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[Nexus S General] joshzz28:
Hey guys!!! I have been using the Ice Cream Sandwich update 4.0.3 on My GSM Nexus S i9023, since December 17th 2011 and although i did face an issue with the battery giving up after 7-8hrs today is the 5th day that I let the phone drain out the battery completely and the battery lasted for 1 day 4hrs and 5mins and here are some of the recent stats from today just help Me understand if they look good coz if they are then ICS may not have a battery or CPU usage issue afterall!!! Maybe its just that We have been using it more since it's something new, and I'll admit to get these figures I have set my phone to go into airplane mode between the wee hours of 7am and 12:25pm while I sleep...and have kept 3G to a minimum i.e as and when I need it, so it's not on constantly. here are a few screenshots of the battery readings...please decipher them for me coz it makes no sense to Me :-D
[Nexus S General] xenonrider:
Those URL's just take you to Gmail.

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This is standard procedure for all rollouts. People are continuing to receive them.
[Nexus S General] :
hi to everyone

just want to say i flashed it on my I9020A and its GRATE :):)
[Nexus S General] sliick:
Update:

I've had ICS installed properly for a little over 2 days now, and had the battery drained to 1% before charging it back to 100, and so far no battery complaints. I always have 3G on, music playing on speaker (because my car's stereo's out of whack right now... ghettoblaster ftw? :( ) and frequently on twitter/facebook.

Today I unplugged the battery at 1030AM, and it is now 220AM here in Toronto, and my battery is still at 19%.

Still wouldn't mind getting the official OTA for the i9020a though. & Lazer Bear, thanks for the tips!
[Nexus S General] ACNexus:
Hi, I am based in the UK. I got the ICS OTA update few days ago which got aborted so even though it downloaded it didnt install. Can someone tell me if I can install manually the ICS 4.0.3 update on my phone:

Nexus S GSM GT-I9020

UK Orange network - Phone is unlocked.

Baseband: I9020XXKF1

Build: GRK39F

Kernel: 2.6.35.7-gf5f63ef

Can you provide me the link where to download the update for this phone?

Thnaks
[Nexus S General] KBanause:
I know this is your first post here on XDA. But did you take your time to even read the FIRST post of this thread?
[Nexus S General] ACNexus:
Hi KBanause. Yes i read the start of the thread and other threads over the last few days. However I am a newbie and never manually installed Android on my phone before. I thought Nexus S was same phone for all but all the threads i have read seems to indicate different model numbers, build number, basebands. Some can install the update themselves, some cant. So basically as a newbie I am confused.

So am i safe to assume that the link provided in the first post of this thread is compatible for my phone?

thanks
[Nexus S General] KBanause:
As long as your Nexus S is a 9020T and not a 9020A, then yes, it's safe.
[Nexus S General] ACNexus:
How can i find out if my Nexus S is a 9020T vs a 9020A? It doesnt tell me anywhere if it is a T or A.

thanks
[Nexus S General] KBanause:
Do you know which UMTS frequencies your phone is using?

is it 900/1700/2100MHz (= 9020T)

or is it 900/1900/21000MHz (= 9020A)

If you have a rooted phone:

open /system/build.prop

Search for a line beginning with ro.product.name. it must be soju and not sojua
[Nexus S General] Matridom:
Look behind the battery

Sent from my Nexus S
[Nexus S General] Miikeg:
I9020a ics 4.0.3

So I'm desperate and decided to root again, flash clockwork mod and try to flash the official ota.zip file and the radio.

Can someone tell me how to do it correctly, as I don't know where the instructions are?

I have the OTA.zip on the root of the phone, so what do I do, just go into ClockworkMod and install update from zip, choose the OTA file, then what?

How do I flash a radio? :S
[Nexus S General] ACNexus:
Behind the battery my Nexus S says "Model: GT-I9020" There is no T or A. I got my Nexus S on the first day it was available and i believe these were I9020 without any T or A.

I just done a search on this thread for I9020 and found someone else from the UK who has the exact same phone as me who has updated to ICS 4.0.3. Also i am guessing as google sent my phone the OTA update then it probably is compatible for my phone. I will update tonight and see what happens.

thanks
[Nexus S General] jurica_m:
Hi. When install Viber on new ICS it doesn't work. Am I only with this problem or?
[Nexus S General] yoavp10:
so you probably have I9020T, AFAIK this was the first release, followed by the I9023 and I9020A (not necessarily in this order).
[Nexus S General] SS2006:
No ota for i9020a or atandt version yet?
[Nexus S General] SS2006:
Can I remove the radio and flash this on a i9020a
[Nexus S General] kibmcz:
Well it is probaly easier to flash a customized one that doesnt touch the radio... such as mine. That way you know that radio will work after flash.

