yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Droid X Themes and Apps] mlclm:
I was wondering this, too. I'm not sure what the problem is.

Edit: You have to edit the .apk in /data/app to the GB icon.
[Nexus S General] gogol:
Hi,

If you own a Nexus S, please tell us about your phone.

How many times you have exchanged your phone until you got a perfect one?

If you exchanged it, tell us why? What kind of problem did you get?

If you were asked, "In terms of build quality, what is the worst part?"

With this poll, we could get a rough picture about how well the manufacture / production of Nexus S, Samsung QA, those kind of things.

Thanks.
[Nexus S General] nxt:
First in line, first Nexus s, perfect phone, no issues.
[Nexus S General] unknown.soul:
Same here. The only "problem" with my NS is the home button backlight is not as bright as the others.
[Nexus S General] unremarked:
First Nexus S, no issues whatsoever. I was very surprised since I went through three G2s(okay hinge, worst hinge, meh hinge) and three MT4Gs(bad screen, no update/bad reception, bad screen) that I ultimately ended ditching for this phone.

If asked what's the worst part of the build quality, I'd say the lack of texture coating to help the phone from feeling so slick.
[Nexus S General] slowz3r:
first in line, first phone, best phone,

i love him so much..*pets nexi*
[Nexus S General] sinatosk:
I too noticed that with my home button.

I've had the NS for 4 days and my battery life doesn't feel like its getting any better but I have used the phone constantly. I get about 5-7 hours usage before charge required again. That's around 15-30 percent.

Sent from my Nexus S
[Nexus S General] clubtech:
First phone. No issues whatsoever .
[Nexus S General] mingkee:
Mine works okay except cellular radio problem, but hopefully it'll be fixed through future radio ROM update.
[Nexus S General] slowz3r:
what is wrong/what do u think is a problem
[Nexus S General] Xandlinger:
First phone and no issues.
[Nexus S General] red2erni:
Much improved over Vibrant. So that is gingerbread over TMo 2.1. Also better than my MT4G, it seems to find its ffc. But rooted/OCLF Vibrant blows over 2k on Quadrant and both HTC phones are up 6db on WiFi sensitivity from both Samsung phones. OTA on SNS seems very good though. Already got first OTA update on SNS!! No TMo klepto wear dragging me down. Wow, Skype, Fring Tango seem to work. Now need to root and get edge and a prepaid SIM card. Only Navigon won't load on SNS but does on all others Inc. SG Tab.
[Nexus S General] xspyda:
First phone here also,not seeing any of the problems mentioned in this forum. Bought in UK.

Very nice phone and certainly the best android phone I've used out of desire, desire HD, galaxy s. Very. Impressed with battery, crucifies all previously mentioned in this department.
[Nexus S General] sosasami:
Second phone. Had to replace first one due to back button being unsensitive like other buttons. Also noticed gsensor is quite jumpy in readings. Trying to understand if this is also hardware error.
[Nexus S General] XBOHDPuKC:
2nd phone - first went back because of the fast battery drain and unresponsive back button.
[Nexus S General] sinatosk:
How fast of a drain? I recently feel my battery drains quite fast.

Sent from my Nexus S
[Nexus S General] bogdi1988:
I had mine exchanged. Had the metal piece from earpiece crooked and one corner was raised higher than the phones' glass.

GPS reception is horrible on this device however. I can be driving and it randomly loses signal.
[Nexus S General] TheKenAnthony:
First phone..have not had one hardware issue with it..overall favorite phone ive owned and I've had A LOT!!..:)
[Nexus S General] TheKenAnthony:
I have actually found GPS on this phone to be quite nice i get a fast lock and its always within 5-20 meters... coming from the captivate im extremely happy with the GPS!!..:)
[Nexus S General] zorak950:
I think most or all of the U.S. SGS variants had really bad GPS on a lot of phones. I know I came to the Nexus S from Vibrant and it is insane how much better it is.
[Nexus S General] mingkee:
The cellular radio freezes when being under no signal condition (subway in underground) for more than about 10 minutes. That the phone is no longer to get signal even the train goes to surface or I get off the station.

I have to power cycle the phone in order to make cellular radio works again.

Wifi and BT aren't affected.

