yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Nexus S General] andrei1015:
I really don't think anyone would turn back to a 3 year old phone to update on it. It's counter-productive.
[Nexus S General] xbs:
Hope next version of android is indeed lighter on memory but I don't put much faith in it.

Companies need to sell hardware' you know.
[Nexus S General] Ted Mosby:
They fullfilled their promissed 18 month software support, so i think no, Nexus S probably won't get another official update from Google.
[Nexus S General] thranduil93:
Well, maybe they officially don't make an update for our phone, but if they're building an OS for 512 MB phone users there is a possibility for the NS to live for over 2 years more, using that ROM. In case they won't release that in official ways, we can always install android 5 (if this is the name) and continue using it, more than 4.2.2 that is too espensive for the Ram
[Nexus S General] ykphuah:
I thought our Nexus S only have 384 MB of RAM?
[Nexus S General] andrei1015:
I think the remaining ram to 512 is reserved for GPU or something like that.
[Nexus S General] Grubscrew:
Guys

As great as the Nexus S is\was getting 4.3/5.0 will be a bonus. It is probably time to move on. :)
[Nexus S General] Killasmoke:
This phone has problems with Android 4.2.2 so No!!!! Won't happen Android 4.1.2 is best for our device & I think it's the best Jellybean version out of all the others!
[Nexus S General] rho57:
a CM support would be fine
[Nexus S General] leap_ahead:
Rasbeanjelly 4.2.2 is better from 4.1.2 on my nexus
[Nexus S General] ej8989:
Try temple run 2 on stock android 4.1.2. On my device it's so laggy it's not playable anymore. Before your first turn you're dead.
[Nexus S General] rho57:
I dont have problems with playing Temple Run 2 on either versions.

Sent from my Nexus S
[Nexus S General] Gambler_3:
Temple run 2 is unplayable without a bigmem kernel. Its completely playable on stock 4.1.2 ROM but not with stock kernel.
[Nexus S General] rho57:
Maybe you have a lot of applications running on background. You should use greenify for that. TR2 needs about 100MB of free ram to run.

Sent from my Nexus S
[Nexus S General] ej8989:
I'm talking pure android stock. No root/custom whatsoever.
[Nexus S General] Gambler_3:
I am doing just that. ;)
[Nexus S General] rho57:
Same here. Though I'm not on stock right now, I've successfully played TR2 on it.
[Nexus S General] ej8989:
Ok. :)
[Nexus S General] ykphuah:
I used to face this when playing Dead Trigger. Not the first turn, but every 5 minutes.

Go into Manage Apps -> Apps, find all running apps, then FORCE CLOSE all of them, make sure they don't come back up.

THEN, start your game.

And yeah, I am talking about stock.
[Nexus S General] LePeR1898:
I know i used to play it alot before getting the N4 and it was fine.. Gave it to the girly and she doesn't have any issues either and plays its pretty often on stock
[Nexus S General] UltimateGoblin:
Anyone... except Apple, maybe?

iPhone 4 is 3 years old and it's getting iOS7. Google would make a very good impression by updating the Nexus S to Android 5.0, if the release is actually going to be lighter and specs-friendly. That would also show the difference of buying Nexus over other phones.

If Google really wants to fight fragmentation, or at least try fighting it, this is the least it can do.
[Nexus S General] andrei1015:
Well yes, you are right, but Android is a bit different here. Apple updated iPhone 4 to iOS7 because since iPhone 4 went out only two other phones were release. In Android's case on the other hand, there have been a lot more phones released.

Also, when it's the same company developing the hardware AND the software it's easier to backport stuff. Android is made by Google. Phones are made by Samsung, HTC, Sony, etc.
[Nexus S General] dark'em:
It's clear that Nexus S has been pulld over by Google but who can blame them, it's a single core device that has a Jelly Bean software that other dual cores are still waiting for, it's probably the most updated phone in terms of software so it had a preety long life, I'm actually thinking of going for GNex and not the N4 ase the software updates ar going to be the same for the next 3 years or so. The Nexus S will probably end up as a backup phone/mp3 player with a solid 4.1 custom rom on it when I upgrade. Don't you find it weard that the Nesus S and the Galaxy don't have glass on them but the 4 makes up by being all coverd in it?
[Nexus S General] FirePoncho86:
Thing is, ever since 5.0, apple gives limited updates. Its their way of fighting fragmentation. Iphone 4, for example, I'll be on IOS7, but with very very limited features. For example, no turn by turn in apple maps for iPhone 4
[Nexus S General] Killasmoke:
Save your $ don't get the G-Nex wait until November when Google shows off the New Nexus 5 or whatever they call it! Then get the Nexus 4 which would drop in price & get that instead I bet it'll be under 200$ since it was only 350$ brand new in box when Google began selling it or get the G-Nex for even cheaper than it is now used!:)
[Nexus S General] dark'em:
You know I might just do that, it's actually a great ideea, thank you buddy :D
[Nexus S General] ykphuah:
so 4.3 came and Galaxy Nexus got it. I thought 4.2 (one more than our NS last update) will be the last for GNex.

