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[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neojima:
Have you tried Firefox? I was rather astonished to not be able to hit web sites via IPv6, until it occurred to me that the default web browser might be the stumbling block. With Firefox I managed to get IPv6 sites just fine (including 10/10/10/10 on test-ipv6.com).

(I'd post the screenshot, but I'm a n00b here.)

- Jima, long-time IPv6 advocate/enthusiast
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abhilashraj:
[Mods - i hope this is the right forum to post this..sorry if it isn't]

That's it folks ... I guess there is no gingerbread+nexus S love coming my way :'(

I've been dying to get this phone since the day it released... ESPECIALLY because it's such great value for money ..

BUT - I'm in Dubai ...and it wud cost me a total of about $700+ to get this mean boy shipped safely to me

[$530+$5 case + $45 sales tax + ~$120 shipping]

Does ANYBODY know a better way to get it here?

I don't want to buy it off ebay or somewhere else, because I want someone i trust to 'test' the device for problems (and exchange it if needed) before shipping it here...

Help anyone?

[and please don't beat me up for asking!]
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] the_ahmadzais:
They are cheaper here in canada
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ztm.000:
They'll be in Italy soon, closer than America, plus the Italian version will have 720p and a Super LCD.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abhilashraj:
Interesting ....

I have an iPhone 3g now ..and it's nearly dead [literally]

i see it choke every few minutes ... so I'm slowly preparing to put it back in its original packaging and bury it somewhere..

I can keep waiting till a European one comes about .. but from the articles I've read, i think the reduced shipping cost wud be offset by a higher up-front (529 Euros) price

Till then i'll keep praying my iPhone survives...

@the_ahmadzais: I was under the impression that it hasn't been released anywhere BUT US and UK till now? I couldn't find any google hits that talked of a Canada release, but i probably am wrong..

still ..is there a subtantial diff in prices?

it's mainly the shipping cost that is killing me ... 120$ !! [that + taxes count for 25% of the total bill to get it here!

*ouch* ]
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zorak950:
It's been my observation that it's common practice for sellers to overcharge for shipping. Basic one-week shipping to Dubai from the United States via USPS is about half that. Of course, if you want to use a specific carrier (UPS, FedEx, et cetera) or add extra services, it costs more. But honestly, most of that stuff is just a way for the parcel service to squeeze more money out of you. I've been selling and buying online for years, and I've yet to have a package lost or grossly mishandled. If anything's been broken in transit, it was because the seller did a crappy job packaging it. Also, state sales taxes vary. Here in Oregon, there is no sales tax. So the break even point for buying and shipping a Nexus S for me would be roughly $590. Even in states with the highest sales taxes, that only goes up by about $50. So if you're buying from the U.S.- unless you're insisting either on super express shipping (less than a week) or some form of package insurance which would add to the cost- I would consider anything above $650 at most to be pure seller profit.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] umbrella42:
This non-availability is an android bug imho

This wouldn't be no problem if the gingerbread reference phone was available as developer phone. Obviously google refuses to notice that there are android developers outside the USA. :eek:

This issue already has been reported as a bug. Star it. ;-)
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] the_ahmadzais:
Ya basically the ups shipping is expensive and the phone is 500 at some local stores Asian dealers. Its coming to all Canadian providers on March.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Paparasee:
Abilash, I understand the feeling ... frustration. I was in the same boat as you ... think you even commented about it.

I got a friend to buy it (am in Kuwait). Initially I thought I'd make the payment through paypal and get it shipped to him. On trying to complete the process, paypal through up a message saying that my paypal location does not allow shipping to the desired location (US - CA) and therefore payment cannot be completed :-s whatever that meant.

Anyway, my friend ran a quick check ... nothing detailed (checked for bad screen issues, loose volume controls and back button problem), but it back in the box and shipped it to an Aramex mailbox address in New York. Cost him $16.90 including insurance.

The item has yet to reach the address, but one its there, I understand Aramex will automatically ship it to the Kuwait address of the holder of that box. Again, I understand that the shipment cost to Kuwait should be about KD.5 or 6 (about $18/-) plus a possible customs tax of KD.3 or 4 (about $13/-).

