New to nexus 4..need advice! - Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi...I just got myself a nexus 4. and very excited about it...my last phone was a droid razr m.. and with razr m we had 2 kinds of roms..with jB bootloader and kitkat bootloaders...I was wondering what th ebest route is with nexus 4..should i ota to Lollipop to get the new bootloader and then root and unlock bootloader etc or isn't there a difference.....thank you

crazy4android said:
Hi...I just got myself a nexus 4. and very excited about it...my last phone was a droid razr m.. and with razr m we had 2 kinds of roms..with jB bootloader and kitkat bootloaders...I was wondering what th ebest route is with nexus 4..should i ota to Lollipop to get the new bootloader and then root and unlock bootloader etc or isn't there a difference.....thank you
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Ahhhhh. I thought you will leave hacking to hackers after buying nexus 4.. Well idk much abt your ques

livecouk said:
Ahhhhh. I thought you will leave hacking to hackers after buying nexus 4.. Well idk much abt your ques
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idk know quite what u mean by that?

crazy4android said:
idk know quite what u mean by that?
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What for is Google you could search idk full foam or so. Any way I=I D=don't k=know -_-

livecouk said:
What for is Google you could search idk full foam or so. Any way I=I D=don't k=know -_-
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well sorry for not being perfect in my typing im in middle of work nd not really concentrating on how i word my sentences "What for is Google you could search idk full foam or so" doesn't quite seem to be correct either but hey let go nag some iphone ppl cheer to you you happy-go-lucky

Do your skull know which is full of hay? This is community for android developers not for ants (I don't want to use other words here ) like you who want to be famous by catching someone's mistakes

livecouk said:
Do your skull know which is full of hay? This is community for android developers not for ants (I don't want to use other words here ) like you who want to be famous by catching someone's mistakes
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dude lighten up...your name calling and insults just shows your intelligent level!! I'm not the smartest guy but i dnt go around calling ppl names and insulting em for no apparent reason Matthew 22:39..."you shall love your neighbor as yourself" so lets me friends no more hostility )

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Did I Screw Myself????

Did the official update and wanna go back to 1.5 so i can root is it possible...can i root right from 2.1??? this definitely was the worst thing ever. If anyone can help, please do!
Short answer...your screwed......should have done some research before flashing the RUU. It can't be rooted at this time so no way to go back....
Research would have shown you there are a number of 2.1 ROM's that are out and working....
Did the official update and wanna go back to 1.5 so i can root is it possible...can i root right from 2.1??? this definitely was the worst thing ever. If anyone can help, please do!
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As the French would say... you're la screwed. Keep your fingers crossed that someone here will get root on 2.1 before everyone jumps ship to the EVO.
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centran said:
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LMAO!
10charyourfuckedhaha
Way to **** myself
that might be the coolest thing Ive heard all year!!! i knew waiting for the update would **** me 50 bones to the first guy to root it!!! I feel cheated.
JiveMods said:
that might be the coolest thing Ive heard all year!!! i knew waiting for the update would **** me 50 bones to the first guy to root it!!! I feel cheated.
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As stated in time it will be rooted, i can't see why it wouldn't be. And no not all devs are going to the almighty EVO.
Someone should have labeled the update "WILL **** PHONE".exe
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hahaha lol
true that!!!
plenty of warnings all around the net.. about dont touch the official release .. if you love your root access...
cross your fingers and hope it get rooted again.
Me.. i love my custom 2.1 ROMs.. and all the new and different themes I can flash...
I cant complain i guess, hopefully they figure it out soon... how long does something like that usually take from when the RUU is made available, sorry if these are noob questions
Dan330 said:
hahaha lol
true that!!!
plenty of warnings all around the net.. about dont touch the official release .. if you love your root access...
cross your fingers and hope it get rooted again.
Me.. i love my custom 2.1 ROMs.. and all the new and different themes I can flash...
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that must be really cool....wanna lemme know where you live?
JiveMods said:
that must be really cool....wanna lemme know where you live?
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me = LMAO....
you =
dude... sorry for your troubles... sucks..
just some friendly rubbing...
Dont be suprised if you dont see root for at least 6 months. Come june 4th everyone's attention will be focused on the HTC Evo and most users will be in the Evo forums and researching Evo and Watching youtube videos on the EVO's performance. All i can say is make do with what you got until the evo dies down and focus on the hero will continue as normal.
Dan330 said:
dude... sorry for your troubles... sucks..
just some friendly rubbing...
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i dig, i wanted to steal yours! hahahaha
Powers16 said:
Dont be suprised if you dont see root for at least 6 months. Come june 4th everyone's attention will be focused on the HTC Evo and most users will be in the Evo forums and researching Evo and Watching youtube videos on the EVO's performance. All i can say is make do with what you got until the evo dies down and focus on the hero will continue as normal.
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i hope your wrong

