yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Nexus S General] madd0g:
Funny thing is, that as from today afternoon contacts calling me aren't displayed anymore if they're on another operators network. All numbers are with a country prefix. It worked fine even this morning, so I have no ****ing idea whats up with ICS now.

[Edit] Ok, I've found the issue, seems like other operators numbers need to have also the leading zero (I used the contacts for more then a year without them just fine). Might be my operators fault.
[Nexus S General] _android_:
Get update/full rom from here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1063664

For I9020T or I9023: Android 4.0.3/IML74K/XXKI1 Radio/KL1 Bootloader
[Nexus S General] joshzz28:
The Nexus S i9023 has 512MB RAM but how much ROM does it have? the Samsung Galaxy S i9000 supposedly has 2GB ROM so are they the same then???
[Nexus S General] kibmcz:
Rom storage space is 528mb ( according to titanium backup).
[Nexus S General] joshzz28:
Thanks So much for that!!! How do I thank you I'm using the xda app but can't find the thank you option
[Nexus S General] heinst:
Tap on the post and hit thanks.
[Nexus S General] KBanause:
It's 503 MiB for /system and 1007 MiB for /data

Greetings,

KBanause
[Nexus S General] joshzz28:
@KBanause OK how do I see that on my phone then I have astro file manager can I use that to see the available ROM?
[Nexus S General] KBanause:
Open any terminal emulator and enter:

df

Then you get a list of all available partitions, where they are mounted, how big they are and how much free space have.

You can even use adb.

Greetings,

KBanause
[Nexus S General] kibmcz:
Titanium backup will also show System Rom,Data, and SD capacity/free.
[Nexus S General] irwinfeliz:
Nexus S System Update

Hello guys.

I've just recieved the new OTA Ice cream Sandwich 4.0.3 las sunday 25th, and it's pretty amazing. I have and Nexus S:

Baseband I9020XXKI1

Build number IML74K

The only thing i would like to know is about the face recognition tool, beacuse i can't find it. So maybe is not include for the Nexus S.

Very Nice!
[Nexus S General] kibmcz:
Yep wasn't included most likely due to the low res front camera.
[Nexus S General] joshzz28:
Hey thanks again!!! I downloaded this terminal emulator app from the Market and tried what you said that was really helpful...I'll give you a thank you once I'm at the desktop coz I can't seem to do it through the XdA app for some reason...
[Nexus S General] snowmanwithahat:
Any rumors yet on when the NS4g might be seeing the update? ... patiently waiting on Bugless GB
[Nexus S General] sidzcool:
Any ics update for nexus s non rooted I9020A??
[Nexus S General] Warren_Orange:
Is the battery drain bug only on certain handsets?

I've had my phone on 18h 35m and its still on 68%. That is probably light use.

Don't know if that is good or bad as I only bought the phone yesterday and put ICS straight onto it.

I have got the auto brightness bug though - its way too dim when enabled.

Any idea when Google will bring out another update?

Cheers.
[Nexus S General] jlaudio27:
Whoa whoa whoa, a 9020? Really?

EDIT: My bad forgot the T-mo is 9020t damn!
[Nexus S General] luckyvictor:
Hi

I think I have followed your instruction exactly, but I received this error message

-- Install from sdcard...

Finding update package...

Opening update package...

Installing update...

assert failed: file_getprop("/system/build.prop"

, "ro.build.fingerprint")=="google/soju/crespo:

2.3.6/GRK39F/189904:user/release-keys" ||

file_getprop("/system/build.prop", "ro.build.fin

gerprint")=="google/soju/crespo:4.0.3/IML74K/

239410:user/release-keys"

E:Error in /sdcard/update.zip

(Status 7)

Installation aborted.

I just bought this Nexus S yesterday, didn't do anything like rooting.

Android Version

2.3.1

Baseband Version

I9020XXJK8

Kernel Version

2.6.35.7-g7f1638a android-build@apa28 #1

Build number

GRH78
[Nexus S General] Matridom:
You need to be on 2.3.6 for that particular ota. 2.3.1 won't cut it.

Sent from my Nexus S
[Nexus S General] joshzz28:
Just a question along the same lines guys...according to this link...

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

The Nexus S i9023, i9020a and the i9020T were All on BUILD GRK39F With Android GB 2.3.6 /

So is it possible tha the TMo ICS update that we can manually install on the Nexus S i9023 also agree with the i9020a (provided ofcourse that it is already running Gingerbread 2.3.6) following this Logic or is there something I'm missing? I remember something about radios that did not match somewhere but its a very vague memory...
[Nexus S General] bendirkss:
help please

can someone help me, every time i try to install this i just get an error saying installation aborted
[Nexus S General] bozzykid:
What model of Nexus S? How are you installing it? Which file did you download?
[Nexus S General] fluidd:
Does this work for Fido Version.. I9020A?
[Nexus S General] kibmcz:
As of current no.. but there is mod roms out there that work on the i9020a (such as mine and many others).