You could either find some friend that has this box already or may prefer to apply for a box if you intend to do a lot of purchase from the US.

http://www.aramex.com/shopandship/default.aspx
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mr mystery:
Where has this been confirmed? If a new version comes out with 720p I'm gonna be an unhappy customer.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Androyed:
Super Clear LCD has been confirmed, but 720p was just a mistake: some idiot thought that 720x480 is 720p, and if only one person says it, it goes around the internet in no time.

There is a possibility that 720p video recording will come to the Nexus S in the future. Some say it can be done with an update...
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abhilashraj:
Finally getting somewhere with the shipping issue

Really nice to see people offering their two cents..

thank you!

@zorak - the massive addition causing the price to jump beyond the $650 mark is only the shipping cost @120 ... I am using fedex's/ups' online estimate tools to approximate shipping cost... I understand that the estimates wud be off by a bit vs. the actual cost... but I doubt it would be a a $50 drop ...probably a $10 drop ..

i will ask my friend to check if they have other/slower delivery options costing lesser though (the online estimate only shows 'speedy' trnfrs...

@Paparasee: :eek: opening that aramex box idea was something i DID NOT know of!

even after adding the initial setup fee of $35 to the $16.90 (shipping to new york) and $31 (shipping to Kuwait) ..the total cost STILL works out to be cheaper than the 120 that fedex and UPS are asking for :eek:

how has your experience been so far with the Aramex box? i.e. my packages/the phone wouldn't be lost in transit yea?

on another note-- my brother and I have been putting off amazon purchases SOLELY because of shipping costs .. I didn't know such a thing existed !
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AllGamer:
shipping from Canada to Dubai will be equally as expensive than shipping it from USA

besides the Canadian version of the SNS is not out until March

i'll not choose a SLCD it's not comparable to SAMOLED

i've played with the SLCD from the next HTC phones, and they are not lively, it lacks the vivid display of the SAMOLED

so if the buyer wants a SAMOLED display, it'll need to purchase the America version, UK version is also SAMOLED

if they don't mind the low quality of the SLCD then they can buy the Euro version with SLCD
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zorak950:
The only reason to use UPS or FedEx is if the postal service in either the sending or receiving country is corrupt or dysfunctional. Shipping via the postal service will get your package to its destination in only a few more days and for literally half or less the cost. UPS and FedEx are ripoffs.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Paparasee:
Experience ... well, can't tell you yet cause the package will probably reach my friends box today or tomorrow (saved $35 since my friend has one already :) ). But, my friend has been using his box for ages ... no problems, no lost stuff. As soon as the "stuff" hits your box, you'll get an email notifying you of movement in your box. From then on, you have a tracking number to follow up on.

Forgot to add ... it was distortedloop that advised me to "buy the extra insurance coverage" when opting to use the US postal service for shipping to NY. ... thanks again distortedloop :)
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abhilashraj:
Gotcha! Cud u check ur XDA inbox once you get the phone?

I have asked a couple of questions on the Aramex service, that u'd be able to answer once you have their bill

and again . THANK YOU! :D
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] distortedloop:
I thought the Nexus S hardware had a bottleneck in the memory bus that prevented full frame rate 720p recording; at least that was the chatter last month around here.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abhilashraj:
@Paparasee -- any info on your fone yet? :o
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Paparasee:
@abhilashraj ... YEAH!!! I finally got it. My friend dozed of and forgot about the package. He finally brought it to me by about 8.30 or 9pm.

About your queries ...

a) Aramex did not add a separate box nor add anything to the box packed by friend. They just sealed it with their tape.

b) The phone was in its box and that was put into a little bigger box by the Best Buy guys when they shipped it ... I presume that all that ordered it online got it that way cause I saw a video of an unboxing of the NS and that had a similar external box.

c) Not sure about the others, but my friend said that he did put a couple of bubble packs into the box so that there would be no play area for the NS box. This did not add any weight.

d) My friend paid USD.16.90 to ship it from CA to NY (where all Aramex boxes are.

e) Aramex picks up and ships to the final destination only twice a week and hence the delay to get here.

f) Not sure who decided on the weight (whether it was re-weighed or not), but BestBuy had indicated a weight of 1.2lbs when they shipped it to my friend. He probably used the same figure when he shipped it to NY.

g) Aramex used the same figure when they shipped it to Kuwait.

h) Per the Aramex calculator, I was to be charged KD.5.80 for the 1.2Lbs. They charged me 6.800. According to the guy that delivered, if the weight was 1.1Lbs, the charge would only have been KD.4.25/-. That again is their calculator rate plus 1/-.