So Nexus S 2.3, 4.0, 4.1

Galaxy Nexus 4.0, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3!
[Nexus S General] leap_ahead:
we wait for dev !!!
[Nexus S General] dark'em:
If the rumors that key lime pie will work on older devices with 512mb RAM then the GNex will surley get it case it has dualcore coupled with 1Gb of ram, it might just be the most updated phone in terns of software. If you are willing to believe those rumores than the GNex is a great investment. P.S if android5.0 will be so smooth without consuming rom I would advice you guys that think of upgrading to try not selling your Nexus S case I bet developers will bring it back to life
[Nexus S General] Serris:
I strongly hope guys at CM will bring 4.3 to Nexus S. Usually all custom roms are based on their source, so that would most likely to bring more good custom roms.
[Nexus S General] Gingo21:
If the update is as minor as we think, probably yes nexus s 'll guet 4.3. Wait CM10.2, we have an official maintainer.

I am personnaly not available for now, I am enjoying my spain vacation :)
[Nexus S General] andrei1015:
I've heard people say 4.3 is smoother than 4.2. I really think we will get it :d
[Nexus S General] beneath-a-burning-turtle:
Not officially we won't
[Nexus S General] Gambler_3:
There was a one year gap between the release of 2.3 and 4.0. Time wise the galaxy nexus is still less than 2 years old and nexus S was still getting updates before turning 2.
[Nexus S General] ykphuah:
You are totally right! I forgot we "got" 3.0, 3.1 as well. :|
[Nexus S General] leap_ahead:
guys dont confuse.. will not get other android version ...we can only wait for dev here and cyanogenmod

first 4.3 Rom for nexus s !!! http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2380527
[Nexus S General] Gambler_3:
Those are not phone versions so don't know why you would expect that. We got 4.0 which had all the features of 3.0 plus a lot more.
[Nexus S General] ykphuah:
Yeah I understand, I was just correcting myself, that we should be counting the months, not the version numbers. :)
[Nexus S General] andrei1015:
There is still no cm10.2 branch for the crespo. I'm starting to get worried :-s
[Nexus S General] Gambler_3:
Haha I thought you were being sarcastic. :p
[Nexus S General] ekerazha:
There's no activity in the kernel repository since months, I think the CM kernel for Nexus S is almost abandoned, maybe a new maintainer is needed.

Inviato dal mio Nexus S con Tapatalk 2
[Nexus S General] dwielunski:
Nexus 4 got smoother with 4.3 because of Open GL ES 3.0, but e will not see a benefit from this because Nexus S hardware does not support it.
[Nexus S General] Gambler_3:
Galaxy nexus got smoother as well and it doesnt support that either.
[Nexus S General] spider623:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2380527

stock 4.3 and yes 48 hours up time(multiple charges cause of candy crash mania over the last week) and it doesn't lag yet, it has some bloatware like the chinese key input but check the last page for the debloated build
[Nexus S General] beneath-a-burning-turtle:
Yeah if someone could male a CDMA version of the stock 4.3 build that'd be just great

Be there or be square with Tapatalk
[Nexus S General] xbs:
So are we getting CM 10.2 or what?
[Nexus S General] andrei1015:
Not yet. A few devices have had the cm10.2 branch merged to the code, but not crespo. Yet..
[Nexus S General] waltpinkman:
4.3 ported already on Nexus S
[Nexus S General] paydy12:
ported Nexus 4.3

Ported the 4.3 JB ROM. Very clean stock rom thanks to Win7fun (junior member) who has done a very good job of the stock rom for Nexus S. Its working great for the past 12 hrs. No glitches as of now.

