to KL1. Haven't tried reverting it back to 2.3.6 yet.
[Nexus S General] kibmcz:
Supported: Designed for i9020a to avoid flashing bootloader/radio but will work on any gsm model.

Download:

Download moved to: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=20456900

Features:

Full Root (su,Superuser,Busybox,deodexed), Custom boot animation support, Galaxy Nexus Sounds, HSDPA SystemUI

Credit:

Google: For their work on Android

ChainsDD: Superuser/SU

AndroidUser00110001: HSDPA SystemUI

Note: Updated Superuser + SU & added HSDPA SystemUI.

Thanks for the offer but i forgot i had a spare webhost i wasnt using :).
[Nexus S General] eizonuts:
with this i just need to flash it in CWM? no more fastboot of the recovery again?
[Nexus S General] chronikfatigue:
I used this:

http://downloadandroidrom.com/file/NexusS/rooting/nexussrootnew.zip

Extract the zip into C:\nexussrootnew.

Download the latest ClockWork Recovery img (just search the forums for ClockWork Recovery).

Rename as recovery.img or something and copy it into C:\nexussrootnew

In CMD do cd\nexussrootnew and fastboot flash recovery.img

Worked like a charm. The image in the nexusrootnew.zip is out of date, if you try to use it you will get an error message.
[Nexus S General] k4ito_1412:
Hi guys, I got the i9023, and I tried to flash it using this link:

and*roid.clients.google.com/packages/ota/google_crespo/VQ8PQk_V.zip

After the process is done, all is well, my phone is snappy, and feeling great.

But when I tried to go into recover mode, all I get is just blank black screen.

Anyone know about this issue? how to fix it?

I'm still a noob into rooting, flashing, modding, and all these stuff btw.
[Nexus S General] LordGeek:
I can also confirm .. the instructions given for taking this version of ICS and installing on the AT&T I9020A phone works. However, the only issue I had was with the radio .. after installing the TMO 2.3.6, rebooting, manually installing recovery.img, flashing ICS then immediately after, flashing the CWM Radio .. rebooted only to find that the radio did not take, baseband was still showing the radio from ICS !!!

So .. extracted radio.img from an Official release of 2.3.6 for our I9020A's and manually installed it via "fastboot flash radio radio.img" .. success .. phone has FULL service now, data connectivity .. and running ICS 4.0.3 :)
[Nexus S General] kresk:
NS T-Mobile.. When I download the update link, i can see it on my phone downloads but I can't see it on the /mnt/sdcard in astro manager. I do have enable downloads activated. Any suggestions on what the problem may be? Thanks for the help.. Just in case it matters, I could see the last update to 2.3.6 in astro. Also, I used wifi to download this update.
[Nexus S General] chronikfatigue:
I've got the OTA running on i9023 without any issue so far. Is there anything in particular I should be worried about?
[Nexus S General] damambt:
You must have root.

I used ClockWorkMod Rom Manager (premium) and i downloaded the stock rom 2.3.3 (GRI40 / I9020XXKB1) - Which happens to work with AT&T & T-mobile. I have AT&T.

After flashing 2.3.3, I did OTA update to 2.3.6 (GRK39F / I9020XXKF1)

Once on 2.3.6 (no service/data), I downloaded ICS 4.0.3 and did the manual update.

After the update, in order to recover service/data I flashed the custom recovery image through fastboot and then i entered recovery to flash the radio of my choice, which was I9020AUCKE1
[Nexus S General] sixstringsg:
So does it have the i9020a radio as well?

And a high-speed mirror: http://goo.gl/gCjGP

Edit: nobody told me the link was broken! Here's a fixed one. http://goo.gl/dqFvL
[Nexus S General] kibmcz:
No need to include radio/bootloader since its targeted at being low risk. I am using it on my white i9020a with xxka3 bootloader and xxkb3 radio (i like my radios uncapped) without issues.
[Nexus S General] chronikfatigue:
I just did this again and it worked no problems

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=20384904&postcount=663

Only problem now is getting SuperUser up and running.
[Nexus S General] dissss:
Yes its a know issue. Unless I've missed it there isn't any way of getting the stock recovery working on an i9023 yet.

Recovery won't work but aside from that everything is fine for me.
[Nexus S General] Baldar538:
Does anyone know if this contains the (rumored) Anyconnect support?

I haven't found any ICS builds so far that work with the AnyConnect for Rooted Devices because TUN/TAP is missing. Is there a custom ROM that I missed that supports it, or can anyone confirm if the official ICS release has it? Or am I missing something all together?
[Nexus S General] sixstringsg:
Ah, excellent. I didn't know you removed both of those.
[Nexus S General] TheColdOne:
F*CK!

This is the ONLY guide that mentioned re-inserting the battery before turning the phone on and going into recovery mode. THAT made the update install work!

