yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Android Apps and Games] anzo:
Not compatible Galaxy S :(
[Android Apps and Games] jetdite:
Look cool! Could you please port it to Captivate ?
[Android Apps and Games] TripleAgent:
+1 for Galaxy S support. Would love to try this on my Epic.
[Android Apps and Games] 3rdstring:
10,000-50,000 downloads, 191 ratings (3.46 average), 1509 kb

I'm looking for something lightweight as Zeam is no longer being developed. What's the deal with the 700k claim verses the 1.5m size?
[Android Apps and Games] f_padia:
will this work on hero?
[Blade Accessories] aksolanki:
Hello,

I recently purchased a genuine Nillkin Jelly case for my San Francisco (Aka ZTE Blade), and I thought I would let any prospective purchaser know that the case is excellent.

It is a very nice fit, with cut outs where appropriate, and a very high quality screen protector, which is again a perfect fit with two slots for the earpiece and the proximity sensor. Also included is a little cleaning pad attached to a lanyard so you will always have it with your phone. At first I thought the cleaning pad was gimmick. But now it is attached to my phone and comes in handy.

All in all this is an excellent product from a UK based eBay seller. £5.99 + £1.50 P&P

I am in no way affiliated with this seller. I just want to pass on my experience.

shop.ebay.co.uk/lilamfashions

Regards, Anil.
[Blade Accessories] Abhijeet357:
I want to buy the spare batteries. Plz give the link..
[Blade Accessories] pellonet:
This one looks like good value:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B004PZS3SW/ref=pd_luc_sim_04_03
[Blade Accessories] ThermalDroid:
I just got mine and I must say it does look rather fetching! To bad its only so I can pass it on!
[Blade Accessories] varsaljr:
That Jelly Case is compatible to ZTE Libra too?
[Blade Accessories] MrKiller2010:
I might buy this Jelly case everyone's says its good.

-Mrkiller
[Blade Accessories] Faiz Malkani:
One of the best features of the blade is it's sleekness. Imo the case ruins it
[Blade Accessories] k1ngkang:
Any user in India using the case and I need a battery too, does anybody know a good deal here in India? Thanks
[Blade Accessories] Faiz Malkani:
Where r u located in India?
[Blade Accessories] brianmini:
I picked up a clear/purple Jelly case for my partners Blade, fits tight, really protects the Blade niecely. Its survived quite a few drops with no marks at all (other than smashed digitizer but then it landed face first on a metal stylus from about 3ft, I can hardly blame the case).
[Nexus S General] HowlinMadMurdoc:
Smart people of XDA Developers

I am experiencing a problem with connecting to my phone with fastboot.

I have a Nexus S which seems to be running a custom or developer build, currently marked as Android Version 2.4

drivers are successfully installed on windows xp (had to use the PDAnet work around) but when I try to do "fastboot oem unlock" I just get the message <waiting for devices> and it sits there forever. doing a "fastboot devices" shows nothing connected.

here is the kicker, it already says LOCKED STATE - UNLOCKED (got the device like this) but without the option to send the recovery image i am unable to do anything.

also, the device isnt rooted.

if you could provide any help that would be amazing, really want to get this sorted so I can put a custom rom on it, even if there is some way that I can get it back to Android 2.3
[Nexus S General] zephiK:
and how did you get this so-called "developer build?"
[Nexus S General] nickmv:
I somehow doubt you have 2.4
[Nexus S General] HowlinMadMurdoc:
I work for a mobile company, we receive handsets from the operators to use for QA

Also, attached is a screenshot with the firmware details. I'm pretty sure it isnt real 2.4 either but some sort of developer build left on the phone.
[Nexus S General] zephiK:
Hmm.. its very easy to change the Android version.

Baseband version is definitely something new. Samsung does radios based on the month using letters (XXJK8 -> XXKB1 -> XXKB3.. never seen JL3).

So what is it that you're attempting to do? Restoring back to Android 2.3? If so.. what version? Stock? Custom ROM?

