The Official Nexus S Thread

Robbo · 15 Feb 2011 at 10:58

Fair enough, don't get upset now

I was just generally commenting on my own personal disappointment in Google for releasing a re-badged Galaxy S instead of waiting for the new one, that's all.

DELETED_83755 · 15 Feb 2011 at 11:21

teddy3578 said:
As for acessories for the Nexus S, I bought a Amzer Silicone Skin Jelly Case Cover for Google / Samsung Nexus S - Black from the famous rainforest named retailer

To maintain the quality of this thread I have uploaded pictures of this (had to use Nexus S to take pic):

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monkeysmith · 15 Feb 2011 at 18:53

What are my chances of getting one of these for about £25 a month on a 18 month contract max, and for free!?

Not really impressed with HTC's latest, and contract is up on my Desire.

Hard to decide on next phone, not a fan of LG and prefer stock android.

Ol!ver · 15 Feb 2011 at 19:09

Picked one of these up today, got another writing gig for Neowin so figured why now?

DELETED_83755 · 15 Feb 2011 at 21:42

monkeysmith said:
What are my chances of getting one of these for about £25 a month on a 18 month contract max, and for free!

The 18 month contracts generally cost more overall and there seems to be a larger initial outlay for the phone.

I got mine at mobiles.co.uk on Orange on a 2 year contract for £25.54 a month (with 300 mins, unlimited texts and 500mb internet, the phone was £19.99. But for more mins (600 mins) at the same monthly plan with T-mobile its £29.99 for the phone.

They aren't redemption deals and the price is reasonable for what you get (remember to call in and cancel the paper billing). The phone arrived quickly for me (Ordered friday night and arrived Monday morning!)

Cosimo · 16 Feb 2011 at 08:07

A couple of items on NFC:

Ol!ver · 20 Feb 2011 at 00:17

Is anyone else suffering from this? http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/15/nexus-s-suffering-from-random-data-loss-reboots/

I have an issue where GTalk gets signed out, and when I notice that the Market doesn't work either. It happens at home on WiFi, but it's set to turn off when the screen is off. These issues happen when the phone has been in standby, so obviously the screen has been off, so has WiFi. Wondering if this is my issue....

adambro47 · 20 Feb 2011 at 01:17

Guys how long are peoples Nexus S's taking to do a full charge ? mines taking way way longer than my iphone 4 , charging via plug not Usb that is. just wondered if the battery was dodgey

Cosimo · 20 Feb 2011 at 12:48

Ol!ver said:
Is anyone else suffering from this? http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/15/nexus-s-suffering-from-random-data-loss-reboots/

I've had no issues with it.

Cosimo · 20 Feb 2011 at 12:50

adambro47 said:
Guys how long are peoples Nexus S's taking to do a full charge ? mines taking way way longer than my iphone 4 , charging via plug not Usb that is. just wondered if the battery was dodgey

I've haven't timed it but it’s around a couple of hours now. From what I can remember the first few were quite long. What are you getting?

Cosimo · 23 Feb 2011 at 07:46

2.3.3. is on its way, bringing the NFC update, fixing random reboots and possibly more:

@googlenexusGoogle Nexus
Gingerbread (Android 2.3.3) update now rolling out to Nexus S and Nexus One. Be patient, may take a few weeks for OTA to complete.

More:

http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/22/nexus-s-and-nexus-one-get-android-gingerbread-2-3-3-fixes-rando/

GeX · 23 Feb 2011 at 09:10

can anyone say yay or nay as to if this facebook contact kerfuffle means we'll loose facebook profile pictures in contacts?

Sunbed · 23 Feb 2011 at 09:40

GeX said:
can anyone say yay or nay as to if this facebook contact kerfuffle means we'll loose facebook profile pictures in contacts?

Wouldn't be a deal breaker for me. Hopefully it will persuade FB to allow contact exporting.

BTW thanks for renaming the thread mods

Cosimo · 24 Feb 2011 at 23:12

2.3.3 has arrived. Links for the manual update are here:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=967953

There is a little confusion as to whether these are the official ones. I suggest that it’s worth waiting for more clarification or just wait for the OTA.

Ol!ver · 24 Feb 2011 at 23:36

simulatorman said:
2.3.3 has arrived. Links for the manual update are here:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=967953

There is a little confusion as to whether these are the official ones. I suggest that it’s worth waiting for more clarification or just wait for the OTA.

They've been pulled from the OTA update, or should I say the URL has. AFAIK it's the proper files - though I got the update over-the-air a couple of hours ago.

http://www.neowin.net/news/google-releases-manual-update-for-android-gingerbread-233

Still not fixed my weird Gtalk issues though

Cosimo · 24 Feb 2011 at 23:45

Ol!ver said:
They've been pulled from the OTA update, or should I say the URL has. AFAIK it's the proper files - though I got the update over-the-air a couple of hours ago.

http://www.neowin.net/news/google-releases-manual-update-for-android-gingerbread-233

Still not fixed my weird Gtalk issues though

What changes have you noticed?

Ol!ver · 24 Feb 2011 at 23:50

simulatorman said:
What changes have you noticed?

So far - and it's only been an hour - just the screen. They've changed the colour profile so the entire interface now looks more yellow. I noticed it as soon as the phone restarted, and I'm not really keen. The reports are that they did it to mask some weird effect you'd get if you looked at the screen from a funny angle!

You'll see what I mean about it being yellow though - my wallpaper looks completely different!

Cosimo · 25 Feb 2011 at 09:51

Ol!ver said:
So far - and it's only been an hour - just the screen. They've changed the colour profile so the entire interface now looks more yellow. I noticed it as soon as the phone restarted, and I'm not really keen. The reports are that they did it to mask some weird effect you'd get if you looked at the screen from a funny angle!

You'll see what I mean about it being yellow though - my wallpaper looks completely different!

There has been a change to the colours. Looks like there is slightly less contrast and a better gray scale on mine.

DELETED_83755 · 25 Feb 2011 at 10:51

Yeah people have gotten used to the blue hue that the previous firmware had. I was scared it was actually thought it was going to be really yellow. However now I think the colours are more accurate.

Cosimo · 25 Feb 2011 at 13:29

After a morning with it I don’t have any issues with the slight colour change. One thing I have noticed is that when you do a USB connect you now get asked “Turn off USB storage” instead of “on”. It’s no big deal as it works ok and they’ll fix it in the next drop.