Here is the related thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=882518
[Nexus S General] B3arfruit:
Great phone minus the plastic back bit with a good case no issues.
[Nexus S General] Korov:
Except for the weak wifi reception, no issues. Everything much faster than my desire.
[Nexus S General] mishkasf:
First phone, works perfectly from t=0, no issues whatsoever!
[Nexus S General] bogdi1988:
I am sitting outside and not moving. The GPS goes crazy and starts moving as if I am moving. It takes almost 3-5 min sometimes to get a proper GPS lock and even that is not held for long. I think I am going to swap it again.
[Nexus S General] knytphal:
Bought mine online an hour after they went on sale. I've had only one major problem (boot loop while charging) but nothing since then. I love this device and it's easily the best android device I've ever seen.
[Nexus S General] gogol:
UK time now :) Let's get some more participation on this please ...
[Nexus S General] benjar:
I had a battery failure on my first unit and a bad screen on my second. The one I have now has a small blemish under the top of the screen but doesn't warrant a return.

I guess if anything I'm a bit disappointed with how the screen is assembled, but I'll live with it bc it's a great phone
[Nexus S General] sporran:
Very good build quality on mine,only minor software issues ie:Google Skymaps causing accelerometer to lock, no lag at all,very very fast. It is a lovely phone!
[Nexus S General] cosimoss:
First phone and no issues apart from the green screen BBC iPlayer playback bug. The case feel is much nicer than that of the HTC Desire.
[Nexus S General] bogdi1988:
so. i called Best Buy about replacing my phone for the second time. the mobile phone specialist told me that BB is aware that the Nexus S has problems with the GPS and there is nothing they can do.

went to a different BB and got my phone replaced for the 2nd time. this 3rd phone seems to look ok, no visual problems like phone #1. GPS is pretty snappy and gets a lock fast unlike the other which took up to 3 min to get a lock...

now... the 3rd phone is still on 2.3 and everything works ok, but i have a bad weird feeling that i will update to 2.3.1 and i will experience the same GPS issue... i will update a bit later and test it out...
[Nexus S General] onthecouchagain:
I am quite surprised by the build quality of the phone. There is only one minor dislike I can see, and that is the loose volume rocker. It's not horribly loose, but for an otherwise sturdy device, it's awkward to feel the long volume rocker even slightly loose every time I pick up my phone. Aside, it is built quite solidly, and I have experienced no issue with the volume rocker performance nor with anything else hardware related.

(If this was a thread about software, however, there would be plenty of glitches with Gingerbread to talk about).
[Nexus S General] Jayrod1980:
I'm on my 3rd phone... but I will say that I'm very anal about having a "perfect" phone. My first phone that I got on release day was unacceptable. I had the coating coming off, creases on the top and bottom of the glass (this is NOT normal!) and a ring shaped watermark when any solid background was selected. I exchanged and got one with a perfectly curved screen but the back button was pretty unresponsive and the phone had to be reset a couple times because my haptic feedback would die when typing "too fast" on the gingerbread keyboard. I went to two bestbuys and both of them had only NS's (10 each) with creased screens. I found a store with 17 on hand, but unfortunately really bad customer service. Guy almost didn't let me exchange and wasn't even a real best buy mobile rep. Anyway, the first phone he pulled out was a good one, great screen curvature, neutral/cool colors, no banding etc. So far it's been perfect! Also got update within 5 mins of turning it on. This is better than my other phone. To keep the backplate from scratching (thing scratches with even dust getting under a protector) I plastidipped it as per one of the posts on here. I couldnt be happier! Knowing that the phone doesn't have gorilla glass (had a hairline scratch on second phone just using microfiber cloth), I bought a wet application screen protector and I'm happy with it. Somehow the screen makes it better than they usually feel. Maybe that's because they have a super slippery screen from the start. I'm a little worried about the coating coming off as my first phone had this issue very badly within a day of owning it and my second had a little off when I took off the wet app screen protector from that one.

Even with the problems, I love the phone. I've just come to expect that if you want a defect free phone (I exchanged my vibrant 4 times and the mytouch4g 4 times), you have to deal with the exchanges.

Loving my NS!
[Nexus S General] thoms04:
First Nexus S and so far I can't fault it.

I'm a bloody picky sod too!
[Nexus S General] chrisharmful:
First phone for me, had it a couple of days now and not issues so far. i did ask the girl about some of the problems people were having with the phone, she basically told me if anything happens, just bring it back. So knock on wood but everything is fine so far. I will admit I do see issues arrising with the battery cover, I prefer how Samsung did it with the Captivate.
[Nexus S General] AllGamer:
OMG! not another 1 of these topics...