:):good:

So now we can hope that a similar type of custom Stock ROM can be ported when 5 (KLP) releases.
[Nexus S General] s_j_b:
Yes it is working great :) Performance and battery life seems to be better than 4.2.2 on cm10.1 (facebook not yet installed :p ) .. and thanks to Win7Fun, webDeWo and bedalus
[Nexus S General] paydy12:
Thanks Leap

Thanks Leap, I wanted to post on the original thread but i am not allowed to post on Development forum because am new here.

Nexus S

v 4.3
[Nexus S General] Laraleo:
if this is true then so bad i think 1GB ram min.....:confused:
[Nexus S General] TacticalDesire:
I was under the impression the Nexus S only had 384mb free due to the graphics taking up some ram?
[Nexus S General] ej8989:
Yep. Thus the need for bigmem kernels.
[Nexus S General] andrei1015:
https://github.com/CyanogenMod/android_device_samsung_crespo/tree/cm-10.2

:)
[Nexus S General] Naetmul:
Cool. May Android 5.0 need not more memory.
[Nexus S General] andrei1015:
Well, they did say it will be better optimized and will be made with focus on older devices. Who in their right mind believes any carrier or vendor will port a new version for older phone?
[Nexus S General] dark'em:
You got it wrong, it's not about the carrier, it's about the fact that Google will make it optimised for older devices, not with the intent of porting it to older devices, bot to make it less RAM consuming...this I believe that is a try from Google to bring IOS diehard fans to Android (Android has more optimisation features than IOS, but Apple fans say IOS is smoother). The good nevs for older phones isn't that carriers will upgrade the phones, but that developers will be able to make custom roms for older phones. Remember that the only omplaint you get about the 4.2 on Nexus S is that RAM isn't enough to offer a great user experience...and now imagine the same 4.2 that consumes way less RAM than the 4.1! Google became no. 1 not by giving a c**p about carriers needs but by giving the consumer high end specs at a justified price (the Nexus lineup isent meant for mass users, but rather for easy costumisation, but it's a hit because you don't get to pay way more than its worth, you get the latest software at a price that shames the competitors)
[Nexus S General] andrei1015:
I know, but I hear Google said it will work on older devices.
[Nexus S General] lekhwani:
I think they said it will work on low end devices ( not older devices)
[Nexus S General] dabotsonline:
Guysies,

I've created a GApps package that is more comprehensive than the doomed151 and BaNkS versions if anyone wishes to test and give feedback. I'm running it without any problems on top of SlimBean 4.3 Beta 1:

4.3:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2401505

Cheers,

Nick
[Nexus S General] Nexus311:
Well the CM build bot has put up a bunch of 10.2 builds in alphabetical order and skipped right over crespo. The captivate got a build though. http://get.cm/?
[Nexus S General] andrei1015:
Patience. I am hoping for a build by the week's end. Crespo is after all an old device.

Sent from my Nexus S
[Nexus S General] mrdjibrilo:
So I got a reply from the CM admin team, and they are saying that we're getting CM10.2

"As soon as https://github.com/CyanogenMod/hudson/pull/109 is merged"
[Nexus S General] andrei1015:
Awesome! Thanks :D
[Nexus S General] leap_ahead:
I wait for cm to test the kernel
[Nexus S General] really.now:
Not likely that Google will make a release for crespo, but that doesn't mean others won't!

If the required memory is really only 500m, it could even revive my old Vibrant, much like CM did for my G1.
[Nexus S General] rafaymalik:
agreed it won't get official release of 4.3/5.0 from google but thanks to the developers there are already releases of 4.3 out there with aosp, slim and cm 10.2 based roms. About 5.0 lets wait if ram requirements are minimal we will surely get 5.0 from customs rom on nexus s .
[Nexus S General] tekkitan:
I'd agree with you if my phone lasted more than eight hours on a charge with 4.1.2. Going to 4.2.2 I get a day out of it now.
[Nexus S General] andrei1015:
Quiz time! Who is getting cm10.2 first thing in the morning?

:D

Sent from my Nexus S
[Nexus S General] mrdjibrilo:
Oh my god! Finally, can't wait :D :D :D
[Nexus S General] andrei1015:
Oh great :) Today's build has a fail on Jenkins >.<
[Nexus S General] mrdjibrilo:
What does that mean?
[Nexus S General] andrei1015:
It means the Jenkins job for crespo failed so no new build today.
[Nexus S General] mrdjibrilo:
Well another day or two isn't that bad, I guess :)
[Nexus S General] Naetmul:
CM 10.2 for crespo NIGHTLY finally came.

Install with the newer version of Gapps.