Yes, its a big relief to have it delivered at that rate ... pretty cheap I would say. The biggest relief though is that I got it :)

Now for figuring out what is what on my 1st android. Will get used to it and play around in the market with free stuff before I start rooting and the like.

In the meantime, I would require a good office editor and will open a separate thread requesting user opinions!

Cheers & Good luck with your phone.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tekkitan:
Read the entire thread :)

When the Nexus S was first being reviewed, some places said it had 720p as well. It's reviewers not knowing what they are talking about. The version going to Italy has the same camera.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Takerz:
What about Aramex?

ps : arabic letters not yet connected in 2.3
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abhilashraj:
Brilliant! and congratulations on your new fone!

this just gave me a LOT more gutts to go ahead and order the fone, w/o paying thru my nose ship it...

thanks a BILLION for the very detailed post @Paparasee - it really helped a lot !

enjoy ur new fone..and let us know how you like ur first android

(i'm on the same boat too .. except that i've occasionally fiddled around with my brother's galaxy s :rolleyes:)
[XPERIA X10 General] JaredP:
I've been waiting to try the new Sony Reader app since it was first announced a few months ago. December launch was bumped to January launch. It is finally available, but not for the X10. Froyo only. Talk about salting an open wound. Bummer.
[XPERIA X10 General] Nimche:
Of course that is not Sony's issue that Ericsson has decided to produce an outdated phone with outdated OS and not upgrade it to anything beyond 2.1 because their developers are not able to work on Time Scape and bring it to 2.2.

I forgot that in this particular issue, Sony and Ericsson are one entity. Yep, speak of which....
[XPERIA X10 General] drdownload:
since se has no phone YET running froyo its more or less quite embarassing ;)
[XPERIA X10 General] violentgoomba:
Unless SE's hinting at Froyo for the X10 then this app is... I dunno what to make of this move... Sony can't be this stupid... or can they?...

Sure, they can say it's meant to reach not just their userbase but the android community at large but... wow... just wow
[XPERIA X10 General] loneLEE:
Uh. Can't you see their marketing tactics?

"Hi all, we have a new app for you~!! What did you say? Your phone can't support? Fret not! Buy our Xperia Arc and you can enjoy the app and more~!!!!"

Lol.
[XPERIA X10 General] caifanX10:
Sad but true :(

Anyway, not all is lost. This app could be ported...
[XPERIA X10 General] bleached45:
Or we could just install Z's Froyo rom... other than no camcorder (pics work, just not video ATM) it is great and I am getting 1500+ in quadrant.

Just a suggestion, I know some like the stock rom, or just dislike a non-complete rom.
[XPERIA X10 General] JaredP:
I am holding off on Froyo roms for now, but fully intend to use one before I buy another phone. My contract with AT&T just started in August. Gonna own this X10 a while.
[XPERIA X10 General] JaredP:
Exactly. And if we ran Sony, we'd probably do the same thing. :)
[XPERIA X10 General] vegasjb1:
Sony Reader App

Has anyone gotten this to work on the G Tab? I have played with it for days even called Sony support and can not get it to work?
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] killacammiami:
im trying to flash clock work 3.0.0.5 to install the aosp ginger... i tried various steps terminal and adb and the rom manager .. its not working i have a hero sprint im stuck ...
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] laie1472:
Try flashing Darch's eng.spl and then go to the thread of sexy the latest aosp update. Look a few pages back and find the link for the wiki. On there they posted 5 different ways to flash it. But after you flash the eng.spl you'll be looking for the fast boot method and you should be straight from there good luck.