Also.. this is probably against your principles of a employee or whatever but a nandroid backup of that so-called developer build would be interesting to take a look at. And possibly a dump of the radio.
[Nexus S General] HowlinMadMurdoc:
ideally I want to get to 2.3.3 and use cyanogenmod on the phone, plus rooted obviously. I just switched to this from the Moto Defy and while the phone is nice, not being rooted is a bit of a pain in the ass tbh.

yes that might be a bit of a grey area, but I will have to see.
[Nexus S General] zephiK:
Uninstall the drivers you have installed right now and install the ones linked below:

Follow the rooting process here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=895545

Get Drivers here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=878786&highlight=Driver
[Nexus S General] deez1234:
Make a 2.4 stock ROM for us.
[Nexus S General] zephiK:
all hes gotta do is make a nandroid backup and upload it :|

a dump of the radio would be cool too... if its legit
[Nexus S General] HowlinMadMurdoc:
Thanks for the links zephiK, I was following that root guide before, but will try those drivers on my windows 7 machine when I get home.

will also see what I can sort out in terms of a backup of the 2.4

do I also use nandroid to do a dump of the radio?
[Nexus S General] deez1234:
Yea if its legit that would be kinda swwweeeet. We would have a new toy to mess around with!
[Nexus S General] kenvan19:
Agreed. Its not that I have a particular issue with the OP, I'm just weary of anyone claiming to have test builds given that you can make the build.prop say pretty much anything you want it to say.
[Nexus S General] zephiK:
Nandroid backups dont flash radios. I'll have to find the steps to make a backup of the radio

And yeah. I'm just somewhat believing it because the build number and radio are different.

The radio is something I've never seen before. I don't remember how Samsung fully does their radios if someone could clarify it. (KB3 vs. JL3) I used to remember but I forgot. Regardless if JL3 vs. KB1/KB3 are newer, it would be nice to at least get the radio and compare speeds to see which would be faster. More basebands to try out.. the better right?

If OP did decide to trick us, he definitely put a LOT of effort into doing it by changing the baseband and all that. I just don't think anybody would have that much time to change all that.
[Nexus S General] deez1234:
Yea kenvan, that's my concern as well.
[Nexus S General] HowlinMadMurdoc:
Hey its fair enough of you guys to be suspicious but really I didn't make this thread to show off but to get help with rooting and putting a custom rom on the handset, I posted the details about the android version because I have a feeling its the reason why I am having problems and if anyone can help me its the xda guys. I don't post much but I have been lurking for years using the guides and info on here.

Heading home now so ill try zephik's advice, if anyone else has some ideas I will appreciate it. I will also look into doing a nandroid backup for you guys. My main priority is just to get a rooted PHone I can put custom roms on
[Nexus S General] HowlinMadMurdoc:
hey zephiK, looks like those drivers worked brilliantly on my home PC! thanks for your help.

got clockwork on fine and superuser.

how with regards to nandroid, im reading through the procedure but I just dont know where to start?
[Nexus S General] Master™:
It is pretty easy, flash cwm (in the root guides) then select backup & restore, then select 'backup'

It will take a while, then you can boot & take the nandroid off of your phone.
[Nexus S General] simms22:
boot into recovery than perform a backup. thats a "nandroid" backup. backup everything.
[Nexus S General] apreichner:
You can do the Nandroid in Clockwork recovery. It should make a backup stored to the SD which you can upload. It wont help us much as far as flashing since we don't have a backup of the newest radio, but at least we can look into it until we can find a way to grab the radio.
[Nexus S General] irishrally:
If you have clockwork recovery already you are 90% of the way there.

Boot into recovery: With phone turned off, press and hold the power button and volume down at the same time. The fastboot screen will show up. Scroll down to recovery and press the power button to select. You will boot into recovery.

On the recovery screen, scroll down to backup/restore and hit the power button. On the next screen select "backup" by hitting the power button. Wait for the backup to complete.

Next plug your phone into your computer via usb. In the recovery menu, scroll down to storage and mounts and select that. Then scroll down to and select "mount usb storage". You should be able to see your phone mounted on your computer now. Find the clockworkmod folder, then the backup folder. Copy and paste the backup you just made (check the time stamp) onto your computer. Upload that file to somewhere we can download it (dropbox, mediafire etc.)

This is exciting.
[Nexus S General] HowlinMadMurdoc:
oh brilliant, thats easy enough, done that plenty of times. I thought there was some major work required to get some special sort of backup.

thanks for the help, backing up shortly
[Nexus S General] zephiK:
nope. i recommend you do it from time to time OR if you're using a stable ROM and feel a little bit curious on trying out a ROM you've never tried before. perform a nandroid backup, if you dont like it, just restore back to it and your phone will be back to that state as if you never flashed that ROM :) its quite handy!

glad to hear the drivers are working though :)

Edit: FINALLY found the page.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=981969&highlight=radio

should backup your radio and then it should be in /sdcard/radio.img.

