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[Nexus S General] SBS_:
I think they submit most handsets for FCC apporval even if they're not sold in the US. Would be annoying if your phone that technically works in most of the world and you would not be able to use it in the US.
[Nexus S General] distortedloop:
A very minor correction: that should read "they don't care which one you get as long as you USE Android."

Actually they don't even care what phone OS you use; they just want you to use their apps. Most of their iOS apps have parity (to the extent Apple allows) with the Android versions eventually.

I bought unlocked and they asked for a phone number to put in the system. I told them 000-000-0000. They accepted that. ;)

Pretty sleazy to go back and keep exchanging, in my opinion, but if you're so inclined, just give a different phone number each purchase (it's not like they check it) and use a different payment method.

I'm sure contract/subsidized phone buyers won't get away with any kind of number game.
[Nexus S General] DKYang:
Probably talking about the usual "What's your phone number when making a huge purchase." That's pretty normal at Best Buy.
[Nexus S General] ekerazha:
It's a new Nexus S with dual-core cpu, led indicator, HD recording, zoom and gorilla glass LOL :D
[Nexus S General] jorenfrielink:
And it's only available in Europe::)
[Nexus S General] distortedloop:
No, I am specifically talking about they wanted my T-Mobile phone number that I would use with the phone.

The "what's your phone number when making any purchase" question came at the very beginning of the transaction...the "what phone number for the phone" question came towards the end. ;)
[Nexus S General] itrustme:
im pretty sure its just a euro/global version. just like the moto droid2 and droid2 global. as stated earlier when i visit gamelofts site with my nexus s it displays i9023 as the model number.
[Nexus S General] slowz3r:
Forgive me if I am wrong isnt 850/1900 ATT
[Nexus S General] AllGamer:
i think that is their cheezee short form writing

as in Voice in 850/1900

and 3G being AWS
[Nexus S General] Vyse666:
The 850/1900 mentioned refers to Edge/GSM (both T-Mobile and AT&T use the same Edge frequencies). As you can see, it states AWS for 3G (HSPA) and that's only for T-Mobile.
[Nexus S General] thepoetvd776:
Yeah they asked me the same information.
[Nexus S General] Naths:
well iv just looked on my box and it says black/silver....its got to mean the colour of the samsung and google written on the back...cause my phone is black as black can be!!!.apart from the silve writing that is,sounds like some scaremongering going on here!!!!:confused:
[Nexus S General] irishrally:
Did we figure out yet if the Google Nexus S Plus being released on Friday has 10 cores?
[Nexus S General] Kayatoast:
Guys, Google just pushed the Nexus S to all their employees. I highly doubt they are going to release a new flagship phone in Feb when their employees all just got a Nexus S.

It's probably either a Samsung phone or a variant for Europe? In that case I really wouldn't be bothered about it, I really can't stand Touchwiz
[Nexus S General] slowz3r:
Ya, silly me :(

Hmmm, would they resubmit a device for hardware fixes that dont involve swapping out major components?
[Nexus S General] RogerPodacter:
i know how upset people can get with this type of situation, but hell i'm still happy with my nexus one lmao! my N1 is just as good as the day i got it, regardless of what has come out since then;)
[Nexus S General] slowz3r:
what im saying is, if it does infact have some "major" changes and by major i dont mean HSPA+ Ill take my phone back and get the I9023 just because I may as well but if it is just some "fixes" then who cares no big deal my phone already works flawless
[Nexus S General] Menace II Society:
Interesting article I just read..

Source Link
[Nexus S General] tommyz2kool:
I have a hard time believing this is i9023 is an updated nexus S. Nexus belongs to google and I have a very hard time believing google would actually allow another better nexus phone to be released so soon. This seems like a very bad way to piss off loyal customers.
[Nexus S General] slowz3r:
Like I said in a previous post is it possible that this may just have some hardware fixes that people have been having issues with?

And would that grant another trip to the FCC?
[Nexus S General] ogdobber:
i wouldn't panic
[Nexus S General] mgymnop:
My best guess is that it is a Samsung branded Nexus S-like phone for T-mobile with Touchwiz and 4G. Similar to Nexus One and Desire which has Sense UI.
[Nexus S General] chaval:
Hard to believe, Samsung releasing the "same" phone with another model nr just because the f_ckt up during quality control.

