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[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] onthecouchagain:
I am enjoying my Nexus S for the peace of mind it brings: knowing I'm running stock Android and that I'm going to get future updates first.

Having said that, I do wish the experience wasn't marred by issues and glitches (specifically with the random ringtones, and the occasional, yet nevertheless frustrating, screen scrolling and icon issues). I'm looking forward to the next bug fix update. Fixing these issues I predict will go a long way in making me really happy.

I'd like to add: One aspect of the phone, and of Android in general, that I feel sorely about is the keyboard. No matter how one twists it - for example, one might say it's improved over previous Android keyboards, which is true - it pales in comparison to the accuracy and response of Apple's keyboard. This is not to start some immature Apple vs. Google flame war; anyone who has typed extensively on both platforms will understand the difference. It's also a shame Google seems insistent on copying even Apple's mistakes, for example, the lack of customization and custom auto-correct features. I can't wait until Blindtype is implemented. It's sorely needed.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AndroidZ28:
I don't understand your keyboard issue? Will you elaborate? I have used an iPhone extensively and still can't figure out how to make it do Swype...

Regarding your glitches, I recommend an exchange - I have none of those issues...
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mingkee:
I use NS rotate with MT4 on main line (has 4g web attached), but I may upgrade 3rd line to preferred 4G web in order to use along with MT4.

NS and MT4 are great phones, and probably they're the best phones for T-Mobile so far.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lcr44ramirez:
IMHO I think its common for new phones to have some sort of fault, its not perfect but of sure is a great device.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Partyka:
I'd agree. I was an iphone user for nearly 4 years and it is one of the most difficult parts of switching to Android. The iphone keyboard did seem to be much more accurate (Or maybe after years of typing on it, i was just REALLY used to it). I did originally download the swiftkey keyboard, which seemed easier to get used to originally but i had a problem with SMS that could not be solved any other way but a factory restore. And since then i've given the stock keyboard a bit more of a chance and after a couple of weeks i have to say it's not nearly as bad as i originally thought.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] B3arfruit:
Love it just like did the nexus one

Great phone

Believers b3ar fruit with their Nexus S.....:)
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cu_ninja:
@onthecouchagain The gingerbread keyboard is way better than iOS and a million times better than Froyo's. I can type at crazy speeds, make a bunch of mistakes, and the prediction gets it right almost every single time.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slowz3r:
sadly, it still auto corrects **** to duck and ***** to birch.

:( but nothing a little add to the dictionary cant do :)
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jroid:
you have to manually change the settings in the keyboard to enable vulgar language. Try that if you haven't already

edit: sorry that's for voice input, I thought it was for the kb.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ryan562:
If u love the ios keyboard so much dl smart keyboard from the market. It even has an ios layout and skin. U can also adjust the multitouch sensitivity.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rashad1:
Or even the iPhone Keyboard Emulator, it's not perfect, but it's the closest you will get to the iPhone keyboard on an Android phone.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MotorcycleKopp:
YES!! Literally, for the last 2.5 weeks I have been completely glued to my phone. This was, by far, the greatest purchase I've ever made. I absolutely love this phone!!
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AndyCr15:
I think blindtype has already been used in the keyboard, no?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUiHffMVLUg

Go to 9:50 and see. I think that's pretty damn quick typing...
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AllGamer:
Ironically, i'm still spending more quality time with my I9000M than with the Nexus S

the SNS works out of the box, almost perfectly, there is no major flaw, nothing to FIX

in the other hand the SGS it is full of PROBLEMS, and in a weird twist of thing, it's fun to FIX it

it'll be horrible though if that was your only phone, and you need it for business.

as a DEV toy, it's fund

I can finally go all out, trying all kind of crazy things on the SGS to fix it, and make it work better, now that I've got a reliable SNS to use for my daily business
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] birkholze:
I love my phone too! I can't wait for the development to get to a point where the N1 is. I love modding my phone, I just wish I knew how to do some development myself.

