yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Nexus S General] glennkaonang:
This is weird, I saw some people not complaining about the battery life.

I myself lost around 30% of the battery overnight.

I've tried disabling Google Search, Google+, Google Talk, and some other apps that I don't use. I've also turned off NFC, GPS, and location services, but still my battery drains very fast.

Any solution?

Thanks.
[Nexus S General] junior64:
and what shall i serch for there?
[Nexus S General] kikikaka:
Turn off the "Auto-rotate screen", too. This one also drains battery.
[Nexus S General] glennkaonang:
I have disabled all features that can drain battery but I didn't see any improvements on battery life at all.
[Nexus S General] mordan:
Hey guys!

My first post here, although I've been following lots of your guides, so first of all congratulations on the very nice job I believe you've earned the first and most trusted place for android cause you are just doing a great job. Keep up the good work :)

So I am on Nexus S I9023, with a stock 2.3.4 when I bought the phone, updated from here with the incremental to 2.3.6 then tried the CM7 that proved very buggy for me and now I'm on ICS, flashed a full rom from this thread, its cool and I don't have big trouble with the battery from the start the phone would last about 26-30 hours with moderate use and now its 24-26 hours so I'm actually ok with that. Ok viber not available yet but Skype... dear lord... it seems to work fine until someone posts a link to me, if I tap on that the app force closes every time, I tried uninstalling after clearing data and re installing... still keeps doing the same thing, I have unlocked and rooted the phone if that's helpful, any tips?

Thanks in advance:)

PS: A friend of mine suggested I do the fix permissions thing on cwm recovery had the touch 5.8.0.2 flashed, did that had no change and the suggested I install twrp 2.0.0RC and do fix permissions again... also didn't work.
[Nexus S General] junior64:
and what i shall seaarch there for?

---------- Post added at 12:29 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:21 PM ----------

and what i shall search for there?
[Nexus S General] white^rabbit:
I've installed on my Nexus S Android 4.0.3/IML74K/XXKI1 Radio/KL1 Bootloader, and yes the recovery is broken (put on Clockwork) and a little bit battery drain.. :)
[Nexus S General] mordan:
I actually downgraded to official 2.3.6 from this thread till someone either finds a solution or an update for ics comes out. But did anyone have the same issues with Skype?
[Nexus S General] devcager:
Hi,

I need to make the unROOT. I read that flashing stock ROM is enough to make it. But I currently use ROM based on 4.0.3 version. What file I need to flash?

Thank you!
[Nexus S General] ryuken80:
hi,,everyone

How to fix black screen on ics recovery?
[Nexus S General] sunnylovesalman:
Hi Guys,

I have a I9023. I am from India and currently running on Android Gingerbread V 2.3.6.

My Config: XXXKF1

Build: GRK39F.

Now the point is I have downloaded both the Incremental as well as Full Stock ROM from the OP.

I know to get into the Recovery , and would be able to follow the process of updating.

Now , there are certain Questions I would like to ask.

Firstly will there be chances of No Network after I flash these Updates or Full Stock?

As I saw someone from India had the same earlier in the same thread).

Now, 1 more thing I use ODIN to root my Phone and I have used almost all Custom ROMS for my Galaxy S2, and then again revert back to Stock and again Re rooting .

But for my Google Nexus S , I9023, Can someone give me the process to root it ?

And as I m in India and is my Bootloader also locked as I am using a GSM version of the phone independent to all SIM'S......?

If Someone can give me a proper rooting thread tutorial for the Google Nexuss i9023 , with SIM free GSM version ?

