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Sold my vibrant today and got a nexus s ....I didn't want to wait and I will prolly be on another phone in 6 months to a year anyway ....I just want to say thank you to all the vibrant dev's and everyone who has helped me...the vibrant was a great phone and what flaws it had the dev's here fixed...see some of you in the nexus forums
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newspeak said:
Sold my vibrant today and got a nexus s ....I didn't want to wait and I will prolly be on another phone in 6 months to a year anyway ....I just want to say thank you to all the vibrant dev's and everyone who has helped me...the vibrant was a great phone and what flaws it had the dev's here fixed...see some of you in the nexus forums
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Uhh... you do realize that the Nexus S is still a Galaxy S phone don't you. Many of the devs that are making these terrific roms for the vibrant have already started working on Nexus S roms as well.
I am sure that they will still see you around the forums brother!

See you there, about to go trade mines with my friend in an hour

First the developers left and now users too ;(
Good luck with nexus S
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I been trying to sell my phone for months. I sold it on eBay and the person did not paid me so I ended keeping it. I was going to go with the mytouch 4g or nexus s.
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rhonal89 said:
I been trying to sell my phone for months. I sold it on eBay and the person did not paid me so I ended keeping it. I was going to go with the mytouch 4g or nexus s.
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Dude just go to craiglist its way cheap
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I am holding out for the S2

New to Nexus S & happy about it

Hi all
I just got my nexus s today. I picked it up from the marketplace from someone selling it. It is an awesome phone so far. It is super fast as compared to my old G1 from HTC.
Definitely going to have a bunch of questions about my phone.
Thanks all
Heeter
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Congrats welcome to the Nexus S family
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I just got off the boat too and am liking stock just fine for now. Matter of time till I give in and root then its all over...
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raiderep said:
I just got off the boat too and am liking stock just fine for now. Matter of time till I give in and root then its all over...
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yeah im in the same boat... i'll play around a bit stock, then delve into the rooting process... after enough time i cant resist

Pretty happy that mine came rooted for my purchase.
I am really enjoying it more now.
Heeter

welcome, thats a HUGE jump.

I am pretty new to the Nexus S. Basically going on 2 weeks with it now.
Welcome to the nexus S Its a good phone. I lucked out someone wanted the Samsung Focus and was willing to trade for the Nexus S. The part I wasn't expecting is that I met the guy at the Fido store and he handed me the phone BNIB still sealed.

Welcome!
When i first got my ns i came from an iphone 3G, and oh was i inlove .
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For those coming from eclair or lower. Becareful with the market auto restore. I never used it on my Epic but decided to give it a try on this phone a few times. The feature itself works mostly fine but the problem is if you have a ton of apps it could be a solid 15-20 minutes or longer (not on wifi) of straight downloading and apps installing one after another. That means your CPU will be mostly pegged at 1ghz the entire duration, which generates a lot of heat. If your phone is on charge during this it just adds to the heat build up. Yesterday on 4g it took roughly 15 minutes for this process to complete and by the time it was done my battery was at scorching 47c. Not cool.
Suggest to turn it off in settings /privacy, grab titanium backup and learn to use it.
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Help from you nexus s 4g owners

Hello everyone I am looking for a new phone I have the epic and evo I am selling them on craigslist and was wondering should I get the necus s 4g or the evo 3d how does everyone like your phone is there any problems with the phone besides the signal thing.. Thank you
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steviee7 said:
Hello everyone I am looking for a new phone I have the epic and evo I am selling them on craigslist and was wondering should I get the necus s 4g or the evo 3d how does everyone like your phone is there any problems with the phone besides the signal thing.. Thank you
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Besides the signal issues I am pretty satisfied with NS4G. I played with EVO3D and it is a nice phone but it lags terribly.
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Thanks for your feedback only thing that was buying my judgement was sprints poor rating on their website but most of those owners don't know about thee phone.... I come mostly from the epic and thats pretty much unbrickable theres odin and tars for the nexus too? And how easy us it to root and put cm7 on it?
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Besides the signal issues I am pretty satisfied with NS4G. I played with EVO3D and it is a nice phone but it lags terribly.
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anyone? please reply im going to see a nexus tomorrow and i need to know im making the right decision .. i was looking at cyanogenmod website and i dont see a stable build for the nexus s 4g only for the regular nexus s... whats the difference between stable and nightly?