I know it is made by Samsung, but not all Samsung products are that bad.

of the whole entire Galaxy S series, only the Bell version came out screwed, all the other versions are spot on.

and the plastic used is not bad at all, i've dropped my SGS many times and it has survived, no cracks

actually there's a drop test for the SGS the links are in the SGS wiki
[Nexus S General] unremarked:
Actually, this is a good productive thread, IMO, and I would definitely recommend potential Nexus S buyers check this out to see what people who actually own the phone are saying, rather than the trolls.
[Nexus S General] lf2k5:
I'm on my second NS, having come from a N1.

I wasn't impressed with my first NS - the back button was duff and overall it felt lousy.

I exchanged it yesterday, and now I have a working phone I'm well impressed! It looks good, it feels good (I like the curved screen) and it feels quicker than the N1. Sure the software is buggy, but that'll get fixed in good time...

Just a question though - I bought mine through CPW in the UK, and both phones so far have had two samsung warranty stickers one on top of the other. Also, when initially powering the device up for the first time it doesn't walk you through the setup steps - you need to factory reset it to get that to work.

I checked the other boxes in the store - they all have two stickers.

Is this an indication the phone has been QA'd or returned? Just seems odd - like samsung has been through all the boxes after they were produced/shipped. Anyone got any ideas?
[Nexus S General] elkavayo:
First one sold at the store. No regrets. Phone build quality is excellent.
[Nexus S General] JoshHart:
First phone, got it last week, had a weird signal problem once but haven't had it since. Loving it so far, gave my Nexus One to my dad. Id recommend this phone to friends for sure. I'm a big HTC fan so buying Samsung was hard but they're earning some respect from me, and I still have my G2 on my other line for my HTC fix :)
[Nexus S General] insanemachine:
My first phone works great. The only issue is grays turn slightly purple on low brightness. But everything else seems fine.
[Nexus S General] bogdi1988:
ok. so... did the update to 2.3.1 and as i expected. GPS is quite ****ty, though not as bad as phone #2; but not as good as phone #3 with 2.3. so, for me, 2.3.1 messed up the GPS a bit. 2.3.1 is not as quick to get signal as 2.3 and random loss of GPS signal.
[Nexus S General] djwoody714:
Got my phone on release date and I love it!!! Only issue I'm having right now is that a few days ago the back button started acting up. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. :( When it doesn't, I can't even feel it vibrate when I press it.
[Nexus S General] AllGamer:
believe it or not, that is very typical of the Samsung "S" line of products :p
[Nexus S General] onthecouchagain:
I have to confess the semi-loose volume rocker is a growing annoyance. It's not that it's necessarily loose, more that on an otherwise sturdy device, it's the only loose component (even if it's only slightly loose). It feels out of place and it's difficult to ignore every time I handle the device
[Nexus S General] bogdi1988:
well, that's messed up. i love the phone, and samsung can make some great products like their LCD TVs, but i am disappointed on the way they handled the Galaxy S and Nexus S lines...
[Nexus S General] gogol:
Glad that I finally got my Nexus S :)

Hardware wise, it is a good looking phone. Futuristic, black and elegant.

Plastic back? It's nice! I like it.

Light and the screen is just awesome :)

No problem so far ...

Updated to 2.3.1 ...

But, yeah, Gingerbread is half-finished OS in my opinion.

Web browsing is very lag (Flash updated and set on-demand). Worse than my HTC Desire.

Wi-fi is weaker than my HTC Desire ...

Home screen lag is present sometimes ... smoothness is inconsistent.

Hopefully, Google will fix this in 2.4 (Come on Google!).
[Nexus S General] Belynda:
Had the phone 6 days, my only real problem is the battery. lasting around 6 -7 hours with med use. ie email on push. weather update 3 hourly. Auto task killer installed . Bluetooth is off, wi fi is on. 2-3 calls of about 3- 5 minutes.

I do have some problems with typing but I expect I will get used to this as I did with iphone 4.
[Nexus S General] quattro_rs:
second phone, the first one had a Purple tint screen !
[Nexus S General] Belarios:
Currently on my second phone. First one had back button issues. This second one drains the battery much faster than the first one, so I'm not sure if I'll exchange it again.
[Nexus S General] distortedloop:
Your battery life is not right. Almost everyone reporting at least a full day, and many a couple of days with normal use. (Normal, medium, heavy...all meaningless terms actually, since my normal is probably someone else's heavy.)