big challenge for unrevoked

I gues its been a while and still nothing from unrevoked. I guess there is never going to be an update since they refuse to answer any questions about wildfire, and the main thing in theyr IRC chat they never talk about it.. SO GUYS WE ARE FORGOTEN..
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I gues its been a while and still nothing from unrevoked. I guess there is never going to be an update since they refuse to answer any questions about wildfire, and the main thing in theyr IRC chat they never talk about it.. SO GUYS WE ARE FORGOTEN..
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Just wait....hope there will be an update soon....
i hope that we arent finished
i bought my phone with 2.2.1 already installed
i asked for one without upgrade but they said they have none left
i really want root to flash wildpuzzle looks so good
give them a chance, you want them to drop everything and work on a program for the wildfire that they make no money from. i'm sure these people have lives too, and it's been all of about 5 weeks since update. patience people
and yes wildpuzzle is fantastic
ephbee said:
give them a chance, you want them to drop everything and work on a program for the wildfire that they make no money from. i'm sure these people have lives too, and it's been all of about 5 weeks since update. patience people
and yes wildpuzzle is fantastic
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agree with you....i also have to wait for the unrevoked update
now got my hands on 2.2 official update....
no,they probably has it, they probably want to do some surprise with nice interface etc stuff, i do not belive that team unrevoked can not find any exploit in wf.
Everything is hackable,look at greenpois0n, redsn0w etc...they jailbreaked iphoine4 and now they are cracking soft 4.2.1, iphone 4 users also has to wait if they did update to 4.2.1...
So my point is ->this will be done, they are superb good and this is just matter of time.
xtam said:
no,they probably has it, they probably want to do some surprise with nice interface etc stuff
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I highly doubt they would delay releasing it just to suprise us with an interface. Id rather root my phone with a command line now than a nice UI in a few weeks time
maybe fool-proof or smth...
Hey, look, another topic about the same subject.....
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Alex_GP said:
Hey, look, another topic about the same subject.....
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The same subject indeed, but with that big difference that nobody is asking anything that hasn't already been asked.. like a trilion times a day.
Brainstorming and sharing thoughts should be tollerated in a "general" toppic, no?
We will never been rooted Wildfire.
Their is no way to root this Hboot.
I think we need to buy new phone if want to flash rom.
ephbee said:
give them a chance, you want them to drop everything and work on a program for the wildfire that they make no money from. i'm sure these people have lives too, and it's been all of about 5 weeks since update. patience people
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exactly!!
finding an exploit in a bootloader(!!!) is little different then writing simple hello world program or whatever scenario you are thinking about. and if these inpatient folks here keep spamming the board with a new troll thread every day then I really hope there will be NO unrevoked. so please just keep waiting for it and stop annoying people! Noone from unrevoked will keep attention to your crying! so just stop it!
Btw the wildfire is already a great device even without root access so what's your problem???? you can still use your android!!! I used mine for months before even trying to root it!
RAMMANN said:
... and if these inpatient folks here keep spamming the board with a new troll thread every day then I really hope there will be NO unrevoked. ...
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Now you're just punishing all of us ;-)
For the rest: well said!

Possible bootloader unlock method!