Nexus is good phone, other than radio issue, which doesn't affect everyone. And don't let the CM site fool you, CM7 is stable on the 4g. Only thing still being worked on is 4g toggle in notification power controls.
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anyone? please reply im going to see a nexus tomorrow and i need to know im making the right decision .. i was looking at cyanogenmod website and i dont see a stable build for the nexus s 4g only for the regular nexus s... whats the difference between stable and nightly?
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mikeyinid said:
Nexus is good phone, other than radio issue, which doesn't affect everyone. And don't let the CM site fool you, CM7 is stable on the 4g. Only thing still being worked on is 4g toggle in notification power controls.
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thanks for the fast reply... i dont even have 4g so thats no problem lol. how about rooting and odin? can i just flash stock whenever i want to like on my epic .... i think im getting a great deal because im selling my epic for 250 and buying a brand new in box nexus for 260 and im selling my evo for 220 so a great phone cheap and cash that i need lol

Anyone?
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I've had my nexus a for about 4 reels note and haven't had any problems yet. Its solid. I came from an evo and haven't looked back since. I even like the camera better on the nexus.

I came from the epic as well, there are odin tars for this phone to flash back to stock, allong with shaby penguins one click root methode.....its the same as the epic pretty much. Odin tars are set up a little different, there is no pit file, but there is a bootloader, phone and pda tar that you flash at the same time. One click root isnt really one click unless you modify the script, but it works pretty good.

I think the nexus s is sprint's best phone out right now. Aside from the radio issue which should be resolved with an upcoming patch from google (but sent ota by sprint), its the fastest and snappiest android phone out there.
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You really don't need to use Odin, it is mostly using fastboot and adb. You can use the tar files if you want but if you want to unroot the phone you can just flash the stock img files.
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Easy to unlock the bootloader, easy to root, return to stock, and load whatever kernel or roms out there. Signal seems to be an issue but there is a fix on its way. Also Google Wallet is coming with that. Its a great phone.

Possible buy..

Hey guys, I'm looking to buy a att branded Nexus S, found one on Craigslist for $300..
I think its a fair price, Guy is local and I'm tired of my Inspire.
Reasons I would like to buy it, smaller screen size, pure aosp, battery life...
I just got the inspire about 3 months ago and will more then likely keep it..
What are things I should look for to make sure it is the real deal or just in general?
Any help is appreciated honestly.
I know I could wait for something better to come out ina few months but I don't use my phone for gaming, just purely alot of web browsing, texting and surfing forums..
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Only advantage to the Inspire is screen size. I have owned a Inspire and currently own a NS4G and I like both, but Nexus is smooth. When I buy phones I really just check cosmetic and play with it and check about phone to see what its on and browse the interwebs for a few.

Make sure it is truly the i9020a version and not the i9020t or some other variant. Otherwise it isn't truly the AT&T phone (would not work with 3G otherwise).

What should the about read besides 2.3.4 which kernal is stock etc and thanks for the replies guys keep then coming please
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Make sure it is truly the i9020a version and not the i9020t or some other variant. Otherwise it isn't truly the AT&T phone (would not work with 3G otherwise).
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Does the a and t stand for the carriers? Obviously att and T-Mobile?
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Nexus S phones do not have the carrier branding. Only Samsung and Google in the back.

Basically I was asking if the "a" at the end of the model number is for at&t?
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Well to be honest I don't know for sure. But you would assume so or its a huge coincidence (sp).
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bdpyo said:
Basically I was asking if the "a" at the end of the model number is for at&t?
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Yes, that is what the 'A' stands for.

Thanks, what do you guys think about price, seems reasonable?

bdpyo said:
Thanks, what do you guys think about price, seems reasonable?
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I feel you could do better.
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He did note its almost bnib, he ended up getting a deal on something else and wants to get rid of it, still waiting for the pictures I asked for..
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I paid $399 on eBay for my sealed I9020A and feel it was worth it. I had a SGSII as well and chose the Nexus S due to AOSP and hate for touchwiz.
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I had the Captivate before and hated it, I'm solely sold on AOSP, he just messaged me back saying I could just look up a picture, said he's had it for 2 weeks and its still in the box
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bdpyo said:
I had the Captivate before and hated it, I'm solely sold on AOSP, he just messaged me back saying I could just look up a picture, said he's had it for 2 weeks and its still in the box
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So his other phone has no camera, does gsm phones need to have a clean esn?
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BrianDigital said:
So his other phone has no camera, does gsm phones need to have a clean esn?
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That I am not sure but, I told him I wanted to me up and he goes, ok my friend works downtown and ill confirm with him, I'm assuming he posted for a friendz but then goes on to say the Guy, who apparently owns his own business.
So sounds kinda sketchy to me, if a Guy can run a business downtown why can't he post his own ad?
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Def sounds odd, I would look elsewhere
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Get the IMEI # and call att check it. If he wont give it to you then move on! Gsm phones don't have esn they take sims and you could end up with a stolen phone and not even know it. I know here in Austin they are going for less than what that guy is asking. Just seen a white one for $260 and it was squeky clean.
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The AT&T nexus s is only $99 on contract, so $300 for LBNIB isn't sketchy--but the white ns for $260 kind of is. I say meet with the guy if you like the price, inspect for damages and all accessories, then stick your sim in and wait for that 3G or H symbol to pop up. Also make test calls and take pics to ensure speakerphone/mic/camera/etc. is working.
I just bought a LBNIB for $325, so $300 is a good deal imo.