I look forward to the official ota for i920a :).
[Nexus S General] fluidd:
Sweet! Thanks for the reply.. Was looking into flashing this for my buddy..

What about the AWS version?
[Nexus S General] kibmcz:
The i9020t/i9023 (aws) is the only one covered by the ota right now so its good go go.
[Nexus S General] gazneale:
Will this work on a UK i9020?

And will future OTA updates come through alright?
[Nexus S General] pp1713:
I'm also waiting on the official OTA for i9020A. Any news when it will happen?
[Nexus S General] rapidreinsta:
I downloaded the ZIP for 9020T and renamed it to update.zip

I am on stock 2.3.4 and when I try udating it fails.

Also I haven't seen the OTA come through.

Any suggestions?
[Nexus S General] KBanause:
Maybe someone should add to the first post that this OTA is only from 2.3.6 to 4.0.3 (or is the search function broken again?)...
[Nexus S General] rapidreinsta:
Okay I'll have to step up to 2.3.6 but do I need stock recovery and stock kernels on 2.3.6 to be able to upgrade to 4.0.3?

It's hard to find a signed package zip which I can directly flash using stock recovery.

Help is appreciated.
[Nexus S General] KBanause:
Really?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1063664
[Nexus S General] rapidreinsta:
Yeah this is what I tried and it failed in verification. Strange, I'll clear Dalvik n stuff and try again.

Thanks so far.
[Nexus S General] alzakx:
So my by the look of things, I'd say that no one has received the official OTA update in these last few days. I refer to the update that actually installs on your NS, not just the notification with no installation.

If someone got the notification and the official OTA just recently and installed it, can you please check if you got 4.0.4 or some different build of 4.0.3?

I bet there OTA is still halted.
[Nexus S General] rapidreinsta:
It upgraded after few tries.

Now NS has lost ability to pair with PC. USB Device not recognized. Same error in Fastboot mode. Yeah Drivers are correct, SDK in place, cable is fine, windows is new instance.
[Nexus S General] kktk:
I am on stock 2.3.1 on my Nexus S.

I got the OTA update from Google 6 days ago.

If the update is only for 2.3.6 and up to 4.0.3--then why is this option available to me?
[Nexus S General] KBanause:
There are several options:

1. You will get several updates until you are at version 2.3.6. Then you can update to 4.0.3

2. You get an update to 2.3.6 after which you have to update to 4.0.3

3. Your OTA updates you directly to 4.0.3

But the OTA file from post #1 is definitely only from 2.3.6 to 4.0.3

Greetings,

KBanause
[Nexus S General] jurica_m:
I know it's off ftom theme but I was yesterday rooted my Nexus S and can someone tell me which ROM is great for this device? I flashed MIUI but it is not so good, better work on Desire. Which is probably best and smooth ROM for Nexus? Appologize for bad English and question. Thank you a lot.
[Nexus S General] joshzz28:
I read somewhere that people on Gingerbread 2.3.6 with the Nexus S had a problem going tothe recovery mode in bootloader on account of the screen going blank with the capacitive buttons lit up...I am presentyl on ICS 4.0.3 manually installed ofcourse and just wen into the recovery for the heck of it and the same blank screen thing happened to me?? what gives?? Is it not restricted to the OS running or is it the phone itself...the reason i'm confused i that it went into revoery when i was on gingerbread to upgrade to ICS so why not in ICS then?
[Nexus S General] kktk:
Im hoping its option #3. It doesnt make sense for an OTA to be pushed to me if it cant be upgraded in the first place.
[Nexus S General] KBanause:
I was using a HTC Desire before the Nexus S. I wanted to sell it and because I have installed a custom ROM, I reinstalled the latest full ROM by HTC (which wasn't the latest version) and I got several OTAs before I was on the latest version...

Greetings,

KBanause
[Nexus S General] trixxtrix:
why!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

when i select the file update.zip it says that the installation was aborted!!

:mad::mad::mad:
[Nexus S General] deani77:
Are you on stock recovery or custom recovery... Because I get that error when using custom recovery.

My solution download ROM from this thread
[Nexus S General] StillDRE:
Anyone having any problems open links from mail?

