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Still a buggy phone!!

The Nexus S is quite possibly the best but most frustrating phone I've ever had. I love the hardware and the android OS. I still get random reboots, sometimes sms notifications never show up, and sometimes when I get a phone call the phone becomes unresponsive.
I've been using the latest NSCollab rom for several versions and have never over/under clocked. I clear the dalvik cache after every update and clear data/restore with titanium backup whenever necessary.
I'll feel like I've been doing everything correctly, yet I'm still left with a phone that gives me a lot of grief. What's the problem here? How can I fix this? This is extremely frustrating with no obvious solution.

I had a lot of problems with the nexus s... Now i have a galaxy sii, but i still have the nexus. Using the nscollab, i had a looooot of problems, now the phone are with the stock 2.3.4, in my tests, everything is fine. I will sell it now.
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I don't know what kernel that rom uses but that and settings on voltages make the whole difference in stability. Something like stock rom with stock kernel or cm7 with stock or netatchys kernel are always good choices and will give you stability.
Just IMHO
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mariosergio2112, how much do you expect to get from selling it?
I believe NSCollab is Cm7 with netarchy and the stock gingerbread launcher -- nothing crazy here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=959282
NSCollab 1.0.35
Android : GB 2.3.4
System : CyanogenMod 7.1 [RC1] [CM Team]
Kernel : Netarchy CFS 1.3.4 [Netarchy]

Truth of the matter is that I've yet to come across a ROM that's rock solid. I've tried them all and always had either lots of random reboots, bootloops, or sluggishness.
I went back to stock last Thursday and it's been butter smooth since. No problems or anything of the sort.
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That's both good and bad news. Good news: there's a fix. Bad news: I really like some of CM7's features, but I guess it must go.
I'll give the stock rom a shot I guess.

glasslung said:
That's both good and bad news. Good news: there's a fix. Bad news: I really like some of CM7's features, but I guess it must go.
I'll give the stock rom a shot I guess.
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The Oxygen ROM is very stable aswell.

i tried several roms, but after all i came back to stock, it is stable and fast.. I do miss many features from cm7, but i guess i can live without it.
currently i'm trying to find a kernel with a battery life as good as stock one... i really miss bln ...

All I'm saying look into your voltage settings. Each phone will work different and you have to play with adjusting them. It also takes some time and patience.
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No matter what rom I use I end up going back to stock. I don't even think the net kernel is good enough.

glasslung said:
mariosergio2112, how much do you expect to get from selling it?
I believe NSCollab is Cm7 with netarchy and the stock gingerbread launcher -- nothing crazy here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=959282
NSCollab 1.0.35
Android : GB 2.3.4
System : CyanogenMod 7.1 [RC1] [CM Team]
Kernel : Netarchy CFS 1.3.4 [Netarchy]
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I will sell it in brazil, where i live, i think 1000 reais, i dont know yet.
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Vandam500 said:
Truth of the matter is that I've yet to come across a ROM that's rock solid. I've tried them all and always had either lots of random reboots, bootloops, or sluggishness.
I went back to stock last Thursday and it's been butter smooth since. No problems or anything of the sort.
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no ROM I've tried has ever compared to stock, especially 2.3.4, when it comes to stability.
I tried Many ROMs but all before 2.3.4 (end of April?) and none was able to run for more than a few days without some kind of reboot/bootloop etc.
2.3.4 has been running flawlessly ever since.
Current uptime is like 1100+ hrs and that too cause i had to remove battery to change SIM card.

Hi,
I have installed NSCollab 1.0.35 on a week and have not problems on my Nexus S.

To resume, i had some endless bootloop and a lot of reboot on long calls.
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My 2 cents:
I'm on NSCollab 1.0.34, Netharky 1.3.4, KB3, OV to 1.2 Ghz, UV with protonvoltage. Gingerbread 2.3.4
I find this combo much faster than the stock one, smooth and pretty stable. Actually I have some reboots when I stress a lot my device, but they are rare.
So I don't want to renounce to Cyanogen features as the stock rom was really slow IMHO and I will give a try to NSCollab 1.0.35 very soon!
No problems in answering, good radio performance, faster than light (quadrant score: 3600) !! I can survive with a couple of reboot in a week!!

Too much porn?
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Why don't you people stop confusing CM7 with a stable ROM? CyanogenMod and netarchy kernel are probably the most crappy android software that were ever made.
I suggest you use Oxygen ROM and Jame Bond kernel. No fancy quadrant benchmarks, stock ROM with basic functions like notification power control and text reflow in browser, zipaligned and all that stuff. Delete setcpu, delete juicedefender and other crappy so called battery savers, do not undervolt and do not touch the CPU frequency. Just let the ROM run like it is supposed to, don't fill it with all the bloatware you find on market that is said to increase performance or battery life, all they do is eating system resources.
I have yet to find a better combination like this for the nexus S, I am using the ROM since 3 days now without a single reboot/FC/freeze/bootloop. I am playing order and chaos MMO 2-3 hours and I can go through the full day without problems, the phone is responsive and simply works, no fancy sh*t.