Edit: For the adventurous i9020a owners... 4.0.3 stock full zip with uckf1 radio and soju refrences changed to sojua ~ http://android.kcomputerzone.com/cu...CKF1-Radio_KL1-Bootloader_I9020A_unsigned.zip (other than potential fingerprint issues that is what the official one would have been)
[Nexus S General] joshzz28:
any rumors or updates on when the New ICS update 4.0.4 will surface? couldn't find a thing on google...except that the Galaxy S owners aren't getting ICS :-/ thats really lame that too just coz of touchwiz!!!
[Nexus S General] bozzykid:
It's possible there won't be a 4.0.4 any time soon. Google may re-release a slightly patched 4.0.3 as considering it hasn't fully rolled it out yet. They did that with 2.3.6 on the AT&T version of the NS. When this will happen is anyone's guess.
[Nexus S General] navykid0211:
I got tired of waiting so I went and got the focus flash and I couldn't be happier with windows. Mango is fast as hell and battery life is magnificent.. Now how long will this device keep support lol
[Nexus S General] crachel:
Thanks for dropping in!
[Nexus S General] navykid0211:
haha I couldn't help myself
[Nexus S General] joshzz28:
google-resumes-android-ice-cream-sandwich-rollout-nexus-s

hey guys News Flash!!!

check out this Link...

http://www.itproportal.com/2011/12/24/google-resumes-android-ice-cream-sandwich-rollout-nexus-s/
[Nexus S General] darklord74:
This is what I did and it's running great on my Rogers i9020a:D

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=20552218&postcount=70 <----I used the ota file from this thread 160mb

download radio from here...http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1116884

copy to sd card flash in CWM just like anything else... (install zip from sd card)

doing a full wipe was crucial, got stuck in boot loop the first time I tried only wiping cache/delvik cache

cheers!
[Nexus S General] alzakx:
can someone confirm they got the ota update just recently? is it true they resumed the ota?
[Nexus S General] bozzykid:
There is no truth to that article. The Google+ post they referenced was created before the OTA was halted in some countries. Probably they misunderstood the issue because the rollout continues in the US and many other countries.
[Nexus S General] mrjimyjohn:
I am VERY sorry if this has been asked before but with this work on the mobilicity version of the nexus s? (canada)

EDIT: I just tried and it didnt work, when i rebooted it just came up back to the stock 2.3.4 that it came with. i guess i'll just wait for the OTA update :/
[Nexus S General] bmett:
you need to update to 2.3.6 before it will let you update to 4.0 I am running a mobilicity nexus s on the wind network and it upgraded fine. Be warned though quite a few nexus owners have had issues like battery drain and other bugs so you may too. I had to downgrade back to gingerbread before I upgraded again using Pete Alfonso's bug less beast build of ics. Battery life has greatly improved.

In fact I have to give Pete credit, his roms are decent and stable, his gingerbread releases were always slick as well
[Nexus S General] joshzz28:
can someone help me with instructions on how to post pics here?
[Nexus S General] xenonrider:
Sorry for your loss. Don't come running back anytime soon.
[Nexus S General] sashajovicic:
complete!!

rebooting

i see boot animation

graphic is AMAZING SHARP

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android is upgrading
[Nexus S General] hp420:
sprint is d720 :rolleyes:
[Nexus S General] mike.b93:
Keep me updated!!!!!!
[Nexus S General] nicacapo:
How the hell could you flash this if it is for t-mobile nexus?being yours the european one,sames as mine....why the **** i can't ?
[Nexus S General] sashajovicic:
finishing... lets seee

ok here it is

al i had before on GB rom (stock 2.3.6) was intact!

programs, widgets, data... everything intact...

wifi works as usual..

this **** runs like speedy gonzales :D
[Nexus S General] fightingroost12:
Google, y u no release ics for sprint
[Nexus S General] mike.b93:
Maybe the verifying check enabled in cwm?
[Nexus S General] sashajovicic:
i dont know man...
[Nexus S General] AaronMT:
Can anyone confirm if this works for the I9020A?
[Nexus S General] bgdxv:
i 9023 is not sprint it's european version -_-
[Nexus S General] hp420:
seriously :(
[Nexus S General] rub1k:
It'll flash on top of GRK39F, a full image of which you can get here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1063664

So I'm assuming that's what he did...
[Nexus S General] Bandis710:
I just updated to ics without problems. Flashed stock 2.3.6 and rooted . Then flashed otafile from link in stockrecovery. Voila ics and IT looks like i am still rooted. All this on a dutch 9023 nexus

Verstuurd van mijn Nexus S met Tapatalk
[Nexus S General] theprodigy85:
+1

p.s. on Telus
[Nexus S General] the7thson:
Should I wipe my custom ROM and flash a stock image prior to flashing this image? Or can I flash this right on top of the ROM i'm currently running - an old build of Zulu ROM.

