First of all, the DPI is kind of lame, I had a G2X, which is supposed to be the same resolution but NOT as good of screen as the Nexus...oh well.
Anyway, cannot root, followed a certain procedure:
http://www.androidauthority.com/nexus-s-4g-root-one-click-55874/
I'm not a noob by any means, but for some reason with Root Checker, says im not rooted...even tho I was able to get to CWM via the .bat file included in the above procedure. Not too sure what's going on.
This Nexus has the OTA ICS installed already.
Any suggestions on the fastest, most stable, battery proficient ICS ROM at the moment? Custom kernel or pre-packaged with whatever ROM?
I came over from the G2X, but this device has far more options.
Best kernel (IMO) would be Matr1x, v20-21.5 aren't very stable releases but 19.5 and the latest (22) are stable. As for ROMs, you'll just have to try some of them out. Most popular are AOKP, CM9, MIUI and one of my favorites, PARANOIDANDROID. Alternate kernels would be Air and Trinity. Trinity is really cool if you like deep rich colors as opposed to voodoo colors on Matr1x and Air. But my experience with battery life on Trinity hasn't been too well. I've also tried Air, but at the time, it was extremely buggy. I haven't touched it since. Honestly, it all depends on how your phone plays with the kernel/ROM combinations. Visit some of the threads in the Nexus S 4G development section. Read around. As for my set up. I'm running AOKP build 40 with Matr1x v22 800/200 lazy (screen on) and 400/200 wheatley (screen off) depending on your phone use, you can get up to a maximum of about a day and a half. But that's very minimal use. Average would probably be about 10-12 hours with 3-5 hours screen on time. (Data off I presume). That's just my two cents.
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Best kernel (IMO) would be Matr1x, v20-21.5 aren't very stable releases but 19.5 and the latest (22) are stable. As for ROMs, you'll just have to try some of them out. Most popular are AOKP, CM9, MIUI and one of my favorites, PARANOIDANDROID. Alternate kernels would be Air and Trinity. Trinity is really cool if you like deep rich colors as opposed to voodoo colors on Matr1x and Air. But my experience with battery life on Trinity hasn't been too well. I've also tried Air, but at the time, it was extremely buggy. I haven't touched it since. Honestly, it all depends on how your phone plays with the kernel/ROM combinations. Visit some of the threads in the Nexus S 4G development section. Read around. As for my set up. I'm running AOKP build 40 with Matr1x v22 800/200 lazy (screen on) and 400/200 wheatley (screen off) depending on your phone use, you can get up to a maximum of about a day and a half. But that's very minimal use. Average would probably be about 10-12 hours with 3-5 hours screen on time. (Data off I presume). That's just my two cents.
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Thanks for the info. I have the nexus s...not the sprint 4g just so u know. Also how to boot to cwm?
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Thanks for the info. I have the nexus s...not the sprint 4g just so u know. Also how to boot to cwm?
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Oh, well my bad. Luckily, everything I've said still applies to both crespo and crespo4g. As for CWM and rooting for the Nexus S. I wouldn't know.. I'm guessing its just a flashable zip file..? I've been rooted for about a year now, so I've honestly forgot. Sorry I can't be of much help.
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Flash it and boot directly into it from the boot loader.
If you're still on stock, every time you boot up it will be replaced by stock recovery. You can remove that script with root access. Or if you flash a custom rom right off the bat it will stick
when i got my nexus s i flashed like 20 roms + matr1x kernel (because everybody recommends it, i don't know why). then i found out that matr1x is UV by default and that's the reason why i got random reboots with every rom. so unless you're a flashoholic and like backing up and restoring, i might be able to save you some time. flash cm9 and use it with stock kernel. good battery life and the most reliable rom so far. if you like flashing, just keep in mind that UV, OC and deep idle can make your phone reboot. so if you find out your phone can't handle the bloat, stick with cm or other stockish kernels like simple kernel.
Root checker lol
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Root checker lol
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No,
Problem was that I was using a tutorial based on the Nexus S 4g from Sprint. The tutorial said it was good for the Nexus S also, but it wasn't. I found another tutorial from the same site that hosted the 4g one and everything is good to go.
Right now I'm already rooted and running Trinity with a different ROM.
I recommend Air Kenrel.It's very stable and battery timings are great.I am using it with XEON HD Rom.
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I recommend Air Kenrel.It's very stable and battery timings are great.I am using it with XEON HD Rom.
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This is strange, I'm coming from the G2X, and these two phones are supposed to ahve the same screen resolution, but Nexus with a better screen type (AMOLED). Then why did my G2X look better? The DPI is much more noticeable on the Nexus, and that isn't a good thing.