Using the stock, all is fine..
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lvnatic said:
Why don't you people stop confusing CM7 with a stable ROM? CyanogenMod and netarchy kernel are probably the most crappy android software that were ever made.
I suggest you use Oxygen ROM and Jame Bond kernel. No fancy quadrant benchmarks, stock ROM with basic functions like notification power control and text reflow in browser, zipaligned and all that stuff. Delete setcpu, delete juicedefender and other crappy so called battery savers, do not undervolt and do not touch the CPU frequency. Just let the ROM run like it is supposed to, don't fill it with all the bloatware you find on market that is said to increase performance or battery life, all they do is eating system resources.
I have yet to find a better combination like this for the nexus S, I am using the ROM since 3 days now without a single reboot/FC/freeze/bootloop. I am playing order and chaos MMO 2-3 hours and I can go through the full day without problems, the phone is responsive and simply works, no fancy sh*t.
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How does oxygen rom compare to oxygen rom with james bond kernel? I installed the oxygen rom last night and have had no problems so far. Time will tell how it holds up in the long run.

lvnatic said:
Why don't you people stop confusing CM7 with a stable ROM? CyanogenMod and netarchy kernel are probably the most crappy android software that were ever made.
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Yeah... if it wasn't for that crap you would have **** for your ROM.
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[Q] stable gingerbread ROM

What is the most stable Gingerbread ROM for the Vibrant that is suitable for everyday use?
I've looked at CM7 but I saw a post that said it was an experimental ROM and full of bugs. Is that true?
Thank you

I am on CM7 build 56 and after some tweaking (GPS fix, build.prop edits), it runs great with good battery life, and I found everything I needed in the dev. forum.

Same. I'm on CM7 build 56. GPS fix + recent battery drain fix = awesome, Fusion-quality rom
BTW what those build.prop edits are ? Haven't heard of them, can anyone pls send a link ?

svladimir said:
Same. I'm on CM7 build 56. GPS fix + recent battery drain fix = awesome, Fusion-quality rom
BTW what those build.prop edits are ? Haven't heard of them, can anyone pls send a link ?
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Please point me to the battery fix your talking about here. Thank you!

buidoitieutu said:
Please point me to the battery fix your talking about here. Thank you!
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1174846

svladimir said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1174846
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Thank you! I tried that already but I don't get force closed

I didn't get either.
Have just played with different options then have turned radio off/on and that helped.

most stable asgard ----cm7 miui (in case if vibrant) nothing stable ///

Asgard by a long mile. I'd run it now if it weren't for the blurry MMS that most (all?) GB roms have.

svladimir said:
Same. I'm on CM7 build 56. GPS fix + recent battery drain fix = awesome, Fusion-quality rom
BTW what those build.prop edits are ? Haven't heard of them, can anyone pls send a link ?
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They are here and fixing the deep sleep issue (found in the op of that thread) cured my battery woes.

Miui Revamped or Malice V4
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Mailce V4:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1169800

Try simply honey....I have been using it for a long time...its really smooth and fast
..
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I thought there was an official Gingerbread roll-out in mid-April for the Nordic countries. Has anyone made a ROM based on that?

Juwe's port is the best for me. Tried Revolution and Malice and all were exhibiting same problems. The Juwe 5.1 is blazing fast yet to encounter any lag what so ever no hang up bug. However it does experience occasional soft re-boot and that could be due to TW Luncher issues also I have seen where my radio for voice and data would stop but reboot fix it.

Revolutionary rom is much more stable than cm with battery life that can rival most froyo roms. its also hardware accelerated (wich means way more smooth than cm7 and is capable of playing 720p flash videos on the web ).

miui
flash the official miui rom and then miui energy 7.1 with working gps.
then edit the build prop and calibrate battery

Trigger redux with the glitch kernal.
Why isnt 800 ppl posting this?
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energy 7.1 for me has been awesome with a few tweaks. I just cant get over how cool miui is!

MALICE 4.1.1 jvq is fast stable and locks gps in 10-15 secs
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[Q] CM7 vs. MIUI

As both CM7 and MIUI have really matured over the last weeks and samsung is still not able to get to develop a stable gingerbread version I think its time to have a deeper look into the alternatives. What do you think, what is the best solution for the sgs right now? please also post experiences, but really valuable I guess are only experiences with current CM7 or MIUI versions!
Best
Tobi

Samsung gingerbread is as stable, or more, than CM7/MIUI, meaning none is 100% stable, what is your problem...