Thanks!
[Nexus S General] sashajovicic:
Android version: 4.0.3

BAseband: i9023XXKI1

Kernel: 3.0.8- ......

Build no: IML47K
[Nexus S General] bledina:
just did the update on my phone, works great.

Although I live in Belgium (using Proximus) I have a T-Mo Nexus S that I bought in the US when it was released.
[Nexus S General] bozzykid:
According to JBQ (Google employee responsible for these builds), they are releasing the factory images for all nexus s variants soon. So it will not matter if it is available for ota or not.
[Nexus S General] mike.b93:
Oh i hope i can flash it on my german vodafone device. Is it enough to flash stock rom from rom manager?
[Nexus S General] rub1k:
The ZIP file, as it is, will only flash on top of a stock GRK39F build.
[Nexus S General] madd0g:
I downgraded to GB, then yesterday decided to go back to ICS. I had the OTA update msg the whole time, when I started the update, I checked the url to the file, it was the same. It started updating, but it failed (android + triangle). So after that I updated a full ROM, even redownloaded the file, was the same size.

TLDR: they didn't change anything. Only thing I did flash now was the eugene's kernel and it's excellent.
[Nexus S General] klesqus:
I just tried to update the phone following instructions provided but I am getting a error msg saying:

E: Error in /tmp/sideload/package.zip

(Status 7)

Installation aborted.

Can anyone help ?

Thanks
[Nexus S General] Supersaiyan.IV:
It's very good, apart from the CPU overcycling bug the rom suffers from.

I did a complete factory reset (usb wipe included).

Booted into CWM then commenced the same factory

reset there, then wiped dalvik. Just wipe everything.

Afterwards I mounted the usb storage inside CWM, and copied the .zip file. Then unmount usb, and flash in CWM.

No freezes, no hitches. Rooted it by following one nifty guide. Titanium Backup from pc did the rest.

The looks and GPU acceleration is a charm, but the battery hogging bug persists. I'm definitely sticking to ICS nonetheless :)
[Nexus S General] navykid0211:
trust me I won't wp7 has my heart. Lmao
[Nexus S General] StillDRE:
I'm running Oxygen 2.3.2, and want to try ICS 4.0.3. I downloaded VQ8PQk_V.zip and went into recovery and tried install it. But just after 3 seconds it stopped, with some error.

assert failed: apply_patch_check ("/system/app/ApplicationsProvider.apk", *lots of numbers*")

Should I use another 4.0.3 file? My Nexus S is a i9023.
[Nexus S General] bmett:
you need to upgrade to pure gingerbread 2.3.6 and then to ics
[Nexus S General] madd0g:
Or just flash full 4.0.3 ROM.
[Nexus S General] bmett:
do you even know what your talking about? You can only upgrade to official ics if you are running 2.3.6 pure gingerbread. It has to do with the bootloader Were talking about the OTA update...
[Nexus S General] Alicklee:
isthis for the i9020a or the i9020t?
[Nexus S General] StillDRE:
If you see the last post, I did trykk that, but the ICS version I tried upgrade to didn't work, so I thought maby I should use another version?
[Nexus S General] Sorelcta:
help!

DO NOT UPDATED! it will dain your battery !

i want to downgrade my nexus S to 2.3.6 stock version. can somebody help me with some information?
[Nexus S General] willbeh:
Upgraded for a week now. Wifi always on. Some 3g. Morning 8 am until midnight around 20-30% left. So battery is quite alright
[Nexus S General] psikolaz:
hello guys just wanna ask something . my nexus s was unlocked&rooted etc. i downloaded the official 4.0.3 update and allowed the installation, my phone rebooted and started to install the new update but during the installation it stopped and i saw the android symbol with a (!) . then i replaced the battery and hit the power button when my phone opened i check the version and it was the same 2.3.6 and when i control the system updates section it says me that my phone is currently up to date :confused: can anyone help me ;? :(

so sorry about my english
[Nexus S General] StillDRE:
Does 4.0.3 support notification in the touch leds by default, or do you have to root it and rundt andre app like BLN control?
[Nexus S General] KBanause:
You need to bee rooted and you have to flash a kernel with BLN support.
[Nexus S General] StillDRE:
Thanks for reply!