Root-Hack-Mod-Always™
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sirmx:
Download and flash: ENG-SPL. This is an engineering SPL to allow access to fastboot and the ability to flash unsigned zips from HBOOT.

The quickest way to do this after flashing the eng-spl is to do as it says in the romrepo.info/wiki. The direct link is here, you will want method 4.

Should take 5mins tops, if that.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] il Duce:
Also, if you have flashed it and get confirmation that it worked, but it still will not boot, my guess is your phone can't handle 768 clock speed. For the GB rom you can just flash a capped 691 kernel, as for the recovery you will need to wait until aosp posts the underclocked version or 3.0.0.5 (yes he made one already) and in the meantime use 2.5.0.1, you can still flash GB with that recovery, just make sure you flash a capped kernel before you try to boot.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] old.ghost:
I have flashed clockwork 3.0.0.5 with method 2 in below link, you may try out.

http://romrepo.info/wiki/index.php?title=Flash_the_ClockworkMod_Recovery
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] killacammiami:
i cant find a capped kernel which do i choose?
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] laie1472:
Dec"s # 589 691 check his thread.

Root-Hack-Mod-Always™
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] killacammiami:
yea im dl now i hope this works so this the steps correct install rom the gmaps then capped kernel? and reboot correct ?>
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] killacammiami:
wow it worked duce thanks alot man ..... i flashed that 691 kernel from defacut and im good to go its loading ....
[Desire HD Themes and Apps] Dousan:
I just want to share this mm mod i found on Cyanogen mod forum. This is not my work and all credit goes to ataris_kid ;)

This is the link for the thread on forum.cyanoganmod.com with download link in first post...

http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/5562-droid-2-glowing-battery-mod/page__hl__+metamorph++mods

Apply through metamorph and enjoy :)

View attachment 500134

It's not made for HTC dhd but works just fine on this device...
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] aamikam:
Ok guys... this mod is something i did real quick cuz chingy requested it from me and it is a good idea to have use it if u using JsChiSurf Vanilla LockScreen mod that cannot use the htc alarm clock app to set the alarm.

This will make sure u guys will use the android clock to set the alarms etc cuz every time u push the clock u will get to the android clock.

Please note that u must have the android clock app in order for it to work (it comes with the zip from JS vanilla lockscreen mod) cuz thats where the remapping takes u to once u push on the clock.

THIS SO FAR IS ONLY MADE FOR THE STOCK ANIMATED HTC FLIP CLOCK WIDGET AND NOT THE REGULAR HTC CLOCK !!!

thanks to chingy for asking me to make this mod.

zip attached... have fun.

p.s.

i cannot make this for all clocks out there and meta-morph didn't work for some reason.

so...

to all dev's and themers out there... if u wanna use this in your clocks just use the classes.dex file from the apk thats in the zip.

Thank you.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] ifly4vamerica:
Thanks, I have been wondering when this would be done. Button pressed!
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] aamikam:
looks like no one really wants this mod...

anyways... since it really does look like it... ill stop here, no need to keep this up.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] ifly4vamerica:
Yeah I was surprised there wasn't more interest in this. Any chance you can just do the non flip version. I'd be more than happy to donate for your time.

Evo Sent
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] aamikam:
im surprised also... but, if people that use the vanilla lockscreen dont use sense... they dont need it.

ill make one for the non flip stock clock in a little bit.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] ifly4vamerica:
Thanks I appreciate your time, donation sent! i have just started experimenting with themeing etc. I have launcherpro plus and I guess if you don't need this mod with it I'll have to explore that avenue also. Thanks again.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] aamikam:
u dont need it for LP cuz u dont use it on LP.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] jeffsanace:
Sorry to see that not much interest has been shown in it. I for one think it's great and have modded it a few times for different roms already. It seems to me that more people would like the non flip version as it can be modded a lot more. At any rate thank you for the mod, and I look forward to many more that I can incorporate into our themes.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] aamikam:
u probably have a point there, but than again... things that get posted in the themes sections dont always get a high volume of d/l... threads get berried here fast.