I read on other forum...on Xperia X10 they finnaly got it
The bootloader has been bypassed using the kexec/miniloader method
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=12578251&postcount=849
[bootloader bypass guide and report thread][alfa release only!!!!][april 1rst]
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=12637163#post12637163
can anyone try the same method?
I'm hesitant of anything posted on April 1st, regardless of source! But I hope this works for the Atrix.
knigitz said:
I'm hesitant of anything posted on April 1st, regardless of source! But I hope this works for the Atrix.
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This is confirmed working guys.
See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDh4psrbb3c
YEAH, its true, many people have try...see the post reply after day 1 and video
soo, please, I think this can break the bootloader of our atrix, but I don't have acknolegement to do that
I assume Atrix has different type of bootloader than SE X10a
May try after final exam
ytwytw said:
I assume Atrix has different type of bootloader than SE X10a
May try after final exam
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You can't just run their script and make it work that way, their exploit would have to be ported to the Atrix.
Hope this works, may I remind any dev that the is a huge bounty for this.
Sent from Motorola Atrix on TELUS.
Maybe you should change your title to...
"Possible bootloader unlock method"
it would get more attention.
+1. Would bring much more positive attention to the thread.
RacecarBMW said:
Maybe you should change your title to...
"Possible bootloader unlock method"
it would get more attention.
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jeremyritzmann said:
+1. Would bring much more positive attention to the thread.
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And all the naysayers and impatient fools too, unfortunately. I just read this also, if it could be ported it may be a promising lead. I'm off to do a bit more digging
WOOOOOOO! thanx for posting this, hopefully this works, let's crack this bootloader and make these Atrix haters mad!
I consider that sugestion
also I will try use that method to crash bootloder....I have some help from my teacher xD...
RacecarBMW said:
Maybe you should change your title to...
"Possible bootloader unlock method"
it would get more attention.
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G1-8701 said:
WOOOOOOO! thanx for posting this, hopefully this works, let's crack this bootloader and make these Atrix haters mad!
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theres no such thing as atrix haters , theres moto haters , I been a moto fan since the startac , truth is motorola has spit in our face since the days of EZX phone where they would always find a way to circumvent gpl , I wish I could have an atrix , but as long as its locked , not gnna happen , fool me once shame on you , fool me twice shame on me , I am very tempted but I wont jump in just yet , I heard Tegra is much less secure then omap so theres your chance but it be a good month or 3 or 4 before anything happens to that bootloader , thinking otherwise woudl be greatly under estimating Motorola ...
DAGr8 said:
fool me once shame on you , fool me twice shame on you
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Lol you might wanna correct that...
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ceo.mtcl said:
Lol you might wanna correct that...
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Maybe he means... "fool me once, shame on (pause) you. You fool me you can't get fooled again." - GW Bush
Sorry hat to clutter this thread. Anyway, anyone got any reading material on this exploit done on the X10? I want to learn more about it.
Any Dev's care to comment on this?
DAGr8 said:
theres no such thing as atrix haters , theres moto haters , I been a moto fan since the startac , truth is motorola has spit in our face since the days of EZX phone where they would always find a way to circumvent gpl , I wish I could have an atrix , but as long as its locked , not gnna happen , fool me once shame on you , fool me twice shame on me , I am very tempted but I wont jump in just yet , I heard Tegra is much less secure then omap so theres your chance but it be a good month or 3 or 4 before anything happens to that bootloader , thinking otherwise woudl be greatly under estimating Motorola ...
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there are Atrix haters as well as moto haters, i've debated and well as read comments from quite a few of them, but people that have the wrong attitude and give up so easily on the phone ain't helping at all(or people that never had the phone to begin with), but i understand some people have their needs or wants in a phone and the atrix may not be it for them, but don't bash it just because you may not like it, never even owned it but have negative comments about it, have a defective device or whatever, and no i'm not saying that YOU have done any of this, but i'm tired of seeing it.....
but back to what this topic is actually about, hopefully this topic catches the devs attention
sooo.. ignoring the differences in architecture between omap and tegra, were the two bootloaders secured in the same fashion?> signed? signed and locked? locked?
DAGr8 said:
theres no such thing as atrix haters , theres moto haters , I been a moto fan since the startac , truth is motorola has spit in our face since the days of EZX phone where they would always find a way to circumvent gpl , I wish I could have an atrix , but as long as its locked , not gnna happen , fool me once shame on you , fool me twice shame on me , I am very tempted but I wont jump in just yet , I heard Tegra is much less secure then omap so theres your chance but it be a good month or 3 or 4 before anything happens to that bootloader , thinking otherwise woudl be greatly under estimating Motorola ...
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Even it takes 3 or 4 months it still gives us hope. I thought this whole signed bootloader mess was gonna be completely impossible! So I'm thrilled to hear this!
Nothing is impossible
Doesn't look like this is catching the eye of many people though, most likely from the 4/4 date.