The only thing that made me regret the purchase was the HD2 getting NAND two days after I bought it.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] onthecouchagain:
I suppose everyone's experience is different, but I find when typing on an iPhone (or even an iPod), the keyboard response and speed is superior to Android's - I find myself typing far more confidently. (Anybody else constantly type "km" when trying to type "I'm" with stock Android keyboard?)

I'm using Smart Keyboard Pro already, and it is indeed a step up from stock Android keyboard. However, it seems to not be optimized for Gingerbread. I've reached out to the developer but haven't heard from him yet. It seems to especially miss space bar taps, so I'll often get words likethis; it also seems to miss really fast presses, especially when letters are close to each other. A common example is "you". I'll try the iPhone emulator keyboard that someone suggested and see how that goes. Thank you.

Edit: It looks like the iPhone keyboard, but it doesn't type like the iPhone keyboard. I'm not sure if this is software related or hardware related, but something about the Nexus S screen is almost too sensitive - you can hover your finger over the screen and it'll register presses; this might be making the typing experience worse than it should be. I don't know. I'll stick to Smart Keyboard Pro, which is as responsive as it gets typing on Android. Plus, it has no-brainer features which I don't understand why Google/Apple don't implement into their stock keyboards (like custom auto-correct - this feature goes miles in improving typing; or long pressing for second key symbols).
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Smilez_c:
My girl told me I'm better off going out with my phone because I spend more time on it than with her
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zorachus:
I love it, T-Mobile not so much, Sprint service on my EVO was rock solid, never dropping calls, and 99% almost perfect navigation for the 6 months I owned it.

Two weeks with the Nexus-S, and several dropped calls, and a few Navigation issues with not my finding my location. Wish Sprint was getting the Nexus-S.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] isoldier:
I too am very happy with my nexus s and when carphone warehouse refunded me my £100 that made everything even better.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] distortedloop:
Well, the fact that we're all active, and some of us, like me, very active, in this forum suggests we're obsessed with the phone, LOL.

Re: the keyboard. I'm in love with Swiftkey. It's amazing at predicting what word you're going to use next, and it gets better at it as you use it more.

For most short things, though, screw the keyboard, Google Voice Actions for the win! "Note to self, get milk on way home tonight" and an email reminder on its way. "Send text to Maria, hey meet me for lunch at the deli at noon" and off goes a text message. So quick and easy. (Must be US language in the settings to work properly.)
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] saint327:
Mine was not as responsive either. Bought it on the 1st, and now after a couple days of just playing around with the phone it seems to have fixed itself. Didn't mod or anything, just explored the phone. I guess I "broke it in" somehow lol Wait a few days and see if it happens to yours to.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cosimoss:
I can’t stop playing with the thing and when I have a spare moment I’m playing with the Tab. What a holiday period it’s been. :D
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lcr44ramirez:
I do everything on my phone I haven't even touched my computer since I got it lol only sad part is that tmobile already throttled my data service! :(
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] distortedloop:
They throttled me in November, but I use my account/phone to tether the laptop and something went crazy in the background and downloaded 3gigs in one day. I still haven't figured out what it was.

To be honest. the throttling was so insignificant I barely noticed. I was getting 4Mbs or so before they throttled me, and still between 2-3Mbs while throttled. That's faster than Sprint ever gave me on 3G, and on a par with AT&T unthrottled. YMMV, though.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] knytphal:
That's why you use wifi whenever and wherever you can. ;)

I have started pretty much keeping wifi on all the time.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Androyed:
I've watched a lot of reviews and read a lot of threads on a lot of forums, so you could say I'm obsessed... and I don't even own the Nexus S yet!

The reason you find me here is because I tend to do a lot of research on anything before buying it. In fact, I don't even know what 'XDA' means. Please forgive me. But it seems you don't have to be a developer to post a message here.