Samsung roms are better for now

All of them has a special thing...

Now I am using Gelnet Miui rom and it is fantastic an also stable!
You should try it

cm7 and miui are both very fast, even with lagfix on samsung roms you can see minor lags but...
cm7 and miui have bugs that made me go back to samsung custom rom.
the camera does not work even regular picture looks bad sometimes, battery drain in cm7 is also worst than any bug samsung has, if the camera and the battery does not bother you so you can give it a try.
another reason i go back to samsung rom is the brightness change from the notification bar and the swype left for calls in contacts or logs (very usefull while you are driving).

st379 said:
cm7 and miui are both very fast, even with lagfix on samsung roms you can see minor lags but...
cm7 and miui have bugs that made me go back to samsung custom rom.
the camera does not work even regular picture looks bad sometimes, battery drain in cm7 is also worst than any bug samsung has, if the camera and the battery does not bother you so you can give it a try.
another reason i go back to samsung rom is the brightness change from the notification bar and the swype left for calls in contacts or logs (very usefull while you are driving).
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thanks, but may I ask, when you tried out CM7? Ive read, that bettery is now even better lightly than with Sams FW and apparently the camera issues have also been fixed, at least by GALNET...for the swyping contacts i suppose there are alternative contacts apks?
cheers

I've just joined CM7 and have had slightly better battery power and no camera issues at all. I'm really impressed with the whole package. I can't imagine going back to stock ROM. Everything is stable and fast.
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CM7 is very stable on my phone, better than last official ROM, so I keep it.

I installed both of them on my phone. CM7 had radio problem which didnt work (although there are CM7 radio patch which could be flashed). MIUI had a problem with getting network. Kept getting SOS signal only. Tried flashing 2-3 different MIUI roms and all of them had this problem of no network. Think since there are so many custom roms based on official firmware out there, it makes sense to install them over CM7/MIUI.

Glamsen said:
thanks, but may I ask, when you tried out CM7? Ive read, that bettery is now even better lightly than with Sams FW and apparently the camera issues have also been fixed, at least by GALNET...for the swyping contacts i suppose there are alternative contacts apks?
cheers
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are you serious? that sounds awesome, if someone could pls confirm that! the last time i tried miui/cm7 i could just survive the day with massive undervolting and custom kernels which was simply put inacceptable for daily use.. using the same voltage settings on stock roms give me more than 3 days, same usage pattern.

dbraaker said:
are you serious? that sounds awesome, if someone could pls confirm that! the last time i tried miui/cm7 i could just survive the day with massive undervolting and custom kernels which was simply put inacceptable for daily use.. using the same voltage settings on stock roms give me more than 3 days, same usage pattern.
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I am using CM7 and battery life has improved but dont expect more than 1 1/2 day,
If battery life is your major concern then stick to the one you are happy with

i don't like that my Android seems like an iPhone... no no.. Miui is not for me, it's just a copy (according to me, design is too similar...)

thank you for the pointless thread, which opens a discussion that leads nowhere!

It is similar to the iphone but just think of it as way more customizeable ; im on miui right now and i couldnt be any more satisyfied; lol its gotten so better that their going to make a miui phone... thas something
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iv been trying out nearly all roms around here
and i can say cm7 is by far the superior rom out there
BUT
besides all the people always telling battery gets better and this might even be the case but the batt is still VERY weak
no comparison to stock rom

I mount the CM7, but now I also had the MIUI, I think the CM7 is better, speed, performance and stability

I tried the latest cm7 nightly a couple weeks ago. It was interesting, but definitely wasnt as smooth and polished as jvq. It also crashed a couple of times. Went back to jvq which I'm happy with for now.
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please add darky on poll

I change rom every week and have found that the best battery is with stock miui from MIUIAndroid.com. However, I never turn on data until I need it. With this after 11 hours medium usage I was still on 80%!
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Fastest Nexus Rom

K guys
since we are flashing new rom daily lets create a poll which is fastest for us
for me i think cyanogenmod is fast

Oxygen 2.2.1 most definitely
...in bed.

CM7 nightly works great for me after setting the overclocker

#Devnull is the fastest rom out there. no question, it flies. follow by #oxygen 2.1.6

I'm on stock 2.3.5 rooted with the Touchwiz 4 launcher. Love it.
I would vote for MIUI (tried it, loved it), but went back to stock because no way to get to EPST and gvoice acts wonky on it in my experience.

i have tried Cyanogen, MIUI (all three) and Oxygen. Oxygen is without a doubt the fastest!