Updating a ROM wont update your bootloader/radio either. So you'll have to manually do that (unless you flash stock 2.3.3 upgrade, it'll upgrade those two.. it depends what ROM also. some ROMs may flash a new radio)

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=11686273&postcount=14 for the list

if you're going to post the JL5 radio on your developer build, attach a MD5 hash along with it so if some bad luck we get a bad version of it, it wont mess things up.
[Nexus S General] :
Oooh this is getting interesting;) I hope it is an authentic 2.4;)

JD

Sent from my Google Nexus Magic Wand S
[Nexus S General] hutzdani:
If he is running 2.4, he could have posted some images other than the Version in phone info.

all the icons look just like GB icons in the status bar.

his 2.4 has the GB battery Icon (Vertical)

This Arc Running 2.4 has the Sideways battery icon from 2.2

Also his story does not add up "I work for a mobile company, we receive handsets from the operators to use for QA" yet hes been lurking in these forums for ages not registered following the threads, and if he works for a phone company he should know well about the different vers of android to explain to customers and with his eye in XDA forums he should know better regarding dumping radios e.c.t

also some info on confirmed 2.4 Nexus s from Germany and FCC.

FCC Version:

Model Number GT-i9023

Band: AWS 3G

Video Version (aka BestBoyZ version):

Model Number Nexus S

Kernel-Version 2.6.35.7-gfed90c5 android-build@apa28 #1

Baseband Version I9023XXJL2

Build Number soju-userdebug 2.4 GHR84 86467 test-keys

Android Version: 2.4

MobiFlip Version:

Baseband Version I9023XXJK2

Android Version 2.4

Source from here - http://androidcommunity.com/german-android-2-4-nexus-s-phone-developments-20110113/

Also 2.4 as seen on Arc's and from MWC 2011 had more rounded corners on the launcher, these build not only have varying Battery icons but also Launcher Skins and diffrent basebands (JL2/JK2/GL3)
[Nexus S General] HowlinMadMurdoc:
hutzdani:

if you read my earlier posts you will see my objective behind this was not to show off that I am running 2.4 but to solve a problem I was having, which thanks to the other guys here has been solved, I am now running 2.3.3 with cyanogenmod so I am quite happy with the result. I posted the screenshot to show them version info etc to see if it would at all help.

you dont know what sector I work in for mobile, I dont deal with customers, i dont work in sales, i dont work in development either, I just work in an area that deals with software QA and as a result, we have handsets the we receive to do testing on. I know the different versions of android, but what does that have to do with it?

we dont know how or why this phone's android version is 2.4, just that it is and when we received the handset we too were quite surprised. Also, I never claimed that it was legit either, just that 2.4 is what it says.

I browse XDA when im looking for help with rooting newer handsets and putting different roms on, I dont follow the talk of radios and frankly dont really have a desire to understand them.

anyways, I have the 2.4 rom backed up now, I am speaking to Master and zephiK via PM first.
[Nexus S General] emuneee:
You do know that Sony Ericsson customizes their Android build right? Whatever image you posted above isn't a shot of the stock Android 2.4 build.
[Nexus S General] apreichner:
It looks to me like all of the basebands and build numbers are of a previous build. Ex. JK2 instead of JL2, build GRH83 instead of GRH84, 86172 test keys instead of 86467 test keys. It's possible it is just an earlier build, which would explain some of the visual differences. I'm not too certain though.
[Nexus S General] HowlinMadMurdoc:
it's most likely this, we regularly receive handsets with early/pre-release builds
[Nexus S General] CB620:
Can't wait
[Nexus S General] apreichner:
I understand where you're coming from. I can't say I don't have any doubts, but I can say one thing for sure, I had an interview for a quality assurance position and it has absolutely nothing to do with dealing with customers and backing up radios from phones. So i don't know what he's talking about.
[Nexus S General] kenvan19:
There are a number of issues with your "evidence". First and foremost, as someone else pointed out Sony Ericsson skins Android. I believe you made a comment similar to this awhile ago to the effect that because the SE phone looked different clearly 2.4 was not gingerbread and I responded exactly in the same way.