By searching this forum, I found out that the Nexus S doesn't lack 4G, 720p, LED-indicator, dual-core and trackball not just once, but multiple times! I saw this thread about the lack of those things, and then I saw another! I could deal with no LED-indicator, but I can't buy a device that has no LED-indicator multiple times.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] distortedloop:
Here's an old quote floating around the net about what xda is:
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] irishrally:
Another shout out for SwiftKey. The prediction is nuts after you've used it for awhile. I spend 90% of the time just hitting the predicted words and the rest typing the first or second letters of a word. It is not unusual to write a five word sentence with about 7 or 8 screen taps.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lcr44ramirez:
Yup I'm still noticing very fast speeds even if throttled. On my g2 it was a problem, I couldn't even watch YouTube videos without having to wait 10 min for a video to load
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] voyager_s:
Lol....sounds just like what i been doing also. Kinda fun just finding out or just hearing over and over from others how awesome my device is i guess. Keep it up. :-)
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] justsignbythex:
I'll try that. Thanks!

The phone's just sitting in the box since:

- back key problem

- Best Buy doesn't have a new shipment of Nexus' in stock yet.

- ATT monthly fee is still going (hence the reason why I haven't activated my T-Mo service yet)

I'll play around with it on Wifi.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rb9228:
Yep, like everyone here, I too am obsessed with this device. So much, I braved unlocking the bootloader and root. Heck, I even flashed an overclock kernel.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lcr44ramirez:
I want to ttry to root this phone but I'm such a noob and afraid I will brick it
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jonathon Grigg:
We were all in that boat once ;) but honestly, just find a decent guide (the one by AllGamer is great for starters, things are explained in detail) and go for it. Its not that hard and I don't think it's overly complicated, so I can't see many people bricking anything :p
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lcr44ramirez:
Thanks. I'm going to give it a try. Wish me luck!
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deyna:
Well I wouldn't call myself obsessed but I think my family would disagree with me. ^_^

This is the first smart phone i've ever had so I'm digging in deep. I even surprised my grandmother when I used it to install a program she needed on one of my Slackware boxes as she was using it. XD

I have no development experience and I quite busy with school but I look forward to learning Java and coding for this wonderful (and Linux based ^_~) platform
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JmPTaz09:
PHone

I play with mine all day long... and yes, I'm talking about my NS
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alexcinci:
My wife started to complain about me being most of the time on nexus. I don´t watch Tv at night eventhough I am at the living room with her, messing with the phone, hehehe.

I think this is the best grown up toy in decades
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CB620:
ill be a little more happy when they give us a little more support for gingerbread. mainly video chat apps. thats my only downer on this phone. no skype no oovoo no yahoo mess nada. other than that the phone is ok to me. im hard to please. i was satisfied with my g2 and i could have stuck with that. i mainly traded it for the nexus to have a ffc but when i saw the lack of video chat apps supporting gingerbread it makes me want a iphone 4 as the day goes on. i dont want to trade spots but update the damn support already. im done. lol
[Streak 5 General] alperin1:
Anyone else having issues with Skype on the Streak? It used to work for me but that is no longer the case.

Any help would ve appreciated.

US Streak running DJ_Steve's 1.5.2. It failed to work on 1.5.1 also.
[Streak 5 General] 00roberto00:
yes, same here. never connected. uninstalled. using fring.
[Streak 5 General] subvecto:
All good, no issues on mine.
[Streak 5 General] Spectre51:
Connected just fine for me official 2.2 rooted.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] smithisize:
This question is quick, and it's strange that I haven't found an answer to it in my searches, but anyways:

How can I make my screen turn on, instead of just buttons (In Assonance ROM 5.2) when I receive a text message?

Regards

Smith
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] newter55:
I don't use stock messaging stoop but it seems like I have read about people using an app called sms popup to activate screen when a text comes in....assuming of course you just want it to come on for a brief time.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nybmx:
3rd party messaging apps like handcent have this built in.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Caspers25:
Well im very use to using netarchy's kernels.

and having sense and all that junk for Custom sense and nonsense Roms.