Oxygen is fast but has severe browser lag (just like stock) - I have changed to NScollab based on cyanogenmod nightlies. No browser lag and fast as hell

Definitely NSCollab with the new Matr1x 5.5 OC'ed kernel. Score's well on all front's & is stable enough to be your daily driver

ancilary said:
K guys
since we are flashing new rom daily lets create a poll which is fastest for us
for me i think cyanogenmod is fast
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SuperOSR [formally SuperAOSP] though I would say DevNull 1.1 is blazing fast too. Usually its compromise between speed and features. Everyone has his/her own preferences

Oxygen 2.2.1 is vefy very fast : much faster than 2.1.6
Oxygen is faster than Cyanogen, nscollab and Stock, for sure.
Battery is better in Cyanogen
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diesel2k said:
Oxygen is fast but has severe browser lag (just like stock) - I have changed to NScollab based on cyanogenmod nightlies. No browser lag and fast as hell
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Try Oxygen with matr1x 5.5 : helped me.
Also, you can increase a bit the minimum cpu speed to 400, but will increase battery consumption 1% per hour in stand by.
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i'm kind of dissapointed, i was expecting to see some screenshots of bench scores
come on guys show us some screens

I haven't tried many roms, but it's hard for me to figure out a rom faster than latest NSCollab 1.0.38 with Matr1x kernel 5.5
I say this because my phone runs smooth like butter, fast like hell, good battery life...almost unbeliavable!
But in reality I don't think this survey is correct as I'm confident that fastness and smoothness is only a question of Kernel, not the entire rom!!
Quadrant score: 3600 - 3800
Vellamo score: 930 - 940

who told u lyk that?
70% depends on rom and 30% depends on kernel

kbshowtyme said:
CM7 nightly works great for me after setting the overclocker
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I'm new to the Nexsus S. I have installed CM7 build 150 nightly. How did you OC your Nexus S? Also how much of battery does it affect? Thanks.
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ancilary said:
who told u lyk that?
70% depends on rom and 30% depends on kernel
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nobody told me, I have just experienced that!
With NScollab + Netharky kernel my phone has many lags in launcher and app drwaer...that lags disappear if I install Matr1x kernel !

ElCamino said:
I'm new to the Nexsus S. I have installed CM7 build 150 nightly. How did you OC your Nexus S? Also how much of battery does it affect? Thanks.
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Go to "cianogenmode" menu, than choose "performance" and you will find it!
It does affect a bit the battery...but not so much!

guys come on it will be like survey and may help lots of people (incl me 0

ancilary said:
guys come on it will be like survey and may help lots of people (incl me 0
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You didn't included my MIUI Mod, since you are also using it, then you know how fast and smooth it is.

gioyann said:
Go to "cianogenmode" menu, than choose "performance" and you will find it!
It does affect a bit the battery...but not so much!
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Thanks... I checked and it is set to On Demand.
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MiUi Lag (New to xda, so cant post it in development)

Hi guys, since im new to XDA, I cannot post this in the development forums, so im posting it here.
I have an evo 4g running MiUI v5 Beta, (im not a new guy to android development, I test roms every 2 days kinda)
This is a great rom, lots of features. but really, really, slow. I have the seeder (Lag Reduction) apk installed and running at "Aggressive" mode. but still, lots, and lots of lag (Im not surprised that the lockscreen lags, that's always been a thing with MiUi) overclocking to 998 MHz (in nearly every rom, you can go higher the 1ghz, even though the evo only has a 1g processor. but if you do, when you reboot, the rom will keep rebooting, then you'll need to re-flash.) but it just doesn't cut it. does anyone have any thing that could help me?
thanks
and im gonna say it again. cant post anywhere else, because XDA wont let me

They jb just lags the best out there by others recommendations is my jelly jlm miui. It is tweakec as far as possible. Otherwise step down to gb and lag is non existent.
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jlmancuso said:
They jb just lags the best out there by others recommendations is my jelly jlm miui. It is tweakec as far as possible. Otherwise step down to gb and lag is non existent.
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Yeah, ive known that since i first used it, cant find MIUI on 2.3.x anymore. v5 is also still in beta. Great rom, except the lag, using decks .500 reloaded for now. ill stick with it. thanks for the help.

nxhappy said:
Hi guys, since im new to XDA, I cannot post this in the development forums, so im posting it here.
I have an evo 4g running MiUI v5 Beta, (im not a new guy to android development, I test roms every 2 days kinda)
This is a great rom, lots of features. but really, really, slow. I have the seeder (Lag Reduction) apk installed and running at "Aggressive" mode. but still, lots, and lots of lag (Im not surprised that the lockscreen lags, that's always been a thing with MiUi) overclocking to 998 MHz (in nearly every rom, you can go higher the 1ghz, even though the evo only has a 1g processor. but if you do, when you reboot, the rom will keep rebooting, then you'll need to re-flash.) but it just doesn't cut it. does anyone have any thing that could help me?
thanks
and im gonna say it again. cant post anywhere else, because XDA wont let me
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