p00kienrayray said:
The AT&T nexus s is only $99 on contract, so $300 for LBNIB isn't sketchy--but the white ns for $260 kind of is. I say meet with the guy if you like the price, inspect for damages and all accessories, then stick your sim in and wait for that 3G or H symbol to pop up. Also make test calls and take pics to ensure speakerphone/mic/camera/etc. is working.
I just bought a LBNIB for $325, so $300 is a good deal imo.
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So I just talked to him again, he sent the pictures like he said he would, sweet baby jesus she looks fine! lol
Turns out the reason he mentioned his friend was because they are old business partners and the actual seller wouldn't be able to meet me in person, because he would be at work, so he is going to give the phone to his friend, who he trusts to meet up with me.
I didn't ask the guy where he worked but his friend works downtown here and it's not to far for me, so hopefully all goes well..

HTC vs Sammy

Just wondering what folks might think of what this article has to say.
http://www.phonearena.com/news/HTC-vs-Samsung-Why-HTC-is-losing-the-fight-big-time_id33127
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Well I've really began to hate my HTC device running Sense UI and have just converted to AOSP. But I played with some huge Samsung my cousin has on Verizon and it was a beast. I don't know what it was because I didn't care to know( maybe the newest galaxy ), but it was a powerhouse and was honestly the smoothest phone I have ever used. So I'm leaning towards Sammy for a new device to be honest
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strapped365 said:
Well I've really began to hate my HTC device running Sense UI and have just converted to AOSP. But I played with some huge Samsung my cousin has on Verizon and it was a beast. I don't know what it was because I didn't care to know( maybe the newest galaxy ), but it was a powerhouse and was honestly the smoothest phone I have ever used. So I'm leaning towards Sammy for a new device to be honest
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Idk look at their galaxy nexus they used o'leds aka screen burn in, I noticed it in the store when I was looking at the phone
Edit: I also got their touchwiz 5 running on my shift and it works smooth. I almost got all bugs fixed
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Chad The Pathfinder said:
Just wondering what folks might think of what this article has to say.
http://www.phonearena.com/news/HTC-vs-Samsung-Why-HTC-is-losing-the-fight-big-time_id33127
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If HTC doesn't put out a nexus phone, my next device will probably be a Samsung.
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jesuscash said:
If HTC doesn't put out a nexus phone, my next device will probably be a Samsung.
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There's a reason HTC only produced one Nexus phone
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i dont know what im going to do in november yet for my upgrade but i hope HTC steps its game up, id hate to go back to samsung

sad to say goodbye to my shift but very happy to say hello to my nexus s 4g i know its not the newest but god it took 3 mins to root i have jellybean with everything working and its super smooth only thing i miss is external sd card but dont really need it samsung has some monster phones if htc can get there stuff together and make something to atleast math the galaxy nexus or s3 id go back but till then i got a sammy and maybe a photon q in a few months i wanna test drive that first

Guess I'm the Lone Ranger then . I've already done the Samsung route . Swore never to do that again. It was total Hell. So it's HTC for me

prboy1969 said:
Guess I'm the Lone Ranger then . I've already done the Samsung route . Swore never to do that again. It was total Hell. So it's HTC for me
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I'm with ya man. HTC is still my number one lover and friend lol
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With my contract ending this November, two phones I am currently looking into... The EVO 4G LTE vs S III. Unless other new phones come out by then...
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well s3 has larger screen better battery and has been shown to run alot smoother alot of people love the s3 some like the galaxy nexus better but if i was you i would go to a store and get a hands on with the phones for a better idea
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With my contract ending this November, two phones I am currently looking into... The EVO 4G LTE vs S III. Unless other new phones come out by then...
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rhodiggah said:
With my contract ending this November, two phones I am currently looking into... The EVO 4G LTE vs S III. Unless other new phones come out by then...
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There's always going to be something out there that's better than what's currently out lol

I'd wait till 4.1 phones start getting released
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