yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Nexus S Android Development] 4I-I:
Probably depends on the rom.... but for me its just as smooth if not smoother... i also love the multitasking etc!
[Nexus S Android Development] aic719:
Actually its smoother in certain cases but not so much in others. Like as said above it handles multi tasking better. But my phone sometimes takes like 3-5 seconds to ID the number on an incoming call.

Sent from my ice creamed Nexus S sandwich
[Nexus S Android Development] aic719:
Sent from my ice creamed Nexus S sandwich
[Nexus S Android Development] dfmocanu:
I don't think so. I'm getting 1-2MB/s max copy speed.
[Nexus S Android Development] armoredkin:
I love ICS stock much better than GB. Smoother UI, great browser, good battery life (i dont know why many people complain about the battery life). I only hate the auto brightness, thats it. Looking forward for MIUI ROM v4
[Nexus S Android Development] armoredkin:
Mine too. Smooth like butter!
[Nexus S Android Development] bdpyo:
2 questions.

1. Are any of the modified single screen launchers from the original ICS dump compatible with this? (I hate having 14 screens and when previously applied it changed my widgets to odd numbers that were too big for the screen)

2. Is Glados ICS kernal reccomended with this? If not suggestions to stay stock or modified are welcomed. Thanks

Oh also, running this on a I9020A. :D
[Nexus S Android Development] brainmaster:
Input Method Selection patch for the Notification area. By default its disabled in the ROM because I find it a little bit annoying. If you want it back, install the patch.

Link in the second post.
[Nexus S Android Development] omlet:
this rom is compatible with GLaDOS V2.1?

if yes, do you recommand BFS or CFS?

and just flash or wipe something before?

very great update yesterday! Great work!!

thanks from belgium
[Nexus S Android Development] brainmaster:
Yes, its compatible. BFS for more free memory, CFS for multi-tasking - as you like.

Just flash.
[Nexus S Android Development] fatypaul:
after glados 2.1, I am getting reboot every 5 minutes; back to stock (and everything is fine).
[Nexus S Android Development] omlet:
I don't have any reboot but my wifi icon is grey and 3g data also and I don't have date anymore
[Nexus S Android Development] IIIV:
Thanks for the info. Will flash your ROM today and let you know how it goes on my I9020T.

P.S. Since Google has paused* the release of ICS 4.0.3, I suppose you'll be doing a custom stock ROM base on the next official ICS release(?) :p

*Source: http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Google+Mobile/thread?tid=4173d37ad6ba4e85&hl=en
[Nexus S Android Development] cap11:
Fine version! With the first one i had the "no calendar sync" issue. This one (at least till now) works. :-)
[Nexus S Android Development] brainmaster:
Of course, when the full ROM gets out.
[Nexus S Android Development] Ezekeel:
Any idea why according to user reports your ROM does disable the camera module correctly when not in use while the stock ROM fails to do so?
[Nexus S Android Development] Lalaca:
Mystery solved. Sweet stuff, Brainmaster!

Not having the notification prompt wouldn't be as bad if we still had the long-press input area option as well, but Google seems to have overthought that one this time... >.>;;
[Nexus S Android Development] brainmaster:
Probably has something to do with my tweaks:

- I'm forcing the GPU rendering of the GUI.

- Also, I have modified the egl.cfg file and left only the PoweVR driver active.

That's the only thing that crossed my mind.
[Nexus S Android Development] IIIV:
Just flashed this and was getting FC with Busybox. I re-installed it and it's now working (though, I'm not really sure if I should've done this).

Update: Flashed over GLaDOS 2.2 and overclocked to 1.2 GHz and app drawer lag is totally gone.
[Nexus S Android Development] yongxian:
I flashed it, but found no improvement to SD card speed. this is the reason why i flashed. what a :confused:.
[Nexus S Android Development] sspikey:
Your CM9 is still so damn stable for me I am scared to even flash anything else right now!
[Nexus S Android Development] aic719:
Actually its an AOSP build not cm9

Sent from my ice creamed Nexus S sandwich
[Nexus S Android Development] allenxx:
its really nice and its what i wanted :) but the ram size and the speed needs to be tweaked although i understand its gotta be stock...but overall its great! The receptions is whole lot better. Thanks Brianmaster
[Nexus S Android Development] jitzbox:
Somehow i am missing on the MIUI after moving on to Stock ICS. Few of the features which are very basic should have been included like battery percentage remaining, a better dialer app, lag, battery drain, etc. There are ofcourse good features available here, but 4.0.3 with ICS should be awesome :).
[Nexus S Android Development] 1PATRIK:
Wait for proper ICS MIUI..
[Nexus S Android Development] ruud:
kernel

i am using this rom with GlaDos 2.2 as kernell and it works even better, but also still missing a little bit MIUI
[Nexus S Android Development] armoredkin:
I'm missing sleep timer on MIUI music :p
[Nexus S Android Development] ehsangolpesar12:
Hi,