When i receive a mail(gmail) with a link in(a reply has come on a forum) i push it and the browser open, just after a couple of seconds the browser stops and there is just a blank white page. Then I have to go back and push the link again, over and over again until the site comes up. This is with the stock browser, I have tried both wlan and 3G.

Any ideas?
[Nexus S General] p.pavljasevic:
Hi, i am also experiencing almost the same thing. When browsing using the stock browser and hitting a link it opens the page but its blank. Then after zooming in and out again everything is displayed.

Is this a known bug?

P.
[Nexus S General] marcelnn:
Can anyone from Romania confirm whether they got the OTA or not? Doesn't matter if you're on Vodafone, Orange, etc.

Thanks.
[Nexus S General] archaeus:
I'm on Vodafone Romania and no OTA yet.
[Nexus S General] dk206:
can I update straight from 2.3.1 firmware? to flash ICS update.zip from recovery mode?

or do i need to update to 2.3.4 (FIRST)...:( I dun wanna...

It worked thank you!
[Nexus S General] alzakx:
So yeah... apparently no new official OTAs, and i9020A is still stranded
[Nexus S General] BullHorn7:
I'm still using this and it's still killing my battery. :(

Any suggestions or alternatives?
[Nexus S General] benrees21:
Battery munched lol.

Sent from my Nexus S on Ultimate ICS ROM, Morfic's Bareback TEUV ICS Kernel and some help from Tapatalk!
[Nexus S General] diegodbm:
I did exacltly what you did... but now I have no radio...

Question: in CWM i have to update o install .zip?
[Nexus S General] kibmcz:
Download the appropriate radio from http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1116884 and flash it according to the instructions they provide there.

Loosing the radio is a common side effect of this ota update.
[Nexus S General] joshzz28:
check this out

http://blogs.computerworld.com/19513/samsung_galaxy_s_ice_cream_sandwich?source=rss_blogs

---------- Post added at 02:57 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:53 PM ----------

can smoeon help me learn how to post a pic on the forum? it keeps asking me for a url of my image...what if my image doesnt have a url and its on my computers hard drive?!?!
[Nexus S General] kibmcz:
It seems the official Jenga game kinda doesn't like ICS... it runs after that graphics corruption tho.
[Nexus S General] |l|i|l|:
Why? That's the Galaxy S. We are selfish and only care about the Nexus S. :D
[Nexus S General] galactic.surfeur:
hum don't works on my Fido Nexus S ...

Version: 2.3.6

Baseband: I9020AUCKF1

Build Number: GRK39F

Kernel: 2.6.35.7-gf5f63ef android-build@apa28 #1

Another version to try or just wait the OTA ?
[Nexus S General] KBanause:
According to your baseband version I would say you have a 9020A

The update.zip provided here is for the 9020T/9023

Greetings,

KBanause
[Nexus S General] galactic.surfeur:
aww.. so no choice to wait the OTA.. :/
[Nexus S General] joshzz28:
These are Battery Usage Statistics with Airplane (Offline) mode on Between 4:30am to 11:30am and with 3G on All Day...Its not that bad actually but Airplane mode really helps especially if you have automatic toggling for the scheduled time you set.

What about polling the 3G? creating intervals between which it could be in use? Does anyone know of a good app for that? Because quite frankly not many apps are working with Android 4.0.3 :-/
[Nexus S General] KBanause:
Take a look at THIS:
[Nexus S General] heinst:
What kernel and rom you using?
[Nexus S General] KBanause:
It's not my phone :(

But the guy who owns the phone is using stock ICS and a self built kernel based on the stock kernel with some tweaks (I'm using his kernel on stock ICS too) and it's not really ready for public yet.

To be clear: The phone was sitting idle. He just wanted to see how long the battery can last and in real life usage I just came to 24 hours and still have had 10% left.
[Nexus S General] alzakx:
So, no one else got the official OTA recently?
[Nexus S General] joshzz28:
Wow that's interesting!!! Standby with network on or off? 5days is insane!!!
[Nexus S General] KBanause:
As you can see in the screenshot WiFi and Network Signal were on all the time (and he's on a 3G only network)

edit:

Here's a bigger Screenshot
[Nexus S General] Alicklee:
Does anyone know if this update applies to the Telus version of the nexus s? Thanks
[Nexus S General] pp1713:
This update don't work on the telus nexus s. It is only for the i9020T (T-mobile version), Telus is i9020A.
[Nexus S General] damambt:
My nexus s is a i9020a on AT&T and all I had to do was flash 19020AUCKE1 radio. So, you don't really know what you're talking about do you?
[Nexus S General] kibmcz:
I went the other route... took boot image and a system dump to make my own rooted rom (then later on manually flashed bootloader).