Be sure to re-create the "Phone" app shortcut in the Launcher (Phone app's package name in Android 4.3 may be different).
[Nexus S General] CherryRook:
The android 5.0 offcial update is possible(but just my imagination)
[Nexus S General] Ca_PuNk:
like the old HTC Magic, it missed the update of android 2.0-2.1 for passing directly to 2.2.1..

one more thing.. if google are planning to make android 5.0 to work well on device with only 512 mb of RAM, they need a nexus device where they can develop this distribution. (Nexus S?)

But.. in opposition, we know that the cpu and gpu of ours nexus s are really OLD! even it has 512mb of RAM, the chipset could be a problem..
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] The Inquisition:
Hey all,

I'm very new to Android and have ARHD on my HTC One. I was thinking of trying out Trickdroid but I always see instructions to backup and wipe all data before I install the new ROM. I know how Nandroid backups work but if I wiped the data and installed Trickdroid, then recovered from Nandroid, wouldn't that restore the ARHD ROM as well? How would one go about backing up my phone to make sure I lose as little information as possible after the switch?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jaythenut:
Do a htc backup then do full wipe in trickdroid rom then restore htc backup that's what i would do
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TarekElsakka:
Use TitaniumBackup in order to backup your user applications, system settings, preferences, and many other things. It requires root priviliges to work, but since you're already on ARHD then you have it. After backing up with TitaniumBackup, go to recovery, wipe, install Trickdroid, and after you boot in Trickdroid install TitaniumBackup and restore either 'missing apps with data' or 'all user apps + system data'.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] The Inquisition:
So the wipe won't remove the Titanium Backup from the phone?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TarekElsakka:
No. Wipe system and data is different from format sd card. But just to be safe you can copy the titaniumbackup folder to your pc after you backup and then copy it back to device if it's lost.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] The Inquisition:
So the Trickdroid file won't even flash on my device now. I tried to flash it through recovery and it says that the installation failed and then says "(bad)"

Any fix or do I need to try and download the file again?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Guich:
Maybe a bad download.

Check the MD5 ;)

So, re try to download.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TarekElsakka:
Yeah, I'd say it's a bad download as well. Also make sure you're using the latest version of whatever custom recovery you are using. I use TWRP 2.5.0 and it flashes ROMs with no problem.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] The Inquisition:
Just downloaded another copy and it works now. Thanks for all the help guys.
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 404-Not Found:
Hello, I need help getting TWRP to 2.2.2.1 so that I can flash old ROMs in this case AltRoms although I tried COTR and everything flashes correctly but when I try to boot in it doesn't. Currently I have TWRP 2.5 which doesn't work with most old ROMs. Another thing is that I struggle a LOT with Fast boot so I don't know how to get it to write the image, and I also tried smirk it but only installs latest which isn't useful. Any help please?
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 404-Not Found:
Forgive me for my stupidity, but what is Fastboot.exe (I know it some sort Process or Executable File) and how do I get into cd or cmd?
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tobiascuypers:
Also to make make things a little easier. Go into kfu and /tools/ and take all the fastboot and adb files out of there, and move them to root of /C:

Also you can move the recovery.img and move that to C: also

Just saves some time and typing.
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] locotumbler:
i am getting an error stating partition does not exist
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] locotumbler:
yes.

---------- Post added 5th March 2015 at 12:00 AM ---------- Previous post was 4th March 2015 at 11:49 PM ----------

Ok, got it to load due to my mistyping and leaving the y off recoverY. but now when i attempt to enter recovery mode via bootloader 2.05 it just powers down the unit
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sd_shadow:
Try powering off, connect to wall charger, let it charge for a while, then Retry recovery
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] locotumbler:
figured out the problem. with bootloader 2.05 if i flash 2.2.2.1 it has the power down issue. if i flash 2.7.0.1 (i didn't have any other twrp's to try) i do not have this issue. so it appears 2.2.2.1 is not compatible with bootloader 2.05.