Thanks
[Nexus S General] ryan_tripod:
This should work.
[Nexus S General] tjackbjorn:
Thank you! I've been searching all around the world for stock ics :-)
[Nexus S General] Tiagoliveira:
Any fix for this? or any way to flash?
[Nexus S General] degiovab:
And this worked perfectly for me, without unlocking the bootloader nor wiping my data
[Nexus S General] ryuken80:
You sure dude??i will try this,i hope this will work for me,i have problem with the SDK n Fastboot
[Nexus S General] bozzykid:
Just use the PDANet drivers. The drivers for the Nexus S from Google do not work in fastboot mode.
[Nexus S General] Andrew1998:
On my Nexus S i9023 i have the rom GUMMYNEX 0.7.7 and gapps 4.0.3 , i would like to return to " ANDROID 2.3.6" , i have download the full update of gingerbread on this topic but when i am on recovery cloclwork touch , i make wipe dalvin chache , wipe data anche wipe chace , then i took the update.zip and nexus say it " INSTALLATION ABORTED"
[Nexus S General] ryuken80:
Dude please tell me which metode will work for root ics?
[Nexus S General] raducux:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1482567

This worked reealy well for me. No wipe no nothing... very cool. I am running stock 4.0.3 and im rooted in 2 minutes . Just instal super user and do as the thread tells you to.you re wellcome ;)
[Nexus S General] raducux:
Im sorry . Wrong link...this is the one : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1479831

Another user posted it previously...
[Nexus S General] degiovab:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1479831 worked for me.

You will still have to install the Android ADB drivers in order to connect the phone with "USB debugging" (Menu>Settings>Applications>Development).

There are plenty of guides describing how to do that (and how to clean your pc in case you install wrong drivers).
[Nexus S General] maddy143ded:
i really dont know how so many people end up having problems with their updates.

i have been playing with my nexus S since 17 dec. have not had a single problem that people describe here.

i dont know if its just me or them, i mean its easy to JUST FOLLOW THE FUC*&^G INSTRUCTIONS TO THE LETTER

i have played with the incremantal updates, the full update and even a few custom rom(i dont know why but i keep coming back to the stock)

currently i have installed the full update from scratch , and have the latest CWM recovery (touch) installed have had no problems. then only thing to improve is to change the radio, as this one seems a bit weaker then the GB one. i used to get better signal reception using the GB radio.

and as for battery. the latest ICS install has been in there for last 10 days now, and i have found the battery life to be slowly increasing to what i am used to.

yesternight i went to sleep with 78% of the bettery still there . i had shut down the WIFI, and the 3g DATA. so the phone was just using the cell radio to maintain a talk connection.

when i checked it 9 hours later on waking up, i had 75% of the battery still there. it went down to 67% after a 35mins of usage (browsing the daily news over wifi while relaxing on the loo)

i have 2x battery installed so maybe that helps.

but really the battery life has improved a lot over the last 3-4 days. when it was a fresh install i ad to make compulsary recharge by the time it was time to sleep.
[Nexus S General] white^rabbit:
Is there a official recovery to flash instead of the broken one on 4.0.3? :-) So we'll be able to receive an OTA update.. :)
[Nexus S General] oldblue910:
There is nothing wrong with the official stock 4.0.3 recovery.
[Nexus S General] bozzykid:
Except it doesn't display on the i9023 but it does work properly. However, that will have zero affect on receiving an OTA.
[Nexus S General] p.pavljasevic:
You can still see it, under bright light.
[Nexus S General] ZeDestructor:
This. So many times over. I read the instructions, screwed up my flash (bad build.prop from flashing a NS4G ROM) and fixed it (by editing the flash script in the .zip no less!) without posting a single question. If I can manage it without reading half the instructions, I don't see why people can't achieve it with reading instructions properly.
[Nexus S General] reward_cheese:
Hi,

I tried to upgrade from 2.3.4 stock ROM to both 2.3.6 and 4.0.3 via stock recovery.