Why would something so simple fix this issue?
[Nexus S General] fzalhead87:
downloading now....
[Nexus S General] neo_x22000:
what would happen if i flash 3g OTA to 4g??....lol
[Nexus S General] gavingreystone@gmail.com:
confirmed! working on i9020A. Just flashed the I9020T stock 2.3.6, re-injected CWM recovery via fastboot, flashed ICS, flashed I9020A radio, boom! Thanks to Tonycw15 :)
[Nexus S General] foreman31:
well that did`t work either, I am still getting the same error:

C:\android-sdk-windows\tools>cd\

C:\>cd nexusrootnew

C:\nexusrootnew>fastboot devices

3634A4391E1900EC fastboot

C:\nexusrootnew>fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

sending 'recovery' (4136 KB)...

FAILED (command write failed (Unknown error))

finished. total time: 0.637s

C:\nexusrootnew>
[Nexus S General] neo_x22000:
i have a feeling 4g ics ota will take for ever!!!
[Nexus S General] david279:
Brick maybe...

Sent from my Nexus S 4G
[Nexus S General] chronikfatigue:
Try the battery trick mentioned above.
[Nexus S General] ferozfero:
hey im sorry to be a buzz kill but does anyone feel the framerate isnt up to par...???
[Nexus S General] dissss:
How long have you given it?

I felt mine was a bit jumpy for quite a while after it booted up for the first time but its since settled down and is now running very nicely indeed.
[Nexus S General] ademejia:
how do i enter fastboot mode from mac osx trying to get the i9020a running .
[Nexus S General] eizonuts:
Can somebody tell me how the performance is on the official rom compared to the pre-release custom roms?
[Nexus S General] rguz:
Awesome. Though I'm finding it hard to stick to the Official ICS in spite of its sheer smoothness, it can't detect my phone as rooted. I guess I'll just have to wait.
[Nexus S General] gavingreystone@gmail.com:
performance is times two. Bugs gone, fast as hell. Can't wait till our good 'ol boys tweak the hell out of it and theme it. Little things like the stutter in the launcher are gone, camera playback is perfect , (Actually, I'm positive the camera and video are even better now, must have made major provements I recommend snapping a few photos and videos), and check it out: maybe its because superuser is broken, but video rentals on the market work for me. I installed a "pre-rooted " version floating around. Probably because phone doesnt know its rooted so neither does google :s I'm sorry to the Creator, so much buzz on xda right now I can't remember what thread it was to give credit :(
[Nexus S General] fusscaboob:
i9020A

is the ota for i9020a device been released?

does someone have a link?
[Nexus S General] adnanbaig18:
Hey guys. I bought the unlocked GSM version from Best Buy from USA. I m currently in Pakistan and want to update it manually. Can i update it with the provided link without any hassle? My build no. is GRK39F and baseband is I90202XXKF1. And the phone is still stock ROM and unrooted.

Please reply, should i go ahead with the provided link? I will really appreciate ur early reply.
[Nexus S General] gavingreystone@gmail.com:
Page 41 of this thread I believe is how to make it work.: )
[Nexus S General] saranyan:
Yes, same thing as i am in india. Just install through recovery and everything works fine.
[Nexus S General] _KP:
guys i have i9023 with i9023xxkf1 radio....will this ICS rom work with it? i heard from some people that the recovery doesnt work on i9023...will i be able to flash CWM recovery? And does the root work? thanks in advance :)
[Nexus S General] paruchuri4388:
is it a success? Is there any problem with recovery?
[Nexus S General] rasengan82:
I wonder why Google is not releasing the OTA for the 4g version. The proprietary drivers (wimax) and base source for the NS are all out in the AOSP.
[Nexus S General] suomaf:
so I just tweeted supercurio and it seems superuser apk works for him. But he used his otaRootKeeper that is available on the market.
[Nexus S General] rub1k:
Interesting... now just need to find out what the hell that RootKeeper app does and try to reverse the steps/redo the rooting part to get the SuperUser APK working.

EDIT: Looks like the RootKeeper source is here: https://github.com/project-voodoo/ota-rootkeeper-app -- and it only looks like it backs up the /system/xbin/su binary to /system/su-backup/ and then restores from there... IFF /system isn't formatted/fully wiped by a new ROM, that is. Unfortunately, like I wrote earlier in this thread, I think the 'su' binary works just fine. It's the SuperUser.apk file that doesn't seem to work.
[Nexus S General] suomaf:
Why don't you ask him, he is on twitter right now
[Nexus S General] neo_x22000:
i wondering the same...im getting very impatient!!....lol..i keep checking for updates every 2 min.. :)
[Nexus S General] niketan:
works fine on I9023 .
[Nexus S General] adnanbaig18:
Have you updated it using the same process? Hows it working so far? and should i install it by placing the file (update) in memory drive, right??? And then rebooting and running it through recovery?
[Nexus S General] ferozfero:
Guys is it jus me or is the framerate not exactly all that up to par...and is it ll stuttery wen using liv wallpapers lik microbes...i thought hardware aceleration was supppsed to fix al this..
[Nexus S General] dragonboi28:
Do you have recover access?
[Nexus S General] SlCKB0Y:
The only problem I have found is that the stock recovery no longer works. No biggie though.