I've found that the stock CM9 Nightly's are the best for me so far with the stock kernel, I can adjust the color levels to get rid of the washed out look and go for the deeper colors.
I'm going to check out your Xeon ROM, anything with HD in the title sounds good right now.
Also, which Kernel/ROM allows the color hacking? I've flashed 3 different kernels along with the cm9 v7 and this is what I've found.
-CM9 Nightly v7 default kernel - YES
-CM9 v7 with Trinity - NO
-CM9 v7 with Matrix - NO
Best ROM ive tried so far has to be DaXmax's Kangyultra-EX 1.3. Awesome battery and great performance. I also use the INK Kernel...
stevew84 said:
This is strange, I'm coming from the G2X, and these two phones are supposed to ahve the same screen resolution, but Nexus with a better screen type (AMOLED). Then why did my G2X look better? The DPI is much more noticeable on the Nexus, and that isn't a good thing.
I've found that the stock CM9 Nightly's are the best for me so far with the stock kernel, I can adjust the color levels to get rid of the washed out look and go for the deeper colors.
I'm going to check out your Xeon ROM, anything with HD in the title sounds good right now.
Also, which Kernel/ROM allows the color hacking? I've flashed 3 different kernels along with the cm9 v7 and this is what I've found.
-CM9 Nightly v7 default kernel - YES
-CM9 v7 with Trinity - NO
-CM9 v7 with Matrix - NO
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Read about Pentile Matrix OLED screens. You get excellent (pixel turns off) blacks, however rather than a typical 3 (RGB) subpixels per pixel, you get a pattern of RGBG subpixels instead. You will notice imperfections as a result of this and other OLED downsides. The SGS3 and GN also have similar displays though at 720p resolution. The SGS2, however, has an RGB SAMOLED (aka SAMOLED+). LCDs on the other hand have rock solid colour reproduction, essentially always RGB configurations and no uneven colour/backlight wearing at the loss of perfect blacks.
Also, just about every kernel besides Trinity should allow colour manipulation through the Voodoo app (i think it's voodoo sound) from the play store.
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Read about Pentile Matrix OLED screens. You get excellent (pixel turns off) blacks, however rather than a typical 3 (RGB) subpixels per pixel, you get a pattern of RGBG subpixels instead. You will notice imperfections as a result of this and other OLED downsides. The SGS3 and GN also have similar displays though at 720p resolution. The SGS2, however, has an RGB SAMOLED (aka SAMOLED+). LCDs on the other hand have rock solid colour reproduction, essentially always RGB configurations and no uneven colour/backlight wearing at the loss of perfect blacks.
Also, just about every kernel besides Trinity should allow colour manipulation through the Voodoo app (i think it's voodoo sound) from the play store.
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Thanks for the assistance, my eyes will get used to this screen, haha. I'm probably going to be upgrading to a Galaxy Nexus in the next couple of months any how...
I'll look further in to the color hacking thing, I was talking about in the Advanced tab in system settings for ICS. I saw that the Matrix kernel said something about voodoo colors/sound, but I didn't realize there was an app to allow me to change the settings around. That should open up the options a little more now.
I've only had this thing for about 12 hours, so I still have a lot of testing to do.
Matrix allows the gamma hack. You need to grab Voodoo from the Play Store to do so.
*edit. Seems you've got the hang of it. Xda app didn't load the last few responses for some reason . Lol
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Matrix allows the gamma hack. You need to grab Voodoo from the Play Store to do so.
*edit. Seems you've got the hang of it. Xda app didn't load the last few responses for some reason . Lol
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Yea, I ain't no sucker ass noob! ;-)
I'm thinking you didn't flash super user so that's why root checker said no. You only had unlock boot loader and custom recovery.
Racream by rascarlo paired with T11 trinity kernel is the winner when it comes to the nexus s. Check out the trinity thread for info etc.
Also make sure you pick up voodoo controls from the market to adjust color and full control over the awesome wolfson dac (read: awesome sound quality) in the NS
Voodoo color only works for kernels with it enabled. Trinity is not one of them. Morfic uses his own presets that you can't adjust with the app.
Some custom roms along with their own stock kernel allow for tweaking of the colors but only through their own settings. They do the same thing with the sound. Speaking of a rom and its default kernel.
stevew84 said:
First of all, the DPI is kind of lame, I had a G2X, which is supposed to be the same resolution but NOT as good of screen as the Nexus...oh well.