I have an I9023, I am running a stock ROM and haven't changed anything to it, but

instead of a smooth install I got these two errors:

- failed to verify whole-file signature

- signature verification failed

If somebody could give me some advice, I would appreciate it. I'm pretty new at

these things.

edit: SOLVED
[Nexus S General] reehc:
Really helpful, so many thanks for the nice job:)
[Nexus S General] gm`:
Reward cheese looks like u flashed wrong version look again and make sure is correct
[Nexus S General] white^rabbit:
It doesn't work... Black screen displayed.. :-/
[Nexus S General] xeTaiz:
just flash clockwork recovery via fastboot then you can see the recovery.

after your next boot it will be black again ..

i think youve got to rename/delete a special file that installs the "black" recovery over clockwork all the time...

but there are many threads in here about that..

so if you just want to install something, flash recovery and use it without rebooting :D

edit:

btw it does work... the background LEDs are off... using a flashlight u can see it..

actually i wasnt able to read anything but you see the cursor moving lol
[Nexus S General] DestroytheNexus:
I'm a noob when it comes to Android phones so I assume that in order to get this flashed onto the Nexus S I need to have the phone rooted?
[Nexus S General] bozzykid:
No, it is an official build. You can flash without even unlocking using stock recovery as long as you are upgrading your current version (otherwise you would have to unlock and install cwm recovery).
[Nexus S General] DestroytheNexus:
O ok! I've been waiting for over the air updates to ICS for a while, but I've been getting impatient so can anyone point me in the right direction in flashing this ICS onto my Nexus S?
[Nexus S General] bozzykid:
The first post in this thread had the link to the 4.0.3 incremental update. Download it to your sdcard and flash from recovery.
[Nexus S General] jonny1974:
update from 2.3.4 to 2.3.6

hi,

i have a i9023. till yesterday with ics from ota. last night i dl the 2.3.4 full rom from the op. everything worked great. now i´m waiting since yesterday for an ota update to 2.3.6 or higher. do i have to wait much more longer or is there something wrong? the bootloader is still unlocked.

thank you!
[Nexus S General] bozzykid:
Just download the 2.3.6 update. Google has disabled all OTA update notifications since they pulled ICS. So you will probably not get a notification until they re-release ICS.
[Nexus S General] SavageButcher:
I'm kinda confused.

There's no reference to i9023 GRI40 build (2.3.3 version, with KB1 radio)

Is there any incremental update available for 2.3.4?

I'd like to update to 4.0.3 avoiding a clean installation.

2.3.4 to 2.3.6 is available.

2.3.6 to 4.0.3 is, too.

Only the first step is missing, can someone help me?
[Nexus S General] SavageButcher:
Thanks to THIS site i could find some of the missing OTA links.

Android 2.3.3/GRI40 Full Rom

2.3.3 (GRI40) -> 2.3.4 (GRJ22)

As i wrote in my previous post, there are 2 different version of 2.3.3 for i9023: GRI54 and GRI40. First post should be updated!
[Nexus S General] thenriques45:
Guys, the problem where everytime you reboot your Nexus S i9023 makes the original recovery show up instead of ClockWork one was fixed in anyway?
[Nexus S General] xeTaiz:
you have to delete/rename a file on your phone to disable this overwriting.

or just flash recovery over again and use it before rebooting, you can use it once then
[Nexus S General] sean1984:
flash recovery the flash attached zip
[Nexus S General] continuum51:
Hi, if I wanted a completely stock phone(I have a custom rom/kernal w/ cwr) do I just flash this and reboot, or must I flash this, and then flash stock recovery, and lock bootloader?
[Nexus S General] Harbb:
Steps to go back to stock:

-Data/factory reset

-Format /system

-Format /boot

-Flash the FULL ROM

-Reboot, setup, etc

-Lock Bootloader (fastboot oem lock)
[Nexus S General] continuum51:
Thanks for the help again harbb :)
[Nexus S General] white^rabbit:
Where can I find the recovery?! I've flashed Clockwork, but now I want to come back to stock recovery without re-flash full ROM package :-)