Then ill wait for Adam to get oxygen running with ICS and hopefully supporting BLN!
[Nexus S General] joshzz28:
Hey this should help you!!!

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1063664

just download the correct ROM for your model the same way you manually updated to ICS.

1.transfer the file that you will rename to update.zip on to your nexus root folder with your USB cable. which really is what happens when you just drag and drop over the nexus S drive icon.

2.then power off and press the Volume UP and POWER key to enter bootloader.

3.choose RECOVERY by using the volume rocker key and selecting with the power button.

4.then when you see the Android and the "!" within a triangle...again hit the Volume UP and POWER button.

5. you will then be taken to a screen so scroll with the volume rocker key to "apply update from sdcard" and hit power key to select.

6.Allow the update to commence and then select Reboot now!!!

7.Also please ensure you are up atleast 70% battery charge!!!
[Nexus S General] rexinfinite:
Running the ICS Nexus S stock 4.0.3. as installed from this thread. Everything is running fine.

I orginally had some serious battery issues, but it turned out that Swype was the culprit. It got stuck in download mode and couldn't install. So not only was it keeping the system running, but it was also using backround data. Over 100mb which I found with the new built in data usage analyser.

So anyone upgrading swype, or with the new version of swype, that's the likely battery killer. Ever since I removed (they are updating it to work in the new year I hope), it's been running great.
[Nexus S General] hannerf:
Running the ICS Nexus S stock 4.0.3.

This one (Android 4.0.3/IML74K/XXKI1 Radio/KL1 Bootloader)

Everything is running fine.

At the beginning gave an error "android.process.acore." The error was on the list of contacts. I just needed to reset the device (cleaning list... and import gmail contacts again.)

Now is perfect.

The battery i am still testing, but nothing unusual. (d'nt use Swype)
[Nexus S General] roshan567:
hey...i bought the nexus s from best buy and my phone s model number is GT I9020T....where can i find the link of the 4.0.3 OS ??or can i use the link provided in the beginning of the thread?
[Nexus S General] symond:
so any news for nexus s 4g ?? for ics ??

has any1 received ota yet ??
[Nexus S General] chunsaa:
I dont think so... the ota did not roll out for 9020A version yet and I think the update for that should roll out before the 4g since it is a gsm model.
[Nexus S General] darklord74:
I'm running the full 160mb version of the OTA on my i9020a and I actually think my battery life has improved over 2.3.6. I'm not totally sure though but it seems better to me. My Swype is working fine, I just reinstalled through titanium backup.

My only complaint with ICS is the autobrightness. It doesn't work near as well as it did in 2.3.6.

Overall I love the update. My girlfriend is extremely jealous but she won't let me root her phone.:confused:
[Nexus S General] jack.tremaine:
Did you get that OTA over the air?
[Nexus S General] nolook:
I'm getting the same problem but i want to keep Swype - is there any workarounds?
[Nexus S General] joshzz28:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1063664

use that link...

you will find that the Nexus Si9023 and the i9020T are the same kernel and radio versions and so will be able to update to the 4.0.3 ICS update.
[Nexus S General] darklord74:
No I didn't. I posted what I did a couple of pages back...

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=20657158&postcount=1577

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I re-installed my version of Swype (Version 3.26.92D.35406.t0) from my Titanium backup. Restored App+Data. It works fine and is not killing my battery.

If you have your apps backed up with Titanium or Astro or something maybe try installing it that way instead of downloading with the Swype installer.
[Nexus S General] vavix:
I installed ics on my I9020A and for some reason it doesn't have all the features that I saw in a review of a ported ICS on nexus s on youtube here /watch?v=Fq-WS2IuK8M. For example, long press power button doesn't take a screenshot and home screen doesn't switch to horizontal view when rotated. Is that normal?
[Nexus S General] KBanause:
Screenshot: Press VolDown+Power and keep then pushed until the screenshot has been taken

Launcher: The default launcher is not capable of doing landscape. If you want landscape in the launcher then try Nova Launcher. You can find it here
[Nexus S General] kibmcz:
There is also Trebuchet Launcher (Official CM9 Launcher) it works quite well on rooted stock Nexus s ICS.
[Nexus S General] KBanause:
But Nova Launcher does not need to be installed into /system/app ;)

