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Radio for Australia

Hi guys
Just want to know which radio are you guys using. I'm using KD1. Anyone done any testing to see whether this is the best for Australia or a previous version such as kb3.
I know for my x10 there are regional updates for basebands. Is this the case for the nexus S
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I too would like to know more info about radios. I'm currently on kb3 and it seems sufficient. I get GPS lock in 10 seconds so reasonably happy.
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Tested with Kb3 and Kd1, both same, not much difference as Vodafone network is still upgrade in progress. I guess, KD1 is mre effective for UK

I'm on optus and just want to check is it my plan / location
My hsdpais pretty much non existant for the last month or 2
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shubu000 said:
I'm on optus and just want to check is it my plan / location
My hsdpais pretty much non existant for the last month or 2
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Stock rom doesn't show the H sign. Only custom roms do that. Maybe it's a carrier issue?
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I think mostly in AUstralia, we get less "H", I not sure why, gotta ask them

Oh I'm using superaosp.. best rom... so that's not because of stock rom that I don't see h
Funny when I first got the planing on now I see h very often
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I'm also with vodafail. Using speedtest, I get better download with the new radio KD1 and upload speed was relatively the same in comparison with KB3

Nexus S vs Galaxy S

hi there,
i know there are a lot of users here for Nexus S, but i'm still considering my options between a Nexus S and a Galaxy S, both under 300 euros.
what would you recommend?
thanks a lot.

Probably Nexus S. It gets all the android updates first, but the galaxy S has 720p recording. Otherwise they're identical pretty much.
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Remember CyanogenMod is now available for both units. Ota is the past. You won't needed if CyanogenMod keeps supporting it.
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edited after doing a little googling
after searching the internet I have found these links:
1. http://www.shaswatpatel.com/google-nexus-s-vs-samsung-galaxy-s-which-one-should-you-choose/
2. http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/37148/samsung-nexus-s-vs-samsung-galaxy-s
3. http://www.brighthub.com/mobile/samsung/articles/100386.aspx
and the best conclusion I found here:
4. http://androidforums.com/samsung-galaxy-s/234858-galaxy-s-nexus-s.html
"to be honest, it boils down to 2 things.
1. Do you want massive amounts of memory? Nexus has 16gb max,Galaxy has up to 48gb max
2. Do you want faster updates? [then go for Nexus]
The rest is just little things that aren't massively important "

sl8125 said:
Remember CyanogenMod is now available for both units. Ota is the past. You won't needed if CyanogenMod keeps supporting it.
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OTA are more stable.. I used to run CM on my EVO/N1 (don't even bother with the NS) but it was never as rock solid as a stable Google release. Experienced this both on the NS4G and N1.
Not too bad on Nexus devices but its flaky on devices that don't have completely compatible kernels.
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sl8125 said:
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You do need OTAs. The Manufacturer has to supply the source for the kernel for that new Android OS. Otherwise, you'll be stuck using the stock kernel which will limit development.

zephiK said:
You do need OTAs. The Manufacturer has to supply the source for the kernel for that new Android OS. Otherwise, you'll be stuck using the stock kernel which will limit development.
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Ota will be always be floating around. Once it's out there will be custom roms too.
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sl8125 said:
Ota will be always be floating around. Once it's out there will be custom roms too.
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I'm not talking about that OTA of stock ROMs. I'm talking about the KERNEL SOURCE of that Android version. If you're using a Samsung phone and a internal leak is made for Samsung Galaxy S for Android 2.5 (making it up). You can make a custom ROM out of it but you CANNOT use the previous kernel source because it will be incompatible. You will be forced to use the stock kernel.
Samsung will not release source for pre-released kernels.

Nexus s for sure. I have both and have to say. The specs are almost identical but nexus s is updated regularly where the galaxy s doesnt recieve any...
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I have both, l like NS more than GS.
More responsive.
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I have both
I have a Galaxy S and a Nexus S. My Nexus S is not the AMOLED variety despite being told it was when I was purchasing it... Readon to find out why I kept it anyways.
The AMOLED screen experiences pixel wear or burnout or whatever you want to call it. After owning the Galaxy S for several months, I read about a keypad code that could generate different color screens for testing pixel coloration. That is when I saw my battery symbol and some other screen elements had an image burned in. It was very light and a custom launcher that allowed the main screen to rotate freely solved the issue of burn-in but apparently, the pixels still fade, just not in an obvious pattern now.
The Nexus S does not come with a SD card slot. At first, I thought that would be an issue... But I only really needed five gigs or so of music at any one time anyways.
Meh. Both phones are great. I prefer my Nexus S because I can unlock it if I want to and I really appreciate the slight curve to the glass. I gave my Galaxy S away after being satisfied with my Nexus S. You should not end up regretting either phone.