Thanks
[Nexus S General] bgdxv:
Get the ROM zip, extract recovery.img from it and flash it in fastboot ( fastboot flash recovery "path to recovery.img")
[Nexus S General] DiRT_360:
thanks. so usefull !
[Nexus S General] oldblue910:
I've added 2.3.3/GRI40 links for I9023. I was not aware that GRI40 ever shipped on I9023, but since some of you say it did, I added the stuff. Flash at your own risk.
[Nexus S General] fro_bv:
Hy.. i have a question. On i9023 with 2.3.6 gps was working fine. After i updated to ics gps is not working anymore. (Update with incremental download)

Is this a bug? Am i the only one with this? Is there a fix, or should i wait for 4.0.5?
[Nexus S General] Lazer Bear:
Flash this, then lock bootloader. Stock recovery etc. is included.
[Nexus S General] white^rabbit:
Thanks :rolleyes:
[Nexus S General] vascofg:
Never mind...
[Nexus S General] rrohanjs:
do you know how to lock the bootloader if the power button is broken
[Nexus S General] rrohanjs:
if i flash a stock 2.3.6 over a custom rom after full wipe, will my phone be unrooted on boot up ?
[Nexus S General] oldblue910:
Yes, your phone will be restored to blank factory state and that means no root.
[Nexus S General] ulk026:
oldblue910 please guide me in better way.. When I got my i9023 I was having v2.3.6 Build GRK39F/XXKF1 then I upgraded to your provided 4.03 with (Rom Manager) now having v4.03 based version i9023XXKl1, build number IML74K now their is new 4.04 unable to update that 18 mb file in recovery it fails to update please help me out how can I be updated 4.04, my i9023 is rooted and unlocked.
[Nexus S General] Shahpur.Azizpour:
i have an SLCD Nexus S and the famous problem that i don't see the recovery menu.

i can get into recovery but then the screen goes black, and i tried to navigate blind multiple times but it didn't work. i always end up with 4.0.3.

Can somebody tell me if the update.zip will ALWAYS be the first item in the list when choosing the update file in recovery (it's the only zip fiel on my sd card root)?

Also can i update using ADB? which command would that be?
[Nexus S General] Lazer Bear:
The Zip Should be The First Item always.. Also I'M Pretty Sure You can'T Update Through Adb.. If You're rooted I'd suggest you to boot Cwm and flash from there

If you're getting error 7, it's a bug. You will have to flash from CWM..
[Nexus S General] :
Reg. "Error" Status 7:

Is there any way to either manipulate the phone in a way that the update fits or to manipulate the update.zip package in a way that this error is gone WITHOUT doing root and CWM???

I'd have no problem rooting it, but on every root method for the I9023 it's stated that it will do a full factory reset...I do not want to do this....
[Nexus S General] Shahpur.Azizpour:
I also get the error message now. I'm coming from an 9023 nexus s with stock 4.0.3 (incremental) ...this really upsets me, my nexus became very laggy and slow with 4.0.3 so i want to get rid of this. But how can Google push an update which doesn't even work for the intended nexus models?
[Nexus S General] oldblue910:
Unfortunately you cannot flash the 4.0.4 OTA update manually using stock recovery. Your only two choices are:

Flash ClockworkMod recovery and then install 4.0.4 manually.

Wait for the OTA update notification on your phone, which will allow the OTA to successfully install via stock recovery.

With ICS, Google has modified the recoveries so that we can no longer flash the OTA updates manually in stock recovery.
[Nexus S General] chushev:
I heard that the stock recovery on 4.0.3 just has a zero screen brightness. If you put the phone under bright light when the screen goes black you can see that it is still working and you can navigate the menu. Can anyone confirm this?

I really don't believe that Google would intentionally modify the recovery so that it no longer works...
[Nexus S General] bozzykid:
Are you sure it isn't because there is a bug in 4.0.3 recovery? I don't know how you can say it is intentional until 4.0.4 receives as update. It is possible 4.0.3 recovery is just messed up. We already know it has problems with i9023 anyways. So it is unlikely.
[Nexus S General] oldblue910:
Except that this has always been a problem on the Galaxy Nexus (ask anyone who tried to flash the 4.0.1 -> 4.0.2 update manually) and the guys on the Xoom forums are having the exact same experience with their 4.0.3 -> 4.0.4 update.