Second, the info you posted about the other version of 2.4 was older and for a different version of the Nexus S (I9023 vs I9020). As zephik pointed out, Samsung names builds and radio versions using letters that correspond (not directly) to the month of their creation. His radio is clearly from a different month than the one you posted and guess what? Test builds change. They get updated. As a former Epic 4G owner I know of at least 5 versions of Froyo that got leaked for the device and they all had two letter combinations corresponding to the month and day it was released.

Now, earlier I made it clear I was hesitant to believe the OP but his continued posting makes his claims much more credible. People who don't actually know things first hand but claim to have knowledge have no right to tell others they're wrong. If you're suspicious, that's fine. But don't go telling people they're lying unless you can prove it. Which you can't.

@OP Thank you for trying these things so we can check out your build :)
[Nexus S General] noj78:
Exactly!!!! Why do some people look at the cup as half empty instead of an opportunity to quench your thirst :)
[Nexus S General] xdahd2:
Bumoe

~Sent from my Nexus S with Swype~
[Nexus S General] HowlinMadMurdoc:
Alrighty, I am awake.

I uploaded the zip to mediafire last night and then promptly fell asleep.

here is the link to get the rom:

http://www.mediafire.com/?o3qh6aezejbq20a

dont get your hopes up too high though, its highly probable you will find nothing of interest. I am interested in knowing what you all find though, eg why the 2.4 android version etc, so please do share the knowledge here :)
[Nexus S General] ztm.000:
Dannnng! :D It's legit.
[Nexus S General] HowlinMadMurdoc:
Hehe yep, I'm a regular Honest Abe :D
[Nexus S General] ztm.000:
Yeah, this guy is no joke.
[Nexus S General] xdahd2:
mine says theres a signature error
[Nexus S General] HowlinMadMurdoc:
I have no idea what a signature error is. Anything you my help for to get it working just instruct me and ill do my best
[Nexus S General] xdahd2:
just to make sure, all you do is rename to update.zip and flash through stock bootloader, right?
[Nexus S General] xdahd2:
i mean recovery not bootloader
[Nexus S General] xdahd2:
how did u guys do it?
[Nexus S General] xdahd2:
im starting to think this is fake

O_o
[Nexus S General] HowlinMadMurdoc:
Dude I don't know, I just used clockwork to make a backup and uploaded the backup
[Nexus S General] Master™:
Clockwork Recovery.. and it is a nandroid backup
[Nexus S General] ztm.000:
Yeah, it's really simple dude.
[Nexus S General] noj78:
So what's the first impressions of 2.4 then? Any noticable changes?
[Nexus S General] :
Has anyone actually run this yet, I will test it out if nobody has tried this yet... If you have tried it can you post a mini review please;)

JD

Sent from my Google Nexus Magic Wand S
[Nexus S General] ancostel:
I get a md5 mismatch...
[Nexus S General] spamlucal:
This is probably an older build before 2.4 was known as 2.3.3.

The build is GRH83, which is older than the current OTA (GRI40). Also, the build # is 86172 while the OTA is 102588.

This is not as interesting as some here think...
[Nexus S General] mountnorth:
I agree here, its an old testbuild - compared bootimage / system / system/app to GRI54 - nothing groundbreaking as far as I can see, there is no use flashing this.
[Nexus S General] HowlinMadMurdoc:
well at least everyone's curiosity is satisfied!
[Nexus S General] :
Thanks for uploading the rom anyway mate. I think some people on here are all take take take, it was good of you to even post your findings;) At least we know the purported 2.4s out there are more than likely negated old roms now;)

JD

Sent from my Google Nexus Magic Wand S
[Nexus S General] HowlinMadMurdoc:
np np, with all the help and info i have gotten from XDA it was the least I could do
[Nexus S General] leerobson99:
There are some proper **** heads on here, a guy asks for help n this happens, glad u got your issue solved mate n don't listen to all the **** some people spout.
[Nexus S General] zephiK:
what happens? no one forced him.

but yeah, its whatever. its not a big deal about 2.4, not a disappointment. im sure we'd be lined up as one of the first device to get 2.4 when its fully prepared
[Nexus S General] :
You must admit Zeph, there was not one word of thanks to the guy, people was treating it like he must do these things... I think the dude is a gentleman and i gave him a thanks, especially as now we know these 2.4's floating around are just a dated 2.3;)

JD
[Nexus S General] zephiK:
Yeah totally. Even if it wasn't what we expected, I respect the OP's commitment and attitude towards us.