I am have rooted stock 4.0.3 on i9023.

could I flash this ROM without wiping user data or its necessary to preform format /system, /data, /cache, /boot?
[Nexus S Android Development] falconrulz:
Video recording has some problem. dunno its weird... Records for about 4 seconds then FCs, can anyone help? :)
[Nexus S Android Development] brainmaster:
You can try just to install it without wiping, if you get problems, then wipe.
[Nexus S Android Development] falconrulz:
Its always better to wipe... I know its time consuming...
[Nexus S Android Development] ehsangolpesar12:
thanks, I have already wiped and installed, why I cant reinstall my stock backup?
[Nexus S Android Development] falconrulz:
I didn't quite get you, restoring backup of what from where?
[Nexus S Android Development] brainmaster:
Stock Kernels for ICS (in the 3rd post):

If you want to go back to the stock kernel, here are some of them:

1. Kernel 3.0.8 Stock from ICS 4.0.3

2. Kernel 3.1.3 Stock from eugene - htcclay explaining the benefits of 3.1.3 kernel
[Nexus S Android Development] armoredkin:
Happy holiday! Thanks for your great optimized stock ROM.
[Nexus S Android Development] aic719:
Happy holidays dude.

Sent from my ice creamed Nexus S sandwich
[Nexus S Android Development] chrisgtl:
Enjoy the vacation, hope you have a good time!!
[Nexus S Android Development] ijama:
Have a good trips and happy holiday from all of us here in xda..

Sent from my Nexus S
[Nexus S Android Development] thephantom:
Enjoy the holidays!

Sent from either my Nexus S or my YP-G70
[Nexus S Android Development] rrohanjs:
is is better to b on stock kernel or the latest glados .. ive been on stock since few days and i want better battery life .. will i get it from glados ??? please can i get some reviews from people who have tried another kernel .. thnx a lot ..

i cnt try a kernel since m travelling so need a stable phone ... hence the question
[Nexus S Android Development] samatbekl:
wifi issue

i cant find my wifi network on any ics rom, gb was fine though.

what should i do?
[Nexus S Android Development] 1PATRIK:
You should give your exact device info: Device ver: ROM, KERNEL, etc.
[Nexus S Android Development] EdForce1:
Sweet, i'm trying this! Hopefully it'll give me some needed performance boost in comparison to official OTA. :)

Btw, on first boot with this ROM i got poor and buggy Wifi performance, after a reboot much better!
[Nexus S Android Development] dinuvali:
Battery life is better on GlaDoS without any drawbacks as far as i can see. Been running GlaDoS 2.2 for 2 days without any out-of-the-ordinary issues.
[Nexus S Android Development] IIIV:
Which GLaDOS 2.2 did you flash? BFS or CFS?

Over BM's Stock ICS ROM, I have GLaDOS 2.2 CFS overclocked 200 MHz min to 1200 MHz max with Lazy and Deep Idle on, and everything has been smooth so far since I flashed it 2 days ago.
[Nexus S Android Development] kalinusa:
Just discovered a quick issue with the WiFi Tether

Click check-mark to TurnOn Wifi Tether....it says turning on... and then immediately it shuts off the tethering.

I am using the latest stock 3.0.13 Kernel

ICS 4.0.3 everything else is sweet awesome!!!

Bluetooth tether works great, also the WiFi tether latest beta works awesome too.

simply wondering if other people can do the wifi tether (preferably with the security enabled).
[Nexus S Android Development] Taijohnsen:
BT service

BM, are you doing anything tricky that would stop a little bluetooth service from running, or kill it?

I use Poweramp and have it set to resume playback on BT device connect which runs a little micro service..

I'm not sure if it's a Poweramp / ICS bug or something in your tweaks..

Cheers mate,

Tai
[Nexus S Android Development] mattkroeder:
Is it just me or or does anyone else find that the adfree hosts only works on WIFI?

3G = ads in ICS browser

Wifi = no ads in ICS browser

Weird.
[Nexus S Android Development] kufel:
How to enable buttons to become notification LEDs

How ca thhis be done on this ROM?

Thanx!!
[Nexus S Android Development] IIIV:
You'll need to install a custom kernel, like GLaDOS:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1336529

...and then use NSTools, which you can download from the Market.
[Nexus S Android Development] Lxus:
Awesome ROM, fast and stable.