It CAN be installed as a system app but it's not a requirement. And I am using CM9 Alfa 18 but in my opinion Nova Launcher is the better one.
[Nexus S General] kibmcz:
Tho Nova Launcher when installed in user land kinda sucks due to widget picking being a list rather than previews.
[Nexus S General] ranasrule:
i read a while back that Google was no longer pushing our ICS for the Nexus S due to some issues with battery life....has this been fixed ?
[Nexus S General] kibmcz:
Yea there was reports that the update was being held back.. as per the issue not sure of the actual issue since there are many reports that battery life has been great for them (i get great battery life too).
[Nexus S General] Sorelcta:
i cant enter in recovery mode. a black screen appear and it`s remain 5 minutes and after that the phone power on.
[Nexus S General] KBanause:
Do you have a Nexus S i9023 (the one with a SLCD)?

Then you are in recovery but the backlight is not turned on. It's a known bug, discussed everywhere in the media. You should have read it somewhere ;)

Greetings,

KBanause
[Nexus S General] madd0g:
I'm talking about a stock full 4.0.3 update from Google servers, that it's meant to be installed from versions prior 2.3.6. It contains the new bootloader and radio. So yeah, I know what I'm talking about.
[Nexus S General] ravmania:
I just bought a brand new Nexus S and it's running 2.3.1. I've tried looking for software updates but it just says my system is currently up to date.

I want to get to 2.3.6 so I can then upgrade to ICS. Can anyone help?
[Nexus S General] bmett:
what ever you say, im telling you now your problem is your not at 2.3.6 you can not upgrade with the update from any custom rom or previous version other than 2.3.6. I know cause I had that problem
[Nexus S General] Sorelcta:
yes i have that model... and do you have a link with solution?

and olso i wanna go back to 2.3.6 . i found this link : kishanrathod.blogspot.com/2011/12/downgrade-nexus-s-from-403-to-236.html[/url] do you think it will works?
[Nexus S General] KBanause:
There is currently no solution for the failing backlight in recovery other than installing a custom recovery.

Greetings,

KBanause
[Nexus S General] baklap:
Ok guys at risc that i am asking the obvious i still do. I got my Nexus s I9023 and i noticed there was a 4.3 ics download available. Now when there is a OTA it saves all my settings and apps. Being the fact that the Nexus s does not have external storage that you can pull (as my desire did) i am reluctant to upgrade. Simple question.. when i upgrade the .zip method does it keep all my settings and apps?

Sorry if this question is redundant, i have tried to read all 169 pages but got lost in radios, versions and fails.

Thx in advance!
[Nexus S General] sparks2005:
Just got a new Nexus s its running 2.3.1 can I update to 4.0 from there?
[Nexus S General] madd0g:
Android 4.0.3/IML74K/XXKI1 Radio/KL1 Bootloader

Official, signed, can flash with ClockworkMod or stock recovery. Contains recovery, radio and bootloader.

From : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1063664

You can flash this from any version.

Why would someone upgrade to 2.3.6 and then to 4.0.3 is a mystery for me.
[Nexus S General] ACNexus:
Hi,

I am based in the UK and have an unlocked stock Nexus S I9020 (a.k.a I9020T). I had the OTA update for ICS 4.0.3 come through on 20th Dec which I downloaded but it failed to install because I believe Google pulled the update from my region. Anyway on the 24th Dec I decided to manually install the update following the instructions at the beginning of this thread. I have been using the new ICS interface for the last few days and I have to say I am more than pleased.

My phone seems more responsive and faster to load data and apps i.e. browser, email, etc. The interface looks very fresh and slick. Its brilliant.

I have no problems with it except I can see the battery is draining faster than it did before and the Android OS is using up 20-30% battery whereas previously it was only using 3-5%. However it is not a major problem for me as for my usage I still get a full day out of my Nexus and i always have my phone on charge overnight anyway.

The only other problems are the Auto-brightness setting seems to keep the screen very dark and the caller ID does not pick up the names out of my contacts so displays the number instead of the caller name. However I found I could resolve this problem if I changed the phone numbers to an international code format i.e. +44 790806345 instead of 0790806345.

So no major problems for me. I will continue to use ICS on my Nexus S and hopefully Google will solve the battery issues and other bugs in a patch release soon.
[Nexus S General] Gryphie:
Yes, you get to keep your apps and settings.
[Nexus S General] baklap:
Hmm re-reading the thread i noticed the back light problem in recovery... Seems to be I9023 related. Man.. i wanna but i am chicken :)