Im going for the "European version" of the phone, as samsung has stated

that the Nexus "S" for ex Sweden is I9023. This was a month ago.
[Nexus S General] slowz3r:
Im not familiar with European bands/frequencies but isnt "AWS" only American Tmo

FCC ^
[Nexus S General] Lord_Buckington:
Tmobile pretty much use the same bands as European carriers.

Sent from my Nexus One
[Nexus S General] slowz3r:
Care to share what freqs you guys over the pond use?
[Nexus S General] zorak950:
I share the widespread skepticism about this "revelation," but even if this does come to pass, I'm not sure I really understand what the issue is. Pretty much everyone who bought a Nexus S implicitly decided that they weren't going to care that their phone's hardware would be outdated in a couple months. Now along comes the possibility of a Nexus S with slightly better hardware and... people are upset? As long as your phone keeps getting updates, what do you care? Now, granted, if a new release within a few months of the Nexus S means Google stops pushing timely updates to this phone, yes, that will be solid grounds to pick up the torches and pitchforks; but right now it sounds like people are unhappy about the fact that exactly what they knew was going to happen anyway, is happening.
[Nexus S General] slowz3r:
I think if anything its just one of those "WTF is Samsung up to" kinda things
[Nexus S General] ztm.000:
I really just hope its something like a European version (I thought that it exists already) with nothing more.
[Nexus S General] slowz3r:
If anything could it be a "world phone"
[Nexus S General] Vyse666:
This is incorrect.

T-Mobile's Edge is the same as most carriers around the globe; however, their 3G is exclusive to North America.

See Wikipedia:

In other words, this phone, I9023, which uses AWS 3G, is for North America, most likely T-Mobile US, not Europe.
[Nexus S General] bratfink:
My Opinion

Iv read every post and so i thought i might as well join in.

Firstly i live in the UK which im pretty sure is part of Europe and i have the same Nexus S as you all have, and it was purchased from carphone warehouse which is BestBuy in the UK.

Secondly we have nothing to worry about;

1. Google know the only reason people buy the Nexus line is for first in line updates (otherwise none of us would be here) therefore if google had 2.4, that would mean this thread would be full of people happily downloading the OTA from some XDA guys link. (BASICALLY IF THEY HAD IT SO WOULD WE)

2. If anyone of you have watched the interview with the new UI guy (i always forget the name) he talked about honeycomb etc etc and how android would go button-less among other things. So basically if google did want to flagship the next version they would change the design which means the videos are fake or its a small update, which leads back to point 1... if it was a small update WE WOULD HAVE IT!!

3. My Nexus S box says 'Colour: Black Silver' so there are no new colour ranges (and no mine isnt a different colour, they are in fact referencing to the text on the back).

4. I may have a unique way of thinking or maybe im just putting pieces of a puzzle together but it seems to me there's only two very likely possibilities left. 1 - The Nexus S has a new HSPA+ chip and that's all, 2 - im wrong.

Just my way of looking at this all...
[Nexus S General] Arcarsenal:
I hate to beat a dead horse, and to contribute to the rumour mill and general early adopter anger, but if this i9023 does indeed have AWS 3G and is not a typo and if it includes a HSPA+ radio I will be mighty angry.

I have 2 days to return the phone within the Best Buy return period. Living in Chicago, having access to the HSPA+ network would be a nice bonus on top of an already nice phone. While not extremely important, it's just hard to swallow the idea that my $529 phone isn't utilizing the best parts of the network & its improved version is leaked days before early adopters are unable to retun their devices. I know life isn't fair, but this is a kick in the balls if true.
[Nexus S General] slowz3r:
ya i got 2 days to return as well and i live in a HSPA+ area but i dont think a HSPA+ improvement would get me to go back and return and wait for whenever this one will come out
[Nexus S General] brmayhem:
Samsung is the worst as far as software updates/loyalty to customers goes. I am still a "proud" owner of a Behold II and the original Galaxy... The only reason I bought this phone is because this is part of the Nexus line. It was still painful to purchase another Samsung but I thought it was a safe bet.... Maybe I'm wrong?

And to those saying "oh hey, this is how technology works, something better is always on the works" come on now... This phone is ONE MONTH old. I know something better is already on the works, dual core phones, bigger/brighter displays etc etc. But the point still is that this phone is ONE MONTH OLD! If in three months there's an announcement of a new badder phone then it's whatever but for right now introducing a "S2" just unacceptable...
[Nexus S General] Lord_Buckington:
Mostly 2100, some 900.