But I still didn't make it to run DSPManager without problems.

Extracted the APK from another actual ICS Rom, placed it at system/APP and gave it all permissions just in case but whenever I try to change an option, it FC.

Anyone can help?
[Nexus S Android Development] rikardo1979:
I have flashed the GLaDOS 2.2 CFS and I dont use any overclock but I have a lot of random reboots ???

Did you experienced simillar issues ?
[Nexus S Android Development] ilnanny:
the first link is broken. please fix for download.

thanks

Inviato dal mio Nexus S I9023 usando Xda Premium.
[Nexus S Android Development] irizwan:
mmm all the links work for me :-s
[Nexus S Android Development] ilnanny:
please. do you write. the first link?

http.. etc etc.. many thanks

Inviato dal mio Nexus S I9023 usando Xda Premium.
[Nexus S Android Development] chrisgtl:
Full link

http://brainmaster.euroskank.com/MIUI/Stock_ICS/ICS.4.0.3.IML74K.Radio.Bootloader.zip
[Nexus S Android Development] 1PATRIK:
I can consider this ROM with STOCK kernel as stable. Up and running now 201 hrs straight. Battery life is good with automatic screen rotation disabled, can do up to one and half days, which is ok to me. All I want is stable ROM and this is it :) Thanks BM!
[Nexus S Android Development] encinocr:
@Brainmaster

here comes a new update, or is only MIUI developed?

Happy New Year :cool:
[Nexus S Android Development] IIIV:
This ROM has been perfect for my I9020T. I can only see this being better if Google releases a new official ROM and Brainmaster tweaks it.
[Nexus S Android Development] 4I-I:
Im getting NFC and android.phone FCs on glados matr1x and eugenes kernel...:-/ but seems great bisides that!

sent while eating an ice cream sandwich in the matr1x
[Nexus S Android Development] azagoth:
Wipe cache&davlik, and reflash rom AND kernel. (No need to wipe data)

It solved the issue for me.

Hope it helps
[Nexus S Android Development] IIIV:
Same issues here with eugene's latest ICUP kernel.
[Nexus S Android Development] tdf666:
In order to get it to work for me I had to do a clean install of the rom again. Flashed rom, rebooted, went back into recovery and cleared cache and dalvik cache.
[Nexus S Android Development] kooskoos1814:
Me too... I reflashed Glados.
[Nexus S Android Development] IIIV:
I've come back to this ROM, mainly because it's the fastest and smoothest overall, especially when browsing content heavy websites (such as http://google.com/news).

Thanks again, brainmaster. Hopefully, you shed some light again on this nice stock ICS ROM of yours.
[Nexus S Android Development] brainmaster:
Of course, when the Google release a new OTA, I'll tweak it and update the ROM.
[Nexus S Android Development] elinho:
Does this one include swedish lang? and a dictionary?
[Nexus S Android Development] hyperyoung:
Great rom

thank you Brainmaster for this work

Can please add toggle no notification bar and reboot on power menu?
[Nexus S Android Development] encinocr:
how can I make a Screenshot with this ROM?
[Nexus S Android Development] IIIV:
hold Power + Volume Down buttons
[Nexus S Android Development] encinocr:
With BM-MIUI this was so. But this does not work BM-Stock anymore.

Only the Volume go down (he forgots the Power-button).:mad:
[Nexus S Android Development] IIIV:
My I9020T is on BM's Stock ICS and it's working for me. Make sure you press the buttons at the same time.
[Nexus S Android Development] encinocr:
Thanks to Hawaii, "the same time" was the problem. :)
[Nexus S Android Development] hyperyoung:
for me it works on my i9023 vol + pwr in the same time

on this rom
[Nexus S Android Development] jedijos:
Has anyone experienced signal drops with this ROM? sometimes when i check the phone there's no signal in a full signal area.

I'm using the latest eugene kernel.
[Nexus S Android Development] IIIV:
I don't. Do you use battery saving apps, like Juice Defender or Green Power?
[Nexus S Android Development] jedijos:
Nope, just what comes with the ROM, could it be a kernel issue?
[Nexus S Android Development] hyperyoung:
i have no problems with it ,stock kernel and matrix kernel
[Nexus S Android Development] IIIV:
My network signal shows all gray on the lockscreen when I just turn on my NS, and the blue bars show up once I unlock it. If this is what you're referring to, it is normal and the same thing happens on stock ICS and other ROMs I've tried.
[Nexus S Android Development] jedijos:
I know that's normal, but my problem is that it doesn't shows bars at all, and in the phone status menu it says "No service".
[Nexus S Android Development] hyperyoung:
@jedijos

i recommend you to install the full stoc with radio from here

then reinstall Brainmaster's Stock ICS 4.0.3 and everything must be fine
[Nexus S Android Development] bringonblink:
Seeing as BM stopping his MIUI rom, figured ill try his stock for now :)

BM, is this going to still be updated ? Thanks
[Nexus S Android Development] brainmaster:
Yes, when the next OTA is out.
[Nexus S Android Development] daniel3ric:
I have been using this for a while now, recently with eugene's kernel, and a few personal mods, mostly trebuchet, T9 and facebook integration.