It's not a bug in the recovery. It's a feature. Google has made it so that you can't manually flash OTA updates anymore in stock recovery. Every single Google device, be it the Nexus S, Galaxy Nexus or Xoom, running ICS and a stock recovery has this issue. I understand their reasoning for it even though I don't agree with it. It's damage control, plain and simple. It's meant to avoid the case where they inadvertently release a bad OTA (see 2.3.3 or 4.0.3 for the Nexus S) and by the time they've figured out something is wrong, tons and tons of people have already flashed it manually. By disabling the manual flash ability, the damage is far less widespread.

Plus, Google isn't stupid. They know that people like us (the only people that actually give a **** about being able to flash OTAs manually) aren't really affected by this because we'll just flash it using an aftermarket recovery like ClockworkMod. Plus, they just gave us the fastboot images for 4.0.4 today, so we could flash them that way too. That's what I did.
[Nexus S General] srvricky:
Problem in flashing 4.0.3 to 4.0.4.

I have i9023 with unlocked recovery & clockworkmod bootloder. trying to flash 4.0.4,currently running on 4.0.3.but never successful as of now.tried wipe data,factory reset,cache,& cache partition & then flashing the incremental update.Still unsuccessful.Help.:confused:
[Nexus S General] ulk026:
Thanks oldblue910 , I would like to wait few days that I would receive official update, other thing I would like to know is that my phone don't connect to (Samsung Kies) since I have got this phone. What could be the reason that it do not detect my phone.
[Nexus S General] sam.son:
@srvricky

1. Flash CWM Recovery

2. then do this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1408308.

3. Flash full 4.0.3

4. reboot

5. again flash CWM Recovery

6. then flash update 4.0.4

fo me this help.
[Nexus S General] KillBorn07:
Full 4.0.4 ROM via recovery?

Will be a 4.0.4 full rom available, which is flashable via recovery? Just like 4.0.3/2.3.6 etc. on the front page.

If not, then I'll do the fastboot method. But before that, I'd like to know:) Thx.:)
[Nexus S General] bozzykid:
Eventually it will be available. It will require CWM to flash unless you are still using GB stock recovery.
[Nexus S General] xdoit:
here is the 4.0.4 rom:2.3.6 -> 4.0.4.

android.clients.google.com/packages/ota/google_crespo/fL9fwa99.zip

It's around 128M.
[Nexus S General] xdoit:
I am sorry it's not a full rom. I just used it update my 9023 from 2.3.6 to 4.0.4.
[Nexus S General] bozzykid:
It is still quite helpful though :)
[Nexus S General] xdoit:
2.3.4 -> 4.0.4

http://android.clients.google.com/packages/ota/google_crespo/RYyRmqNv.zip
[Nexus S General] Lazer Bear:
So does this work from stock recovery? Or does it give error 7? Would love to test it myself but no time until tuesday..
[Nexus S General] bozzykid:
It should work from gingerbread recovery just fine.
[Nexus S General] Hacker@lho:
Hi,

I've a stock/unrooted nexus s (i9023) with GB 2.3.6, and never flashed the phone before.