Nexus has camera flash
Galaxy has FM radio.

will Nexus S support and receive a great OS upgrade like, let's say (hypotheticaly) a 2.5 or 3.0 android ?

klaus76ro said:
will Nexus S support and receive a great OS upgrade like, let's say (hypotheticaly) a 2.5 or 3.0 android ?
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yes its a nexus phone.

I have a nexus s and I am very happy with it. Its definetly classier (looks and feels) than the gs. However things I think people have forgotten to mention is that the galaxy s (as I understand) has a video out (through the headphone jack?) Which us something u wish I could do. However saying that I wouldn't swap it for the gs! Also a smaller thing is that the NS has NFC, although I still haven't used it it seems it could come to shops in the very near future
Hope that helps good luck with the choice and infact I honestly think that you will be completely happy with either choice!
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ICS on Nexus S

What are the stages where this is at right now? Fully usable? Still Alpha? I currently have a Galaxy S2 and love it, but it is big and I really want ICS. Is ICS helping with battery life at all? What are people experiencing performance/battery wise? Things like data speeds? Is image quality any better on the device?
Thanks!

Another ICS thread? Ever thought about joining one of the other 10 threads on this subject and actually read what others have been already saying about it.
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Lol
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The ICS dev threads have hundreds, if not thousands of posts. Makes it hard to find information. I don't currently have the phone so it makes it hard for me.

Real simple is to jump to the end of a ics dev thread and read the posts backwards. You will see the most recent info. In short the rom I am running is very smooth, few things need tinkering with to get them working, no 4g but that is expected with a non nexus 4g source. I will also say that after using a ics rom as a daily driver since last weekend the rest of the world who are waiting on ics for their device will not be disappointed when it finally gets there. As far as the battery life goes I have had the best daily usage out of my nexus as ever, true story.
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My home screen for a taste. Taken with the built in screen shot per google.
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When everyone says 4G, they mean Sprint, right? I have T-Mo so would HSPA+ work?

well there are roms being developed for all variants of the nexus s. But yes I have the nexus s 4g on sprint.
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I'm not sure about hspa+, isn't that just t-mobiles way of saying 4g? Like lte and wimax? If so then I doubt the ability to connect to it works without the official sources being released by google yet.
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There are a few daily use status versions out now IMO
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Tmo 3g and 4g are really the same technology
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My home screen for a taste. Taken with the built in screen shot per google.
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i noticed your wifi and mobile signals aren't full, like the rest of us 3G Nexus S users!

davewpy said:
i noticed your wifi and mobile signals aren't full, like the rest of us 3G Nexus S users!
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Sprint or T-Mo?

Sprints 4g? Idont think so
hah2110 said:
Tmo 3g and 4g are really the same technology
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Excuse all the thread police. Apparently some on here have OCD and treat the threads like their personal panty drawr (nice and neat). But to answer your question: ICS is pretty far along on the device, battery is better than ginger, performance has the potential to be better when source drops (right now it's faster sometimes and slower at others), data speeds are about the same, and image is great. In all, the ports we have are daily drivers for MANY, including myself. Although most of the bugs seem to have been ironed out, I can see there is still a lot of potential. Our DEVS are pretty gangster so we will surely see much more progression.

I agree but keep in mind that Ginger was developed fromour phones CPU. Hummingbird. In which why if runs so fluid. Ics is for the what's ever in the galaxy nexus. No other phone will run ics smoother than the gn as no other phone had ever beaten this on Ginger.
My point is that we need source code so we can make a ron with other elements intwined to the framework. Show me how to sign a Tom and I'll. Dev the crap out of it
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I'm using Brainmaster's V2 and it's a daily for sure. I haven't updated because I use A2DP a lot, and the newer versions built off of Koush's rom lose that.

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i noticed your wifi and mobile signals aren't full, like the rest of us 3G Nexus S users!
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So your signal bars are lying?
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Hi guys, any idea when we should receive official update?

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So your signal bars are lying?
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yes most of the roms on ICS for i9020/23 (3G) are lying.
seems like ALL of the 4G Nexus S is working. I found an updated radio image i9020xxki1, but i didn't have the guts to flash it to see if it works.