It is very stable and doing perfectly its job.

A big thank you !
[Nexus S Android Development] 4I-I:
Is there news on a new ota?

sent while eating an ice cream sandwich in the matr1x
[Nexus S Android Development] sawalke4:
Sorry for the noob question. I have a i9020a from AT&T. I am selling this to a friend, and he wants me to upgrade it to ICS. He uses T-mobile, which I believe uses different frequency for 3g data. So should I flash this ROM with radio and bootloader for i9020t for the 3g to work for T-mobile (USA). Thanks.
[Nexus S Android Development] sluma:
Sad to say that it will not work. The At&T and T-mobile variants have different radio hardware
[Nexus S Android Development] ValenteL:
Deleted Sorry.
[Nexus S Android Development] mixtapes08:
Dont flash the radio or bootloader version bec youll your imei. Bec i9020a have diff radio.

Sent from my NSICS.
[Nexus S Android Development] sawalke4:
thanks that answers my question
[Nexus S Android Development] fluidd:
Does this work for GSM i9020A (Canadian version)??
[Nexus S Android Development] azagoth:
Yes.

Rogers version here.
[Nexus S Android Development] monoloco1:
3g at&t & nfc

Will the radio file included in this ROM work with AT&T usa's 3G network? I have the i9020a. Also, does NFC work? Thank You!
[Nexus S Android Development] sean1984:
dl the one without radio and bootloader http://goo.gl/9epAa :D
[Nexus S Android Development] monoloco1:
Thank you!
[Nexus S Android Development] ryanamur:
Ok, I did something wrong.

I have a I9020A on Rogers.

Tried to update to this ROM with CWM. Installed fine. However once I reboot the Nexus S it's stuck in the booting image sequence (multicolour panels flipping). It's just stuck there and has been "booting" for over 20 minutes. I was able to revert back to an earlier stock rom but would like to install this one. I tried 4 times with CWM and got the same result.

Any advice?

Thanks
[Nexus S Android Development] 4I-I:
Did you do a full wipe and flash the version without a radio?

Also did you flash a custom kernel with it? You could try flashing a kernel directly afterwards maybe that helps! ;)

sent while eating an ice cream sandwich in the matr1x
[Nexus S Android Development] ryanamur:
Got it to work. Thanks.

On a side note, is there anyway we can install widgets on this ROM?

Thanks.

EDIT: NVM... found the widgets... hidden on a tab in the app section for those like me that might have problem finding them. :)
[Nexus S Android Development] xda<3:
why would there be any need to flash a radio for the i9020a version? Most rom's don't have the radio.img and they work fine.... i don't get it :confused:
[Nexus S Android Development] ChargingPaladin:
There are versions of this ROM for either case. With the i9020A you DO NOT want to flash the ics radio. In fact, I've found that even the stock UC*** radios don't play nice with the i9020A and ics; I had to switch to XXKB3. That may also be b/c of the ics bootloader though, which I did flash.

tl;dr ics plays weird with radios. YMMV.

Sent from my Nexus (IC)S
[Nexus S Android Development] apatal:
Thanks for this, 'master. After getting tired of looking for bugs in heavily modded custom ROMs, I find your tweaked stock ICS a breath of fresh air. Very stable and user friendly. I'll report in a couple of days on it's performance during my regular day-to-day usage. Cheers!
[Nexus S Android Development] IIIV:
@brainmaster Will you be incorporating the latest Google 4.0.4 update to this ROM or should we wait for 4.0.5/4.1?
[Nexus S Android Development] brainmaster:
Gonna make a update.
[Nexus S Android Development] brainmaster:
Update coming tonight.
[Nexus S Android Development] TheLastMirana:
cant wait!
[Nexus S Android Development] tk_amr@hotmail.com:
Thanks, great rom
[Nexus S Android Development] ironia.:
any update???

tnx
[Nexus S Android Development] brainmaster:
Why?
[Nexus S Android Development] ironia.:
a few post ago..you wrote: ''Gonna make a update''...the first post report 4.0.3
[Nexus S Android Development] g33kt:
Gonna implement Trebuchet in your next build or maybe make a flashable zip?