Anyway, cannot root, followed a certain procedure:
http://www.androidauthority.com/nexus-s-4g-root-one-click-55874/
I'm not a noob by any means, but for some reason with Root Checker, says im not rooted...even tho I was able to get to CWM via the .bat file included in the above procedure. Not too sure what's going on.
This Nexus has the OTA ICS installed already.
Any suggestions on the fastest, most stable, battery proficient ICS ROM at the moment? Custom kernel or pre-packaged with whatever ROM?
I came over from the G2X, but this device has far more options.
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If you didn't fix your problem yet, I had this same issue when I first tried to root it. I eventually flashed the newest super user through my recovery, and it was verified as rooted. hope you fixed your problem anyway.
If you like cm9 so far... I'd Highly recommend RemICS UX rom... has a lot of sgs3 tweaks to it too...
For kernel, AirKernel is great unless you use/need 4G (which u don't since u don't have sprint version)... personally had great results on performance and battery with that kernel... unfortunately for me, I had to find an alternative to Air because I rely on my data connection for my home internet... so that 4G issue it has forced me to reluctantly switch... currently on Trinity and this kernel is amazing an the colors are spectacular!!! Hope this post was helpful
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If you didn't fix your problem yet, I had this same issue when I first tried to root it. I eventually flashed the newest super user through my recovery, and it was verified as rooted. hope you fixed your problem anyway.
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If you like cm9 so far... I'd Highly recommend RemICS UX rom... has a lot of sgs3 tweaks to it too...
For kernel, AirKernel is great unless you use/need 4G (which u don't since u don't have sprint version)... personally had great results on performance and battery with that kernel... unfortunately for me, I had to find an alternative to Air because I rely on my data connection for my home internet... so that 4G issue it has forced me to reluctantly switch... currently on Trinity and this kernel is amazing an the colors are spectacular!!! Hope this post was helpful
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Thanks for the input and yes I am rooted the way I'm supposed to be now.
I'm using RemICS at the moment, with the Matrix kernel and voodoo colors which I like better than the Trinity stock colors. I like my whites to be white, NOT have a slight tint of yellowish colorization that the Trinity kernel comes with.
But yea, I have the Tmobile version, but I use WIFI a lot at home, so I should stay away from Air even if i'm on WIFI? I'm not using Air, but I'd just like to clarify.
can some one calibrate the color values on the stock 4.3 kernel or if someone could provide a DIY guide...plzzz i would really love to use 4.3 if it wasn't for the washed out colors. oh and i don't wanna use any apps or script to do the trick...
Stock kernel doesn't support gamma/color configuration.
You must install a custom kernel and use an app to calibrate the colors.
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Lol..I thought Moles created a new thread for 4.3...There was a thread with the same name for 4.2 as well
colours on 4.3 are nice imo, could never stand halfbreed super over contrast ones myself
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I was a big fan of Halfbreed..Flashed Faux kernel & jumped to Halfbreed right away..Dont know why but But surprisingly i did not like it..Stock colors are so good..Perfectly Balance & Bright as well
I've bought the LP3 a couple days ago and am awaiting its arrival. Since then I've been researching it like crazy and have come to the conclusion that I'll be unlocking the boot loader, flashing TWRP and flashing Cydras' google edition rom. I've heard in some reviews that the colors are lackluster on this phone and I was hoping to be able to fix that through Kernel Auditor screen calibration. Has anybody had any luck using Kernel Auditor or do you guys know a better way to calibrate the colors? Thanks.
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I've bought the LP3 a couple days ago and am awaiting its arrival. Since then I've been researching it like crazy and have come to the conclusion that I'll be unlocking the boot loader, flashing TWRP and flashing Cydras' google edition rom. I've heard in some reviews that the colors are lackluster on this phone and I was hoping to be able to fix that through Kernel Auditor screen calibration. Has anybody had any luck using Kernel Auditor or do you guys know a better way to calibrate the colors? Thanks.
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I used it, it works but we don't have control over speeds (they won't stay if changed), or touch boost. Not much you can change with it really. Nor on CM.
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I used it, it works but we don't have control over speeds (they won't stay if changed), or touch boost. Not much you can change with it really. Nor on CM.
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Sounds good thanks for the reply. I don't need any frequency changes anyway i just wanted to fix the color. Thanks!
Don't think you can change colours with kernel auditor without kernel support.
Since we do not have custom kernel, you cannot use kernel apps to modify color.
However, EUI's default 'soft' color mode is decent (too much saturation though) and the best is to use CM which offers you to modify not only white balance but individual RGB values.
Congrats. I haven't done much to mine but play on stock. What made you decide to install Cydras' google edition rom instead of CM? Just interested in your opinion. I was just thinking of rooting mine instead of a new rom.