Sent from my Nexus One
[Nexus S General] Lord_Buckington:
My mistake, I misread and made an assumption.

Sent from my Nexus One
[Nexus S General] bergqvistjl:
If all they do is put a new HSPA+ chip in it, What will the advantages be to a user in the UK? Would we get better signal? because if it only affects devices in the US, I dont mind, but if it has an advantage using it in the UK too, I might sell my NS on ebay quickly lol and wait for this new one.
[Nexus S General] slowz3r:
You wouldnt see any difference
[Nexus S General] bratfink:
Nope - It doesnt

No the T-mobile UK doesn't even have HSPA+ is only has HSDPA therefore our maximum 3G speeds are 7.2mb. Dont sell ur Nexus S :D!
[Nexus S General] bergqvistjl:
OK, if thats the case then i'll be happy. I'm still annoyed though, I mean even if it comes out in 6 months time, its still a cheek leaking it when the current nexus S is only 3 weeks old in the UK. :mad:
[Nexus S General] bergqvistjl:
I'm not using T-Mobile, i'm using GifGaff, which is a subsiduary of 02, they use their signal. Ah I got HSDPA confused with HSPA+ then.
[Nexus S General] Rusty!:
No UK network has anything better than HSDPA, the "4G" rights are getting auctioned off in 2013, so we'll not have it for ages.
[Nexus S General] distortedloop:
CES is full of promises and products that take months, years, or never to make it to market.

These it's only "ONE MONTH OLD" arguments are meaningless until you can go out and buy one of these supposedly better phones. Can you buy the supposed S2 today? When is the announced release date? There isn't one, right?

Name a Samsung phone that you can purchase TODAY that's better than your Nexus S that you couldn't purchase 28 days ago when the Nexus S came out. You can't.

Come back with the "it's too soon to release a better phone" complaints when you can actually come back with a better phone in hand. ;)
[Nexus S General] phonex1:
I was reading the FCC testing pdf file after searching for "i9023" which lead to FCC test documents. In the pdf the phone sketch is same as engadget shows, the bottom box says "Europe Common" and after reading the SAR test reports and detailed testing I found the following:

850/1900 is GSM/GPRS/EDGE only. No UMTS 1850/1900 was tested.

1700 AWS is the UMTS band that was tested.

2400 is actually the wifi 2.4GHz band. So it doesn't relate to a data radio.

Basically the phone was 850/1900 GSM/EDGE and 1700 AWS WCDMA with BT and WLAN (2400).

So I am thinking maybe it was an altogether different phone or maybe just a radio change only. The phone in question apparently had only three bands.

So no need for panic. Relax its no nexus s2. Just a minor radio change (most probable) or a different handset (a little bit probable).

Link:

https://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/oetcf/eas...e=N&application_id=430943&fcc_id='A3LGTI9023'
[Nexus S General] irishrally:
It's the HTC Desire, if you know what I mean.
[Nexus S General] DumbUglyDragon:
For those of you who don't read each page before posting...
[Nexus S General] siberslug:
Wrong, Wrong, Wrong.

T-Mobile is the one holding back 2.2 on the Vibrant not Samsung.

Samsung has nothing to do with the Nexus One because it's a HTC device and Google pushes updates directly.

Samsung has very little to do with updates on the Nexus S because Google pushes updates directly.
[Nexus S General] cheetah2k:
T-Mobile 3G bands work just fine on Optus in Australia :D
[Nexus S General] Paparasee:
Logically, Samsung would not release an upgrade to the NS so soon. If they do, they would be sitting on a pile of phones returned by users in the 30 day return period that they would have to consider refurbishing!
[Nexus S General] Androyed:
This phone could be 3 things:

1. Most likely. The European version of the Nexus S, with Super Clear LCD and some optimization for European networks. Maybe in another colour, and some fixed hardware bugs(?)

2. A phone like the HTC Desire was for the Nexus One. I don't think so, because I think the Galaxy S already was that phone.

3. An upgraded version of the Nexus S, like a Nexus S Pro or something. This is the least likely, because I guess they would've told there was a Pro version coming.