The battery was at 96% when this issue was happening.
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sd_shadow:
Yes you should be using OtterX twrp with 2.05

If you are trying to install non-otterx roms you should be using fff bootloader 1.4a
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] locotumbler:
I tried loading that through fastboot and it kept loading bootlaoder 2.05. Am I missing how to revert from bootloader 2.05 to 1.4a?
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sd_shadow:
Easiest way to change twrp and bootloader is to use the installable zips

Kindle Fire Flashable Recoveries TWRP/COTR/CWM[2014]
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] locotumbler:
i will try this when i get home tonight.

thank you for your patience.
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sd_shadow:
If it's a zip, it's for installing in twrp, for Flashing in bootloader files must be .img or .bin
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] locotumbler:
it was a bin that i attempted to flash in fastboot. i will say this about 2.05 boot loader. if you don't just hit the power button quickly the menu disappears and you have to reboot. if you do a long push like in 1.4 the menu disappears.
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sd_shadow:
yes if I'm flashing in bootloader, I usually have kindle powered, send commands, then power on kindle like in my Flashing TWRP in OtterX bootloader
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] tshoshua:
Hi! Is there anybody who can help me to connenct my XDAII to the Belkin Bluetooth AccessPoint F8T030?

I allready tried almost everthing, but noting works. Because i´m not a profi, i´ll need step by step instruction if somebody can help!

Thank´s in advance!

Juergen
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] radiocode:
Using Belkin BT Access Point with XDAII

Juergen,

I have the same problem - a friend has loaned me the Belkin Bluetooth AP and I cannot get my XDAII to connect.

The problem appears to be that the XDAII bluetooth driver does not support the "LAN Access" profile.

There is a thread regarding this problem on the XDA-developers site. Look at

http://xdaforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=14747

I think this requires a bit of work to get it going... I haven't got the courage up to do anything major to my XDA yet!

Cheers,

Lee
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] Guest:
Have you tried installing pocket bluetooth tools?
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] tshoshua:
@radiocode

Thanks for your hint, but i´m looking for something really working on my XDAII under WM2003. In your mentioned thread is too much hacking for me!

@guest

Can you give me more information?
[HTC One X+] flatcow:
I'm looking for a battery case that doesn't cost more than 60$ and I've seen a bunch on ebay for around 20$. This cases are made for the HTC One X international and from what I hear is that the at&t htc one x is not compatible because the hotx int has tegra 3. Since the hotx+ at&t has tegra 3 wouldn't these cases be compatible with the hotx+?
[HTC One X+] yokozuna82:
Ebay has this powerskin case for 38$
[HTC Desire X] ReSkid:
Hello,

This post can't be said as a tutorial in itself, But is a tutorial shared by a fellow XDA Member. I tested it on our Desire X and I was able to get the init.d active on Stock JB. No need to modify the Kernel since we haven't got the Kernel Sources from HTC yet.

Init.d can be used to start scripts at android bootup.

Refer to this tutorial for enabling it on your device.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1710980

Summarizing that Tutorial, This is what you have to do.

Step 1. Flash the attached ZIPS Easy_InitD_1.1.zip & Init_D_Test.zip from Recovery.

Step 2. Reboot the device.

Step 3. Open Root Browser and go to /data/ folder and check if there is a file named Test.Log.

If it exists then your Init.D is working, Also you will find the init.d folder in /system/etc/ folder.

Hope it helps. :)

Thanks to Smokin1337 for the original Tutorial.
[HTC Desire X] dansou901:
And this works even with HTC write protection enabled?

EDIT: Didn't read carefully enough... It's flashed via recovery, so it has to work...
[HTC Desire X] w1040:
delete.
[LG Optimus G (International)] SalamatiQus:
Welp, this is unexpected issue. I have set permission to install apps outside of Play Store but phone still won't install them. Installation dialog shows up, it warns me about possible security problems, I acknowledge them and hit "Install" but button is ignoring me. I tried this with several apps like F-droid and games from humble bundle with no luck. Anyone had this issue?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rihardszz:
Hello.

Me and my friend, we installed on his phone an android 2.3.6. It was from their official website. But after installing few things change. And one of them is that there is no notification bar anymore. (the one you can slide down on homescreen, there is the bar wich u can slide down but no "bluetooth, wifi, gps etc")

I saw a video where you go to display settings and tick the notification bar or something like that , but there isnt such an option on his phone.

Please help us out.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rihardszz:
anyone?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Muthumbi:
hi,there's nothing(that i know) of you can do about it since that rom comes without the notification bar....however,you can install an app called Notification Toggle that installs those icons on your status bar
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] qwerty123321:
Hi all,

So I flashed the superwipe script made my "Awesome" and in the OP it said it wipes external so I assumed all was okay. well it wiped the internal entirely so now my nexus 7 is bricked. I can't even turn the ****ing thing off without runing the battery to dead.

What can I do now to get it back to at least stock ?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] qwerty123321:
Nevermind..

I fixed everything by following this guide

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2150537&highlight=wipe+script