My phone has BT on, WiFi on, several calls per day, numerous Google Voice text messages, several hours of podcast listening, weightlifting tracking, and used as a remote for my TiVo and I get from 5:00 AM to 11:00 PM with usually at least 25% juice left.

You mention having an Auto task killer installed. That's usually not a good idea on Android 2.x. It could actually be the cause of your battery problem. The auto task killer kills an app and the the OS reopens it. Do some searching on why you don't need an auto task killer on Eclair and above.
[Nexus S General] Hostile89:
Bought two about 5 days ago and neither of us have had any issues.
[Nexus S General] icandy75:
Had mine since it released and have no issues. Everything just works as it should. Gps could be a little better but coming from a Vibrant anything is better.
[Nexus S General] mingkee:
I think it may be SIM related.

Sometimes the radio simply freezes after getting no reception for extended time (>10 minutes) and requires power cycle.

This happens more frequently when it was on 3rd line (V20 SIM), but it happens less frequently on original line (V30 SIM).
[Nexus S General] HTMLSpinnr:
I'm on my 2nd Nexus S after returning the first for poor Wi-fi performance and a "buzzy" sounding speaker.

Now on the second phone, at full volume, the external speaker is starting to rattle a bit. Sadly, I'm getting close to my 30 days and the WorstBuy rep I was working with insisted I only got one exchange. I'm starting to think he was wrong?
[Nexus S General] windmill_81:
My Nexus S at first was perfect apart from a little less sensitive back button.

A few days ago after glancing at the screen I've noticed little marks, tried to clean them, but with my great surprise they wouldn't go away.

The oleo phobic coating seems to have come off in some spots so the grease that rinses from the coated area remains on those spots making them show.

Fortunately they are barely noticeable but since I've had the phone for just about two weeks and have paid it good money I find this unacceptable.

I want to underline the fact that this can't be related to improper use since I've always kept the phone separated from any other item that could scratch it, like keys, coins or other.

When possible I will send it in for a replacement or a repair.
[Nexus S General] benjar:
Yep my back button is slightly less sensitive than the others as well. It always registers a key press but the active area is considerably smaller than the others, you have to press exactly over the arrow graphic for it to register.

Is yours the same in this respect?
[Nexus S General] windmill_81:
Yes, it's exactly the same.

Compared to the other buttons the back arrow has less active area and it's also a little less sensitive, the use with gloves shows it, pressing buttons and screen scrolling is perfect while the back arrow doesn't respond.
[Nexus S General] HpX:
First Nexus S, no issues at all. It's just perfect :)
[Nexus S General] Wiltuk:
On my first one, build seems perfect, all the softkeys are the same brightness etc.

Only problem I've noticed is that it doesn't always vibrate when there is a notification, that's most likely to be a software problem though.

Would say the build quality is on par with or even better than my N1 (remember there were a few problems with the N1 too, like the misplaced softkeys and 3g signal dropping. Funny how people forget...), even if it is plastic rather than metal.
[Nexus S General] Teknojunkee:
No problems

First NS, purchased day of release, no issues with phone (only t-mobile).

No one explained to me how my grandfathered internet plan WILL NOT work with this phone. (But it worked with my N1).

After two weeks of trouble shooting with tmobile and samsung, I found some threads online that the internet plan is to blame. Everything has been sorted out now.

I love this phone.
[Nexus S General] leyvatron:
Same. Agree.
[Nexus S General] ritcereal:
Well I voted YESTERDAY that I only had one Nexus S and that it was a great phone and all that. Well today I feel like I jinxed myself!

12:05 PM: Got a call from my girlfriend

12:10 PM: Drove to pick up girlfriend

12:15 PM: Phone was off, and would not power on, nor indicate it was charging when given a power source! Yikes!

Interesting how I had no warning that it was going to die. So luckily today is day number 29 of the 30 for in-store returns/exchanges for those who purchased on release day (December 16th) and as such was able to quickly and effortlessly return it. Which means that for those who purchased on RELEASE day, that tomorrow is everyone's last day to return, exchange or add the Best Buy Black Tie thingy. I decided that it was worth the money and bought it given my phone literally just died.