I need to know if i can use Regular kernels?

like HTC stock kernels,Netarchy's 4.2.1 or 4.1.9 CFS?

am i able to use collins tweak?

what can i do?

because i need to save alot of battery life.

im not really fond of cyanogen.

i have no idea why,but i just switched to Evervolv Gingerbread Rom,

and the battery life is pretty poor.

can anyone help me at all with this?

what kernels would really help me?

and Flash Aosp kernels are the same as flashing other kernels,right?

haha.

i was told Cyanogenmod kernels are very good they give you very good battery life.

what Kernels should i run on my phone?

please suggestions and some help please.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abanh:
Netarchy's kernels are for Sense tons so they won't work. I used to think aosp time had poor battery life as well, but when you switch from a Sense Rom to an aosp Rom you MUST wipe battery stats.

Try charging the phone to 100%, then unplug it, turn the phone off, and plug the charger back on (phone still off at this point. Let it charge for another 20 minutes or so. Unplug the charger, then plug it back in again. Your charging light will stay orange for about 45 seconds to a minute, then it will turn green again. Unplug the charger, then plug it back in again. Repeat this process about 10-15 times (leaving the phone powered off the entire time). When you're finish, boot into recovery and wipe battery stats.

This is a time consuming process but it works.
[General Questions and Answers] JustPlainLucky:
I can launch the wireless tether app and browse the internet on my laptop (even stream netflix without a problem) but when I turn off the tether and try to reconnect to my own WiFi network at home it won't connect to my router.

It detects the network and shows the full 5 bars but gives me an error message when I try to connect.

Resetting the router (by turning it off and on again) fixes the issue, but I want to know if there's a way to avoid all that.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] almonds:
I have been using Desire's mp3 player to play songs which I saved on the stock 4g card that came with the phone and just the first day of using my phone, I came across a few problems.

1. While listening to a track, the song stops playing out of nowhere.

2. When I connect the phone to PC via USB cable, sometimes, Desire screen will say "SD card unavailable because it is being used as USB stoorage. Disconnect USB to access SD card" - but funny thing is a thing will pop up on my computer screen prompting me to open the SD card folder and the folder is openable. And after I unplug the USB cable, all songs from my one playlist is GONE.

3. After I uploaded songs to the SD card, I can only find some uploaded songs in Desire while some disappeared, but when I check the files under "MP3 folder" after connecting the phone to my PC, the "disappeared" songs are there!

I try a couple things like unplugging at Charge only before disconnecting phone from my computer; turning off the phone, taking out the battery and re-inserting the SD card before turning on the phone again; re-format the SD card - but none solve above problems.

I have this Desire for only about 4 days, can someone tell me if this is a SD card or phone problem?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] chinkpak:
Like a lot of people here, I sent my phone in directly by calling Samsung, I sent mine in on the 21st, so Im anticipating at least one more week. Also, does anyone know how to find out updates on the repair? All I got was a UPS tracking number which tells me the package arrived on the 22nd. Other than that, I have no idea whats happening with my phone right now.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chuckblock:
Hey guys... I have a quick question for you root/flashers... I successfully did the axura 2.2 rom about 2 weeks ago and I love it. However, Master keeps coming with updates and I would like to update also. I'm a noob so I been doing some research. I hear that I should Odin to stock (I have the program but don't know how to do so), and then I'm hearing that I can just flash over my 2.2 rom... I'm really confused and I definitely do not want to brick this phone. I just want the safest, easiest way to re-flash axura 2.2.5.7 or any other rom... This will help in the future also... Thanks in advance!!!
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] helikido:
Just flash over IF THEY ARE THEY UPDATE OF THE SAME ROM. Use clockwork recovery and select back up rom ONLY.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tenbeau:
For my own information are you telling him to back up his present rom in rom manager and then use clockwork recovery to"install rom from sd" card or to go into clockwork recovery and"install zip from sd card etc."?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chuckblock:
o thanks didnt know I can just flash over... so no need to delete anything right?
[Android Themes] Jweimn:
I was woundering if there is any way to customize the Droid multimedia app whcih pops up when you put your droid into the dock? I have looked around and havnt really seen much on this so I was woundering if it is even posible to do?