Again, thanks for your upload + glad to hear you could root it / etc.
[Nexus S General] HowlinMadMurdoc:
don't worry guys it's all good, thanks :)
[Nexus S General] :
You will generally find the senior major users of xda will be more respectful than people that have no clue:) So now you have helped the community, stick around and become one off the many;)

JD

Sent from my Google Nexus Magic Wand S
[Nexus S General] bjn813:
It says GRH43 in the build number, I believe that was the number for 2.3.2 or before. Correct me if I'm wrong plus it says debug also in the build number. If it is true you should write nfc tag to test if you have read/write capabilities.
[Nexus S General] ctai320:
So much love haha. I love xda developers. I was also curious about 2.4 and everyone's input. Thanks OP and everyone else!
[Nexus S General] :
Please read previous posts, this is already known..

JD

Sent from my Google Nexus Magic Wand S
[Windows Phone 7 General] doministry:
I start to feel the lack of alternative software on my WP7.

It's probably because the MS restrictions.

I need Opera, I need Google, I need another email client, I need alternative office.

The native ones are nice but at some point they are not so good.

WHEN???!!!
[Windows Phone 7 General] jan123456789012:
MS listens to their customers :DDDDD
[Windows Phone 7 General] PG2G:
What restrictions? The only real restriction is that all of the code needs to be Silverlight/XNA.
[Windows Phone 7 General] GuestK00306:
Port restrictions? With only port 80 available to developers it limits the ability for anything that isn't HTTP or uses a proxy server.

Sent from my OMNIA7 using Board Express
[Windows Phone 7 General] doministry:
Don't make me laugh. It's not possible to make an alternative browser right now for instance.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Freypal:
I don't feel the need for any of those.

Internet Explorer is superb and the office applications are better than any i've used on other platforms.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Jonno2343:
Never.

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[Windows Phone 7 General] ratchetjaw:
I read that but don't get it. There are a few alternate browsers available. I have 3 on my DVP
[Windows Phone 7 General] z33dev33l:
The whole point of putting out a quality product from the get-go was to eliminate the need for all of this excess garbage. I replaced that crap on Android because the default stuff was garbage. This just sounds like someone who NEEDS to modify their device and prefers that over a perfectly functional experience. This may be the wrong OS.

Also third party browsers can very well created but no one has put forth the time to build a new rendering engine solely for WP7.
[Windows Phone 7 General] emigrating:
Correction, you have 3 different front-ends on your DVP - they all use the same IE engine behind the scenes to render pages. I'm guessing what the OP wants is a webkit powered browser.

I don't see the problem though - IE does an okay job at rendering basic HTML and is faster than both iOS and Android when it really counts. While both iOS and Android may display the page faster, if the information you're after involves scrolling or resizing you're **** out of luck as they [iOS/Android] seem to do some kind of jit rendering, whereas IE renders the whole page at once.

Not to mention, IE9 is sick on WP7. Kills all competition.
[Windows Phone 7 General] nicksti:
The OP is right.

Even if "IE9 is the best" (and there is no such thing) people love options. I am having a hard time giving up Android fully because there is no real cross platform chat option in WP7. No whatsapp. No Skype. These programs have millions of users. The biggest joke to me is Microsoft does not have an MSN Messenger client on WP7. I used that all the time on my HTC Touch WinMo phone.

The NoDo update is so trivial in my mind. The biggest improvement WP7 can make is to open up the APIs and bring true multitasking.

Then I will be happy....er.
[Windows Phone 7 General] The Gate Keeper:
more APIs... word around is MIX 2011 will introduce devs to more WP APIs (hopefully sockets is one of them)

and multi tasking is the mango update coming fall 2011 (septemberish?)
[Windows Phone 7 General] emigrating:
They do - the Messenger by Miyowa is the official app. I still prefer (and use) Li'Messenger though as that gives me Messenger and FB chat in one.
[Windows Phone 7 General] ratchetjaw:
oh okay my bad. I don't know all of that detailed stuff lol