Was more fun and safer for me LOL
[Nexus S General] damambt:
Nice move. Where theres a will theres a way.
[Nexus S General] oxyung:
still waiting the 9020a verison.
[Nexus S General] KrishhBhola:
For the people who's getting evertyime aborted!

Try this! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GFhjaNNyuA

Download link in description! Works great!

Only thing that you have to do is copy the update.zip to your phone!
[Nexus S General] pp1713:
The question was if the file worked on i9020A. Which it doesn't? This, of course as you stated doesn't mean that you can't make it work. But I think most people asking about it are just not willing to go through the trouble of rooting, updating and flashing the proper radio.
[Nexus S General] jojop1996:
need help

so I tried to update my phone to this but I got a message saying ...

assert failed: file_ getprop ("/system/build.prop", "to.build.fingerprint") == "Google/Sony/crespo: 2.3.6/GRK39F/189904:user/release-keys" | | file_getprop("/system/build.prop", "ro.build.fingerprint") == "google/soju/crespo/:4.0.3/IML74K/239410:user/releas-keys"

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

(Status 7)

Installation aborted.
[Nexus S General] damambt:
Well then I guess many will have to wait. But if you muster the courage to do the work and find yourself in trouble, there's a whole community thats willing to help. Like I said before, it works and it works very well. The only thing that changes is the radio and there's always the option of having it rooted or not.
[Nexus S General] kyokeun1234:
I'm just waiting for i9020a version of ics to come :-\
[Nexus S General] joshzz28:
Something went terribly wrong here...

That is approximately the amount of time I was sleeping for!!! The phone was awake the whole time!!! Damn it!!! Why does the Nexus S do this? Any explanations about this keeping awake thing???
[Nexus S General] evcz:
That is a feature of ics.

Everyone (except a few lucky users) is getting that both on nexus s and galaxy nexus

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1399118
[Nexus S General] kibmcz:
I remember sorta seeing that early on when i upgraded my i9020a but now it seems to have totally normalized.
[Nexus S General] joshzz28:
thats the thing man its just that it used to be fine when i got it, its just now that it started to act this way. I'm trying to remember what I did to make it do that, it was in fact in flight mode without wifi but i did have an app running in the background, called timed tasks which actually put the phone into flight mode at the scheduled time...
[Nexus S General] Eniac77:
Do you guys have Swype by any chance? Just a stab in the dark, but I was reading around the forums and it seemed that some users experienced problems with Swype trying to do stuff in the background (just throwing it out there).
[Nexus S General] KBanause:
I tried to get another keyboard for swype but I ended up being in a download queue all the time. And since I need a german layout (which I can't get) swype is out of option for me.
[Nexus S General] Miguel05:
My Nexus s is rooted ... Can I uptate with the official version ? Thanks
[Nexus S General] KBanause:
Only if you have a stock 2.3.6 ROM and a 9020t/9023 (but you will lose root)
[Nexus S General] Miguel05:
Thanks for the answer ;) Yes I have stock 2.3.6 and I'm anxious to install ICS , but I don't know which room I'm gonna choose . The official one , or some costum rom .
[Nexus S General] Eniac77:
I am stuck in the same boat, but I think I am going to patiently wait for official CM9... That's going to be sick.:D

But I can't believe Google hasn't sent the OTA for the I9020A and the 4G yet. Well Google did say on October 19 that the Nexus S would receive the ICS OTA "within weeks" and it has been and it took them nearly nine weeks. Since they said the Nexus S OTA would roll out over a month, how long you figure it will take them to actually get it all out? I am guessing three to four months:rolleyes:... by then CM9 will probably be done -- lol.
[Nexus S General] kibmcz:
That's why i cooked up my own rom using boot image and system dump from i9020t version for my i9020a... Was tired of waiting :).
[Nexus S General] mELIANTE:
When dafuq will Google update this buggy OTA? Been getting my battery drained every time I get an MMS and, being as it can't be downloaded, the Messages app keeps my phone awake and it slurps the battery out in no time if I don't, by chance, notice there is a MMS trying to download. It doesn't even notify my that there is an incoming MMS standing there for ages!!