Thanks
[G Tablet General] solidorange:
how on earth do you get a fullsize custom wallpaper? no matter what i download, it wants me to use the square crop tool which always results in a horrible looking image. i know the screen size is 1024x600, but it seems like you can't set any image that is actually that resolution as a fullsize wallpaper.
[G Tablet General] solidorange:
solved it!! amazing how you always seem to find these things as soon as you make a post about it, lol.

multipicture live wallpaper will allow you to do it, the APK is available here:

h++p://m.apkshare.com/item_details.php?softid=6567&p=94&c=001002

(change the "+'s" to "t's", as i can't post links yet)
[G Tablet General] drksoft:
thanks!! i was looking like crazy for this apk :eek:
[G Tablet General] bittrix:
I'm just guessing here, but i'd wager that static wallpaper should be 1024x1024 so it can be displayed "upright" either portrait or landscape - in portrait leaving off top and bottom. In landscape leaving off the sides.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Ahmun_Ra:
I have a smal question... I was wondering what will happen to the SD builds now that NAND is out. Are devs gonna disclaim those of us that like to have WM on they'r phone or like me cannot install NAND?

If u think this is not the place for the question feel free to move this
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Metastable:
Hopefully die a quick death. By the way, why can't you install mgldr? Also, this is the wrong forum.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] jcsy:
i suspect NAND will work for most 95% of the phones out there

the question is , SD card is old technology but does bring its benefits

backing up, upgrading builds and modifying components were a little easier made from Windows Mobile. Multiple Android boots from different Android Folders as well using Exceller's

well, to me, SD card should perhaps move to the direction of RAM.

and finally NAND only and RAM only builds should conquer.. speed, stability and functionality

Primary Generation : NAND (with some setbacks now)

Secondary Generation : RAM ( with some setbacks now)

Tertiary Generation : SD (with setbacks as well)

they all have their UP and DOWNS, I believe its CHOICE

and if you dont like Android, go with Windows Mobile ! :D The power to customize is up 2 you

darkstone is working on NAND+RAM, so lets see how that unfolds...
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Satyan:
even me would be on the list... as i tried everything possible (combinations of WM ROM/ RADIO /TASK29) to install nand.

magldr does install. but partition send failed is the error on dft installer... and magldr says block 0 , bad crc..

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TMOUS HD2
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] norpan111:
I'm wondering what's happening to nand roms, not even on first page?:o just SD builds
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Dust2Dust:
Probably because there are no or very little problems with the NAND builds so nobody has questions about them.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] hyellow:
This is an interesting thread. I am using sd builds too. I'd like to have dual boot too because i need winmo from time to time to use mytinytv. Most recent android builds are now moving to nand. Unless magldr has dual boot options, i'd like to stick with sd builds.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Kezzainc:
Do we have the option to run a SD build from mgldr ? Ive had a little go but no boot yet...
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] ZekeWolf:
The nand build have their own sub forum. XDA app cannot see that yet. Try to browse in a computer and you'll see.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] buzz killington:
All the nand roms have been moved to its own subforum.

Edit: knew I should've just waited to let somebody else answer :)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] nickolaskg:
I had this problem. After I did the following , flashing nand worked.

1. Flash with task 29

2. Flash stock win mo rom

3. Flash magldr

4. Flash nand rom of choice.

This process has to be done in that order.

I tried different combinations until I found this one to work repeatedly.

Hopefully you figure it out...

Also did you un check allow usb connections in active sync?

Good luck.