anyways... ill post the non animated clock in a few.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] jeffsanace:
I can definitely put it to use, that's for sure. Thanks
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] chubbzlou:
This is cool thanks
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] flomexico:
So could I use this with a flip clock I downloaded? From what I'm reading, it's for the stock non flip clock.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] jeffsanace:
No the one that's posted is the animated flip clock, the OP stated that he would be posting the non flip soon.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] silverxbv2:
So I can take the classes.Dex from your zip and put it in one of Stoneys flip clocks? That's it? Awesome mod BTW.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] jeffsanace:
Only the animated ones, Stoney has already added it to all his animated ones by the way. If you add it to a non animated your clock will disappear.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] silverxbv2:
I see no mention of stoney updating his clocks. I've ran this clock since he released them. Hell it was my request. He did this recently?

Not sure how I sent this??
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] jeffsanace:
Witch one is it, if he didn't mod it yet I'll mod it for you. Just let me know exactly witch one. It has to be an animated one though.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] silverxbv2:
It's the blue flame, flip, no base clock. I can mod it. Just swap the classes.dex?
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] Stoney 666:
What's up dudes.... sorry, haven't been home all day. I will update all my clocks tonight. But yea silver, just 7zip aamikam's file to mine and you're good to go. Or Jeff can hook you up also....
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] silverxbv2:
Works perfect. Thanks guys. I never use the alarm but it's bugged me for months just knowing it wasn't "right". Ya dig?

Not sure how I sent this??
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] jeffsanace:
aamikam, was really hoping you would put that stock flip clock remap mod up. I know you're probably busy but if you could find the time I would appreciate it. I have a lot of people asking for the mod, don't know why they're not posting here but it has been brought up on several of our threads. If you could find the time it would be great. We are running the vanilla lock on almost all of our themes so this would be very welcomed. Thank You for what you bring to the table.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] JsChiSurf:
Not sure how I missed this thread all week!

Man, it such an obviously smart thing to do, that I'm mad I didn't think of it first :p

At any rate, this is a very small tweak to make happen, and since I don't use the animated flip clock either, I went ahead and made the tweak for myself for the non-animated clock, so to save aamikam the trouble, attached is the stock clock widget from 3.70 with this tweak that can be flashed via recovery.

This is 100% stock, so if you are themed, as aamikam mentioned, just use the classes.dex file, which I've attached separately as well (remove the .apk extension, that's a fake extension just to be able to upload to xda).
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] aamikam:
Thanks for saving me the time man... school has been starting to take my time.

Btw... next step is to remap the "gallery" button to the HTC gallery so that people won't have to use the android 3d gallery with the android clock... again, simple... but time is always an issue.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] jeffsanace:
Thank you both for being great devs! I appreciate it, I will implement this in all my themed clocks, the gallery would be great as well. Thank you both again. Your contributions to the EVO are sensational!!
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] JsChiSurf:
Quick question. Just to clarify, regarding the gallery issue (which I wasn't actually aware of, since I don't really ever use the alarm clock anyway). Are we talking about the fact that the second icon from the bottom currently does nothing, and rather than doing nothing (broken), it should take you to the HTC Photo Gallery?
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] aamikam:
Yes... u got it.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] JsChiSurf:
Okay, attached is a modified DeskClock.apk file, so if someone wants to test it out to verify it is behaving as expected, I would appreciate it.

Obviously, the path, (assuming running the Clock remap), is to click the clock (or, directly launch the clock), then click the 'gallery' icon (second from bottom left), to verify it launches the HTC Gallery.

Once verified, I can create a flashable zip, but for now, just adb push to /system/app/.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] jeffsanace:
Yes JS, I can confirm it does work and I thank you for it, as it has been bugging me for a while now. Hope you don't mind if I post this on our theme threads as well. Here is a flashable with a lightly themed launcher icon if anyone else wants it.

http://db.tt/YLGD3M3
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] JsChiSurf:
Great. Thanks for the confirmation. Believe it or not, this was more than a little tricky to get working, as there are no defined (at least that I could find), default actions / intents, for globally launching "gallery", similar to say, for example, music, and trying to assign one for HTC gallery creates signature issues due to shared uids. Nevertheless, glad to know the button at least does something now :D.