Anyway, whatever this phone turns out to be, isn't it a bit silly to say that 'Google let us down'? Come on. New phones are released every month. Google isn't holy. Android isn't holy. And the Nexus S isn't holy too. It looks like some people here are going to burst spontaneously into tears. It is probably just a European version of the Nexus S, with Super Clear LCD.
[Nexus S General] slowz3r:
Just thinkin about it makes me think that it would be the EU version because the NS is a DEV phone meaning all the devs went out and bought one, thats kinda screwing a large portion of people that help build android
[Nexus S General] distortedloop:
Did all the devs go out and buy one? Doesn't seem like it to me...
[Nexus S General] :
Nexus S isn't a dev phone.
[Nexus S General] rocketragz:
oh really?
[Nexus S General] :
Yes really. As of right now it's just a retail product. The same way the N1 wasn't officially a dev phone until june-ish of '10.
[Nexus S General] DJTaurus:
There are rumors of Nexus s undergoing some testing and that they will be available throught vodafone (greece)....the only negative is that it will have clear LCD display instead of samoled.
[Nexus S General] ekerazha:
http://www.samfirmware.com/apps/blog/show/5848021-exclusive-samsung-i9023-pictures-

i9023

Android 2.4

... green camera border?
[Nexus S General] gundamboy:
The "green camera border" is just the protective wrap that manufacturers usually apply. Other than that, I'm going to be disappointed if this is better than our current phones... we should get 2.4 right when this comes out, if it even comes out
[Nexus S General] ekerazha:
I think it could use a Super Clear LCD screen instead of the Super AMOLED, look at the pictures, it seems like the black bar isn't really black.
[Nexus S General] Androyed:
Yeah, I think that too. The viewing angle is a bit large for a LCD, but Super Clear LCD seems to have that benefit on the Wave II as well. Also, they are using a light-coloured background, which makes me also think that this is LCD. Maybe a strange theory, but where black looks better on S-AMOLED, lighter colours look very good on Super (Clear) LCD.

I also got to say that in some pictures of a S-AMOLED version, the black doesn't really look like black too. It could just be the camera. Or the phone in the picture could just be the same most people on this forum have.
[Nexus S General] pegasolabs:
Agree, there is no proof that the portrayed model is the i9023
[Nexus S General] mythamp:
I honestly doubt a "pure google" version will be out from samsung, this hipped up phone could have 2.4 but with touchwiz ontop of it, eg. htc-desire, and google will launch 2.4 for all of us, nexus s, owners when they release 3.0 for tablets.
[Nexus S General] distortedloop:
This chart is a must read for everyone in this thread that's been upset by the rumors of the possibility of a newer Nexus S-like device out soon.

:D
[Nexus S General] allen099:
That's not true. The N1 was a developer phone in December '09, before it even launched. The Android devs within Google had it, and they gave it out at their announcement on launch day (or order day, as it were).

The Nexus S however has not been announced a dev phone, and is simply backed by Google because of Samsung's willingness to provide a piece of hardware for the vanilla OS.

I'm pretty sure this thread is in regards to a European version of the NS, but I looked at the Motorola Atrix and saw it had the 2100mhz band for 3G..that would be T-Mobile. And it has superb battery life, with talk time on 3G over 8 hours. It's better than any other phone in that regard on the market. I'd consider the latest Motoblur as one of the "better" skins in terms of non-intrusiveness, so perhaps I'll return NS and wait it out. March 1 isn't too far away hehe :-)
[Nexus S General] DarkAgent:
Good god you people need to calm down. How about seeing what exactly this "i9023" is before throwing a tantrum.
[Nexus S General] ztm.000:
God damn that was funny stuff!
[Nexus S General] ravidavi:
React AFTER getting solid information??! You, sir, must be new to the Interwebs. :)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] siapelbo:
i want to share my internet on my pc to my hd2 with android o.s via bletooth in my wm6.5 o.s there is a way in sharing my internet to hd2 via active sync via bluetooth

thanks in advance ...
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] TheATHEiST:
err wtf??

You want to have internet via bluetooth for your Android OS but via your WM6.5 OS, and how on earth do you think that is ever going to happen if you are booted into Android??

When you boot into Android Windows is NOT running, Its been kicked out of ram and you have booted into a android kernel. Windows isnt running in background keeping Android running, Windows is only used to load haret.exe, that it.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] jose makalolot:
He is saying that in winmo, he use active sync via bluetooth and he is asking how to do it in Android.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] mmduluth:
I think you have to add imaginary periods in that. Apparently he doesn't believe in punctuation and just uses gigantic run-on sentences.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] TheATHEiST:
lol.