Has anyone seen/heard/had this issue before?
[Nexus S General] distortedloop:
How much was that Black Tie thing? We were just discussing in another thread.
[Nexus S General] Ceres66:
Also on my first Nexus S and no significant problems so far in terms of build, software or performance. I got mine shortly after Christmas from a Best Buy Mobile store.
[Nexus S General] ritcereal:
$9.99 a month which is $119.88 a year which understandably is more expensive than the SquareTrade which is $99 for two years (BTW, they also have a 30 day period to get their warranty so anyone who bought on release day who wants a warranty, tomorrow is it).

Reason I choose the Black Tie was just out of convenience, returning to Best Buy (whose employee's we know aren't the brightest but for warranties I'd say thats a plus) and getting a new phone same day seems like a worthy convenience to pay extra for.

Apparently if you pay the full one time price for the Black Tie service you have to pay that every time you use the service (which seems like crap) so I wouldn't recommend that at all. However thats what I was told...I did not look into it.
[Nexus S General] selectormoldy:
On my fourth Nexus S as of today. First one had home button issues, second one had touch screen issues, third one had back button issues. All three of those were manufactured on 12/09/10. My fourth Nexus S was manufactured on 12/18/10. Wish me luck.
[Nexus S General] sinatosk:
Where does it mention when it was manufactured ?
[Nexus S General] ritcereal:
When you register your phone w/ Samsung, as you enter your Serial Number it will show underneath the textfield (after a moment or two) and tell you!

Samsung Registration link:

http://www.samsung.com/us/support/account/regist/
[Nexus S General] .cruiser:
First phone, no exchange thus far. Love the 'pure' experience and the promise of most recent OS updates.

Just dislike one 'build quality' aspect > it just takes too long to charge it. Twice as longer as other similarly built phones.
[Nexus S General] theinternot:
Just got my second one today. Keyboard seems less laggy. Returned because of an annoying buzz in the earpiece. This one is much clearer and louder. Hopefully everything else will run right.
[Nexus S General] nabromov:
- The phone is rebooting during a call (reported bug; looks like it's happening only when the wi-fi is on,still annoying and lame)

- GPS issues (another reported issue)

- Samsung are delaying most of the Android updates

- The phone looks cheap but it is not.

- Screen time out doesn't work (at least on my 2.3.1 android)

Samsung are about to release a new phone just like Nexus S but with android 2.4; what does it mean?they will delay 2.4 for NexusS and nexus One.
[Nexus S General] thequinox:
This has been addressed several times. Samsung should have no play over when Google releases software updates. I would find it HIGHLY unusual to see a phone launch with a newer Android version than what a Nexus device already has.
[Nexus S General] SpookyTunes:
2nd time is a charm

First one had test build "soju-userdebug 2.3 GRH55 79397 test-keys", second (current) has proper release build. Happy with this phone. Upgrade from 26 month old T-Mobile G1 with Android 1.6.
[Nexus S General] Belynda:
Agreed this phone takes longer to charge than any other phone I have owned.

Don't understand the reason!
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] osugsxr:
okay so i still need some help with the following::

-- Movi_check Start..!!

checksum confirmation need_checksum[1301305579]

MBR_ChkSum in header : 4.1

MBR checksum : EC0063A432AFDBA2B104C3F0DF52FE3D

MRB Checksum Error

Movinand Checksum Confirmation Fail

-- movi_checking done!...

# MANUAL MODE #

-- Appling Muti-CSC...

Installing Muti-CSC

Error has to do with clockwork recovery, been searching around on this thread and there are a few people with this issue and havent found a solution. I was able to boot up to clockwork recovery by placing and a update.zip on my sd card. I would boot up into stock recovery, and install update packages, the clockwork recovery package would be my update package. Once into recovery I wipe and try flashing another rom, NO LUCK!!! line 12 error!!! Can someone please walk me out of this mess! Or give me some advice on what to do?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AlSopranos:
In the Gallery app the thumb pictures are wrong. How do i fix this?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 3722:
Have you tried deleting the ".thumbnails" folder from the SD card.

You can find it in /sdcard/DCIM/

Once you enter in gallery after that, the phone will recreate them again.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] extreme22:
hi guy how do i fix this issue of su unknown user root

thanks
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] steviewevie:
This should be in the Q&A forum ;)

It would help if you gave more information about your issue though, e.g. what you did before getting this error.