Jeezus!!:mad:
[Nexus S General] Skillz1318:
I've started using an iPhone 4S as my daily phone as I was fed up with 2.3.6. Phone was lagging randomly, browser wasn't fluid, and I missed a lot of iOS apps. I hope the OTA update comes out soon for the 9020A. If it doesn't I will probably just sell the Nexus S and stick with the iPhone...the more I use it the less I miss android.
[Nexus S General] tailsthecat3:
I like the specs. I'd like to hear more about what you like about the iPhone 4s besides the specs, over Android. Fluidity, right? I love its CPU/gpu.
[Nexus S General] Skillz1318:
I used an iPhone, iPhone 3G, and iPhone 4 and then grew tired of iOS and switched to the Nexus S as soon as the 9020A became available as I am on AT&T and did not want to switch to T-Mobile. The openness of the android OS always intrigued me, as well as some of the tweaks you are capable of without jailbreaking/rooting your phone such as weather/information on your lock screen, widgets, and flash on the device.

When I first picked up the Nexus S I immediately loved the device, the screen was beautiful, the widgets were soooo cool, and flash was nice. Once the novelty of having the weather on my lock screen wore off and having the power toggle widget for wifi I really started to miss the "fluidity" and "polish" in iOS. Android for the most part is pretty fast, but iOS just seems smoother to me. It never lags, hiccups, or freezes. I began to grow tired of the laggy browser and stuttering when using pinch to zoom on web sites as 95% of my phone use is browsing the web.

I decided to switch to the iPhone 4S as work provided me one for free. I immediately forgot how smooth the whole iOS experience is. Yes, it is cool to have live weather on your desktop, or calendar schedule on your lock screen, but I noticed myself not missing those things. I want my phone to work, provide a lag-free experience, and I also find the overall quality of iOS apps to be greater than their android counterparts. Also I love the Retina screen of the iPhone 4/4S and the resolution is definitely noticeable and something I didn't realize I missed.

I keep hoping that ICS will bring an additional level of polish to android OS, but for now I may stick with the iPhone 4S. Browsing the web with the safari browser is a much cleaner and faster experience in my opinion, and although flash on the Nexus S is a nice feature, I rarely used it and when I did often ran into issues where the flash video was choppy and un-watchable.

I will keep my Nexus S until ICS OTA is released and swap in my SIM card to give the phone a trial run for 1-2 weeks to see if I miss my iPhone, but right now I don't miss Android.

I am not trying to bash Android in any way and I think I have enough time with both devices to provide my unbiased opinion. Any questions let me know.

Brett
[Nexus S General] klehtoranta:
I have iPhone 4 currently on my work sim and Nexus S on my private sim. I just wanted to say that you have written exactly what I feel about these phones.

I'm seriously thinking about getting the Galaxy Nexus but I'm really fond of nexus S weight and size. I mean I get that people want bigger and better screens but nexus s is just good fit for me and my pocket.
[Nexus S General] Skillz1318:
Exactly why I kept my nexus s. I don't want a larger phone. Hoping ics improves nexus s usability.
[Nexus S General] amedika:
Any fellow NS users got any update or are we still sticking with "battery issues brah blah brah delayed i9020A and 4G" ...I'm wondering if a phone will launch with ICS before we get the update? That would be upsetting!
[Nexus S General] kd.fadi:
@Skillz1318

this page is not for compare phones,

i hate iphone i hate ios i hate apple

i love open source i love to feel free

thank you Google and thank you Android

for me until now, my nexus S i9023 is the best smartphone ever
[Nexus S General] KBanause:
I was able to get an iPhone 4S into my hands. It might look nobler than my Nexus S but there are 5 things I don'tlike about it:

Apple

iOS

all the glass makes it very heavy

all the glass makes it slippery

Apple

:D :D

+1

But we're getting too much offtopic ;)
[Nexus S General] Skillz1318:
Sorry I'm just frustrated and upset I bought a google phone for quick updates and it's been a let down. Keeping my fingers crossed ics ota resumes this week.

Edit: I also was comparing phones not hating on anyone. Sorry for going off topic though.
[Nexus S General] rasengan82:
Really tired of waiting, just flashed CM9 and also tried out the vanilla ROM in the NS4G dev forum. All of them are very stable so I do not think the official OTA will make a difference in performance or usability at all.
[Nexus S General] heinst:
Try androidme its amazing.
[Nexus S General] wasssabi:
Yes Yes Yes!!! Been waiting for a legit update for so long!
[Nexus S General] jlaudio27:
Is this an actual ROM? Google showed nothing

I'm currently running Bugless Beast, everything seems to be working, but I have noticed that CrossTxt doesn't seem to work anymore and my sync seems delayed, not getting email notifications, or getting them HOURS after I got the email, though I can't be 100% that its definitely the ROM and not something else.
[Nexus S General] heinst:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1421564
[Nexus S General] 1125you:
I think stock ics is the best

Im gonna try it