Yeah i thought it sounded a bit weird. I thought he assumed windows was still running now I realise he cant even write what he's thinking correctly. :rolleyes:
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] elmo61:
Has anyone tried modding the spotify widget im looking for something transparent and monochrome that will fit with my theme!
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cetras:
Just to add a piece of info, the Buttons in Cyanogen to toggle play/pause and go the next song do work with Spotify, so it's "just" a matter of getting the retrival of information to work (get covert art, get title) to have a full working widget :)
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] O.D.B:
Does anyone know the adb command to pull the spotify apk?

I've tried

adb remount

adb pull /system/app/spotify.apk and

adb pull /data/app/spotify.apk

all i get is that the file doesn't exist...
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Blu3D:
Try using com.spotify.mobile.android.ui.apk Or just use Titanium to make a backup and get the apk from there.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Maya Pereira:
all i get is that the file doesn't exist...
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] donalgodon:
Just a head's-up that the new 3.0 version of SlideIt Keyboard for Android is out and it rocks!

I've not a single complaint about this version and I've always wished I could have the best features of Swype, etc. and have the features of SlideIT. I really do think it is finally better than Swype in every way possible.

This is not a spam. I don't work for them. I'm just so happy with the thing, I wanted to share. :)

http://www.mobiletextinput.com/Product/SlideIT/SlideIT.php

Mods: Sorry, I meant to post this in the apps section.
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] samnada:
Does it have a Mic key? I use voice input all the time.
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] donalgodon:
Yes, and it works great. I've been using it also.

They have a promotion directly from their site for $3.99 which they say is a limited-time. I think it was well worth it.
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] mmelo76:
Moved of: Samsung Vibrant > Vibrant General

To: Samsung Vibrant > Vibrant Themes and Apps
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] epakrat75:
Thanks for the heads up. In your excitement though you appear to have spelled the app's name wrong several times. It's SlideIT. I mention this in case it makes any difference for people searchwise.
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] mmelo76:
Ok!

Done!
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] donalgodon:
Ooops! Yes, I did. I requested a mod to edit the title for search purposes. Thanks.

Anyway, I've really been pleased with the performance of this software.

For me, the best things over Swype are:

delete on error erases the entire word, not just one letter (unless you want to)

multiple language access with one click literally.

shortcuts

text selection is better/easier

etc.
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] samnada:
Watched the entire vid. Don't see a Mic key anywhere. It needs to be on the first default keyboard.

Otherwise, some nice features. I'd also prefer to have access to the cursor positioning arrow key more easily. Looks like at least 3 buttons to get there.

Thanks for the reference though.
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] Alex9090:
I ve been using it since yesterday and i am definitely going to prefer it over swype. Lots of shortcuts and dictionary seems to be better than swype..well at least for me.

That video tutorial on their website is from older version i think. New one looks like this and it does have mic key on the keyboard.
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] crazy_kat_matt:
i prefer swype 10times over this.

plus swype morphs are sexy
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] thecolorifix:
After a quick trial run I'm liking it better than Swype on my rooted Vibrant. I'll try to remember to come back here and post some thoughts after a couple days.

One of my main problems with Swype was always their word choice window, SlideIT does it much better by putting the suggestions right above the top row of keys where they are with the stock keyboard, so I love that.
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] dgsmith90:
After a quick trial on my rooted Vibrant, I'm kinda liking it better than Swype for a few reasons.

1. The word suggestion is not a random pop-up that hides everything. It's right above the keyboard which makes much more sense (personal preference).

2. It appears to be more formal and accurate, especially when inputting new words and keeping the caps, like ASCE.

3. It's overall layout is more to my liking (personal preference).

4. You don't have to hunt for it, make sure the ROM you flash has it, or worry about losing it in the future.

Good find, OP. Thank you.
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] thecolorifix:
Still loving it so far. The one drawback I've noticed is the only numeric mode had the numbers across the top of the keyboard, there's no keypad mode that I could see.
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] Duce HD2:
Will this replace the swype.apk, or just add another keyboard?

Thanks
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] Argusi:
I use graffiti. I find it faster than even a numeric layout. Give it a shot.