Is it safe to use this file? It will do a factory reset if I use this file or it will keep all contacts/applications?

thanks...
[Nexus S General] ulk026:
I would suggest to make apps and contacts backup first before doing any steps because it doesn't comes with any guarantee that it would not wipe off. For backup apps you can use Titanium Backup tool. Do it only if you know what are you doing... Because your doing at your ownrisk.
[Nexus S General] oldblue910:
So it appears Google is releasing incremental updates from every version to 4.0.4 instead of releasing a full ROM. Not sure why they're doing this, but here are the links that I have so far (and have posted on the first post in this thread):

2.3.4 -> 4.0.4

2.3.6 -> 4.0.4

4.0.3 -> 4.0.4

Would someone with an I9023 mind running 2.3.3 (GRI40) or 2.3.3 (GRI54) to try and nab those links? If you would, I'd greatly appreciate it!
[Nexus S General] xdoit:
Factory reset is not necessary. Everything will be keep and you won't lost anything . You should export all contacts to SDCard first for safety reason.
[Nexus S General] MichelN:
Can someone tell me how to upgrade my phone with the INCREMENTAL UPDATE ??

I downloaded the file for my phone so i only need the steps to install, my phone doesn't detect any update via kies or OTA.
[Nexus S General] oldblue910:
I have added the incremental OTA update link for 2.3.3 (GRI54) -> 4.0.4. I have also added fastboot images for both 2.3.3 builds (GRI40 and GRI54).
[Nexus S General] oldblue910:
OK so we still need the 4.0.4 update link for 2.3.3 (GRI40). That's the only one left that we don't have. If anyone can help, I'd appreciate it.
[Nexus S General] osenevp:
Great thread for updating! Thanks a LOT!
[Nexus S General] Lazer Bear:
To MichaelN:

Depends on the version you are running atm. I'm going on and assuming you are running a pre-4.0.3 rom, in that case just put the update file in the root folder of your sd card and rename the file to update.zip. Then power off the phone and reboot into fastboot mode (power+vol down), then choose apply update.
[Nexus S General] bobgaby:
2.3.3 update

Hi,

my current version is 2.3.3 baseband I9023XXKB, build number GRI54 can i flash the zipd file (Android 2.3.3 Build GRI54/XXKB3 Radio/KA3 Bootloader

2.3.3 (GRI54) -> 4.0.4) directly from stock recover using the incremental update available in the first post or do i need to install CWM first, i have unlocked my phone but no root

Regards
[Nexus S General] xdoit:
Please read the instructions in the first post.

Simply you can input the following instructions in your nexus s phone:

*#*#2432546#*#*

without any problem your can get a message 'checkin succeeded'

then open your google play store (the lastest version), you can get offical update notice then update your phone from 2.3.3 -> 2.3.6

Restart your phone and repeat above, your can get update from 2.3.6 -> 4.0.4

hope helpful.

---------- Post added at 02:09 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:03 PM ----------

There is no directly update package from 2.3.3 -> 4.0.4 at this time. Google release only 2.3.3 ->2.3.6, and 2.3.6 -> 4.0.4. I suppose if this package is released, it will be the FULL ROM of 4.0.4. Google is ready but we don't kown when it will be.:(
[Nexus S General] challl88:
Sorry, but i thing that we have 2.3.3 (GRI54) -> 4.0.4 update in the OP...

Here is: http://android.clients.google.com/packages/ota/google_crespo/Qq8Q7Y36.zip
[Nexus S General] xdoit:
Good news: 2.3.3 -> 4.0.4

http://android.clients.google.com/packages/ota/google_crespo/Qq8Q7Y36.zip

It's aroud 131M.
[Nexus S General] shineangelic:
I have stock Nexus S I-9023 with 2.3.3 (GRI54), XXKB3 Radio and KA3 Bootloader.

So I tried Incremental update to 4.0.4, but I got Status 7 error while updating.

Anyone with same issue? Should I try the full install? The phone is brand new, so factory reset it's not a problem to me...

Thank you
[Nexus S General] xdoit:
I suppose it is not a really 'stock' ROM in your phone. Perhaps you need to flash CWM, then flash any stock ROM in the first post, after that flash incremental update package to 4.0.4.
[Nexus S General] oldblue910:
That's the update from 2.3.3/GRI54 to 4.0.4. I need the link for 2.3.3/GRI40 to 4.0.4. Thanks though!