---------- Post added at 04:58 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:57 PM ----------

It is smooth as for me - a huge step up.
[Nexus S General] mike216:
hey sickboy im not sure what you meant about stock recovery not working. im thinking of upgrading but need recovery as im not the most tech savy person so could you please explain what you meant by that,thanks ;)
[Nexus S General] papawaiswais:
how to root

istalles the ics update on my i9023 how can i root this one one click root?
[Nexus S General] ferozfero:
Smooth?even wen using microbes wallpaper?
[Nexus S General] kibmcz:
Smooth for me too on my i9020a and i used the microbes one as my test case (even phase beam is smooth).
[Nexus S General] chintan.dholakiya:
Help me can't get into recovery
[Nexus S General] Romonster:
No pre-rooted ROM yet?
[Nexus S General] njd15:
I was able to install by unrooting and going to stock....it really works very fast....and smooth! Better than the builds...although i will also wait for the dev roms!!! Based kff 4.0.3! Battery even charges faster! Although no face unlock! :( nor google wallet! But for tmobile nexus s it is very smooth and super fast!
[Nexus S General] Cmmts:
Can't wait for the official I9023 update (I'm not willing to try the tmo version, as I don't really have the skills to fix any issues that might occur), hopefully someone lucky that receives it officially will get us the update file.

Too bad Google feels they need to push the update over a month.
[Nexus S General] iws1234:
Stuck on GOOGLE Screen on Recovery

My phone is doing the same thing trying to update to ICS as it always has trying to go from 2.3.4 to 2.3.6.

Very frustrating.....if anyone has any easy tricks please let me know. It's like my recovery is corrupt or something. My phone came with this version 2.3.4 when I bought it new, so it's 100% stock.

I have the T-Mobile version 9020T
[Nexus S General] suomaf:
So I followed up with supercurio and asked if he could test if titanium backup works for him, and he said that he does not use it. I then continued to bug him if he could test it with any other apps that request root, I guess he is busy He told me to look for help in the forums. Its ok though, I respect and trust him. He is an awesome dev. Does anyone want to try to redo their whole process of updating but using otaRootKeeper to keep root? I have asked him on what the exact process is, still waiting on his reply.:D
[Nexus S General] ranadroid:
You update to 2.3.6 and then you can update to ICS :p

Easiest trick is no trick :)
[Nexus S General] Xidroid:
I did and I'm having problems getting otaRootKeeper to restore SU.
[Nexus S General] chronikfatigue:
Nowhere near as good. I was getting close to 2000 Quadrant on some of the Kang's and AOSP's, on the stock ROM I'm getting 1100 or so. About the same as on Koush's Alpha 12.

But it does run a lot smoother and no bugs etc. I'm still sticking with stock for now.
[Nexus S General] lsharir:
Installed on my Nexus S [I9020T] and its freaking awesome, works so smooth (unlike ICS roms installed in the past).

If you have any problems like I had, basically what I did is to grab a full 2.3.3 OTA ROM for the I9020 from the OTA thread, install it through clockworkmod recovery (after wiping cache, data and dalvik - not sure this is needed I just wanted a fresh install).

invoking an update to 2.3.6 typing "*#*#2432546#*#*" in the phone dial (2432546 is CHECKIN).

Installed that update (you might get 4.0.3 from that procedure depends on your carrier and location I believe, so after having 2.3.6 try invoking CHECKIN again).

Downloaded the update zip file from the first message in this thread, placed it on the sdcard\.

Now the recovery image should be changed from the clockworkmod image after all that playing around. so you should boot the bootloader (power+volume up) and select recovery, after seeing the triangle thing press power+volume up and you will have a blue menu to select commands from, choose install update from zip and then choose the file you downloaded.

reboot and ICS =]
[Nexus S General] ranadroid:
Biggest fix of the update is the ability to control music volume from anywhere.... other than that meh...
[Nexus S General] iws1234:
I can't lol

It does the same thing trying to go to 2.3.6
[Nexus S General] rub1k:
Hah, yeah, thanks for trying. Just replied on there to both of you but I hate twitter so not sure if I did it right.

No big deal, will figure it out.

Also sent a message to @ChainsDD (Superuser developer) to ask if he's aware of any issue with a link to my earlier post in this thread (http://goo.gl/Kmqwu).

Going to bed soon but will check back tomorrow.
[Nexus S General] suffer1989:
How does one gain root access after manual update to ICS ?
[Nexus S General] papawaiswais:
wanna now that to can somone tell me
[Nexus S General] rub1k:
Trying to figure that out... nothing seems to work... been reading everywhere all afternoon.

EDIT: You can flash the Superuser-3.0.7-efgh-signed.zip file and see if you have better luck (http://goo.gl/Kmqwu).
[Nexus S General] mkln:
I don't get how this is smoother than AOSP roms for you guys.

When I tried brainmaster's ICS it was at least as smooth as the OTA.

ofc the OTA works better overall but that goes without saying.

it's just not smoother than what I had already seen (btw, it's really smooth!)
[Nexus S General] ferozfero:
yeah? phase beam is super smooth but microbes is very stuttery...help me..is there somin wrong with my device..