Ota in America

When do you think we will receive the new ota and do you think all carriers will get it at the same time?
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August when international gets jelly bean. If that is when they get pushed that update
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ttieder said:
When do you think we will receive the new ota and do you think all carriers will get it at the same time?
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Not Jelly Bean yet but we can start with this one - Samsung Galaxy S III OTA update adds brightness widget to drop-down menu
Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/07/06/samsung-galaxy-s-iii-ota-update-adds-brightness-widget-to-drop-d/
looks to be released today.
EDIT: Looks like this is only for Global phones

DC_MTP said:
Not Jelly Bean yet but we can start with this one - Samsung Galaxy S III OTA update adds brightness widget to drop-down menu
Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/07/06/samsung-galaxy-s-iii-ota-update-adds-brightness-widget-to-drop-d/
looks to be released today.
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I was talking about that one I know jellybean ain't coming for at least October .
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From my experience with my Galaxy Nexus on Verizon, VZW users will get an update about 6-8 weeks after everyone else.

stevessvt said:
From my experience with my Galaxy Nexus on Verizon, VZW users will get an update about 6-8 weeks after everyone else.
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Lmao, well if Samsung was able to get all devices in US carriers hopefully they got the change to mention updates too
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Even though this is for International version, would devs be able to take anything from it and implement things for us?
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The ota is for the intl version not for the usa version. The devices r completely different.

dasistsparta said:
The ota is for the intl version not for the usa version. The devices r completely different.
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We know that, but we hope Samsung delivers the update too
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jgalan14 said:
We know that, but we hope Samsung delivers the update too
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What makes u think there is the need for an ota? What bugs ur phone has? Or it is just a new trend to get otas every week

dasistsparta said:
What makes u think there is the need for an ota? What bugs ur phone has? Or it is just a new trend to get otas every week
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Well that brightness slider would be a GREAT addition in my opinion. I also wouldn't mind if the fixed the standby battery draw reporting glitch. Also, they could ACTUALLY fix the standby battery draw so the phone doesn't suck it self dry through the day from standby.
Oh yeah, the desktop background doesn't scroll when you flip screens. Don't know if that's a glitch, but it's just stupid and should be changed.
Another thing, the phone seems to just drop reception randomly even though it's in a fully covered area. This constant drop and pick up is suuuuuper annoying when you're surfing the web or using some messenger app. Also is a battery killer as well.
Improvements can always be made. It's nice to get the updates and nice to know samsung/att cares about our experience. (For sure ATT doesn't give two ****s so I hope Samsung can persuade)

dasistsparta said:
What makes u think there is the need for an ota? What bugs ur phone has? Or it is just a new trend to get otas every week
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Not sure if serious...
This phone's wireless/data radio are a complete pos. WiFi drops constantly, and it's just weak. I can't even believe how weak the signal is. You guys are worried about brightness...lol .

I've personally have had an issue where callers from my contacts list show up as Unknown. My Dad, with the same GS3, called me and asked if I was having this issue as he had been noticing it as well. Also, some others on xda have reported the same or similar issues.
I called and talked to a rep at tmo and was told that it was a known issue being worked on by tmo and sammy. Not sure when (or if) this will be fixed, but I'm hopeful.

Signal Issues

I got my Note 3 the day it came out and initially the signal was bad but usable. Now after the most recent update the signal is horrible. I am always getting 1-2 bars and LTE always switches to 3g or cannot find data at all. Making calls, sending texts and mms are all a huge pain now. On all of my other devices I usually got full signal. After reading online it seems it may have been an issue with the initial batch of note 3's. Some people are getting new Note 3's so if you're facing this problem don't be afraid to call about it

I have the same problem. I have the development edition and cant keep lte to save my life.

Really disappointed with this update. Completely DESTROYED reception. I don't get 4g anywhere I used to. This is ridiculous.

I had the stock note 3 and my signal was horrible. So I exchange it , gave it to my wife and bought the developer addition. I'm run stock dev and my signal is awesome. I was so disappointed at first . Now I'm happy.
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cam1pbell said:
I had the stock note 3 and my signal was horrible. So I exchange it , gave it to my wife and bought the developer addition. I'm run stock dev and my signal is awesome. I was so disappointed at first . Now I'm happy.
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What is the baseband version on yours?

northmendo said:
What is the baseband version on yours?
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My baseband is N900VVRUBMJE and I have LTE everywhere. Very few places it drops, like inside buildings.
The last update I received was on Nov 11th, by your screenshot it looks like your last OTA was in October (MJ3)
May go and check for updates, the MJE update fixed all my LTE issues.

brianburen said:
My baseband is N900VVRUBMJE and I have LTE everywhere. Very few places it drops, like inside buildings.
The last update I received was on Nov 11th, by your screenshot it looks like your last OTA was in October (MJ3)
May go and check for updates, the MJE update fixed all my LTE issues.
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Sounds like I need to restore to factory so I can get the ota. Mine has been rooted from day 1.

I was on the nov. 11 update and was dropping calls in great areas. Got a replacement . Hoping they don't find evidence of root on the one I sent back . Odin ed to mje and did factory reset... so far so good on new one
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