That's what keeps me away from your ROM. Other than that it's a great ROm!
[Nexus S Android Development] amjad_2020:
Face unlock ?
[Nexus S Android Development] B2L:
Awesome! I'm going to flash this right now.
[Nexus S Android Development] bdpyo:
I'm on a 2.3.6 ota i9020a, which one do I want? :)
[Nexus S Android Development] fineazbro:
thanks brainmaster im flashing it right now will report back
[Nexus S Android Development] oafuape:
Nvm
[Nexus S Android Development] brainmaster:
No.

None. You can risk it, but ...
[Nexus S Android Development] ijama:
Haha..

Sent from my Nexus S
[Nexus S Android Development] mixtapes08:
Thanks. Will flash this later.

Nexus S + CM9 kangs = Awesomeness ;)
[Nexus S Android Development] Rino21:
Hi BM,

If I flash the one with the radio and bootloader, will I be able to restore my GB nanadroid backup with CWM?

Thanks :)
[Nexus S Android Development] sagarpruthi:
hey bm is su working in this rom?
[Nexus S Android Development] h46it:
I'll give this a flash here asap. Thanks again brainmaster! :)
[Nexus S Android Development] brainmaster:
Recovery isn't overwritten, it remains - so I think, yes.

You can always expect from me user friendly, complete ROM's.

I don't do half-things.

Short said - its working completely.
[Nexus S Android Development] gavingreystone@gmail.com:
Any one you want, long as you remember to reflash an I9020A radio lol
[Nexus S Android Development] fatypaul:
I should be checked back 9 minutes ago -------------- downloading
[Nexus S Android Development] brainmaster:
Please report if this works on i9020A so that I can edit the OP.
[Nexus S Android Development] sagarpruthi:
haha i like your style thanks :)

p.s. figured this is how u roll :P

on a side not any kernel recommendations if this rom?
[Nexus S Android Development] brainmaster:
Are there any ICS Kernels besides GlaDOS ICS?
[Nexus S Android Development] uansari1:
Out of curiosity... what's your philosophy in making ROMs? Do you plan on keeping this relatively stock-looking, but with your customizations? Or do you eventually plan on theming, etc...? Just wondering, cuz I'm only familiar with your MIUI ROM...
[Nexus S Android Development] kptnk:
alright, i tried all 4.03 here till yesterday (yes i spent part of my week end flashing) and i can affirm without hesitation that your build is the best...by far...and wit glados it's a delight :). Thanks Brain.
[Nexus S Android Development] fabulous69:
Wow for this rom i'll flash immediately.

Totally have faith in brainmaster. Stock rom with the perfect quantity of tweaks, not too much, just stock optimized.

Thx!!!!
[Nexus S Android Development] brainmaster:
Stock, no themes, gadgets, status-notifications ding-dongs ...

Only my tweaks.

Thanks.
[Nexus S Android Development] fabulous69:
just to know, have you integrated the latest SU version adapted by chainSDD for ICS?
[Nexus S Android Development] brainmaster:
Yes. As I said - SU completely working.
[Nexus S Android Development] frutelaken:
Thank you very much for this BM.

So far everything seems to work (i9023), Google did something weird with the auto brightness though, doesn't work as well as on GB for now.

Greetz :)
[Nexus S Android Development] fabulous69:
sorry for dumb question.

Will clean my phone and enjoy your ROM.

now, just waiting my favorite kernel and ill be happy for a few months more!!

thx for your work Brain
[Nexus S Android Development] brainmaster:
There are no dumb questions - only dumb answers.
[Nexus S Android Development] bdpyo:
I'm rooted, just on a stock firmware...

I'm AFK ATM so ill let you know.
[Nexus S Android Development] mattkroeder:
- Dalvik moved to /cache partition

I typically use morfics dalvik-wiper.zip to clear dalvik. Curious to know if this would cause any issues or if I should just use the wipe dalkvik option in CWM instead.

Thank you
[Nexus S Android Development] brainmaster:
Morfic's wiper wipes also the /cache partition where dalvik resides.
[Nexus S Android Development] evilpika:
Im on ICS 4.0.3 stock unrooted, how can I flash this? what steps do i have to take? thanks
[Nexus S Android Development] brainmaster:
Do you have CWM recovery?

If yes, follow the steps from the OP.

If not, first install CWM recovery through the bootloader:

fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

Then follow the steps from the OP.
[Nexus S Android Development] ademejia:
Just letting you guys know its working on my I9020a ATT network

great work
[Nexus S Android Development] brainmaster:
Thanks, which file have you flashed for your i9020A?