Yep, I'm laying some -root- tonight!!!!!

ignore from here down. My xda bros just saved my marriage!
Once again, I come here with fingers crossed hoping for root news. And once again, I leave here with no news. And yet again, I will hear my wife say "I hate you" for upgrading her phone. fml.
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sad story.... lol... I feel for you though..
Kindof pointless.
Yes we understand your waiting for root like the rest of us.
I just recieved a new shift about 3 hours ago because i dropped mine and im stuck without root also, and as a dev its horrible.
but honestly no real need to make a new thread about it
notsointeresting said:
Kindof pointless.
Yes we understand your waiting for root like the rest of us.
I just recieved a new shift about 3 hours ago because i dropped mine and im stuck without root also, and as a dev its horrible.
but honestly no real need to make a new thread about it
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I dunno... maybe it can be like a sad sort of lounge... a morose sorta off topic thread. I got a toddler so I'm sure I'll be here soon enough
^ Shift Faced
notsointeresting said:
Kindof pointless.
Yes we understand your waiting for root like the rest of us.
I just recieved a new shift about 3 hours ago because i dropped mine and im stuck without root also, and as a dev its horrible.
but honestly no real need to make a new thread about it
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I'm sorry for your loss..
I have a 2 year old terror for a son, that is constantly playing with my phone. The blue htc case has been the best purchase i have made in a long time. It definitely beefs up the phone enough to withsatnd majority of his punishment. He did manage to break something because my keyboard lights rarely work... But thats nothing compared to if he would crack my screen... Come on root so i can get a new phone with working keyboard lights.
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/\ hey somebody in the same boat as me... My keyboard and physical button lights haven't worked in months. Small price to pay to keep root.
crump84 said:
I'm sorry for your loss..
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lol thank you. Ill get used to it but it saddening just looking at my plain sense 2.1 lockscreen
notsointeresting said:
lol thank you. Ill get used to it but it saddening just looking at my plain sense 2.1 lockscreen
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there is skins for sense 2.1 to atleast take care of the nasty sense 2.1, all i wanna do is get back to themeing aswell cause the stock icons are horrid to look to look at. mainly the battery, i miss 1% battery mod.
notsointeresting said:
Kindof pointless.
Yes we understand your waiting for root like the rest of us.
I just recieved a new shift about 3 hours ago because i dropped mine and im stuck without root also, and as a dev its horrible.
but honestly no real need to make a new thread about it
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We all feel your pain . Guess it's going to be a minute before your able to do anything for the community . Dammm you HTC .
you could always try a different Launcher so that it will look different...
If you're lookin for a sense 3.0 like lockescreen try Agile Lock from the market, been using it on my evo for a week or so and loving it. In order to get all the functionality out of it you'll have to download 4 or 5 apps from within the agile lock app. They're all in Japenese or Chinese, can't read either so not sure which language it actually is, but just download and install them then you can delete them. Once the app is unlocked it functions almost just like the 3.0 lockscreen.
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notsointeresting said:
Kindof pointless.
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I didn't care if anyone responded. Sorry for eating valuable forum space in the shift forum. When root comes back around, this thread will be pointless. Feel free to delete it. But the other person was right. This is the gloom thread. No root for the old hags phone makes me sad. If jock itch makes you sad, tell us about them red balls.
As far as children, I think my 15 y.o. looked at some pR0n on my shift the other day. I spent hours deciding how to sterilize it, in the event that he diddled himself, without blitzing the circuits. My first impulse was to soak it in bleach for a day or two. How's that for some FML?????
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Ah crap didn't realize there was no root for 2.3.3 yet. Had to have the wife's phone replaced. This blows
jsp254 said:
I didn't care if anyone responded. Sorry for eating valuable forum space in the shift forum. When root comes back around, this thread will be pointless. Feel free to delete it. But the other person was right. This is the gloom thread. No root for the old hags phone makes me sad. If jock itch makes you sad, tell us about them red balls.
As far as children, I think my 15 y.o. looked at some pR0n on my shift the other day. I spent hours deciding how to sterilize it, in the event that he diddled himself, without blitzing the circuits. My first impulse was to soak it in bleach for a day or two. How's that for some FML?????
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Thanks for this, made me lol! Got a bunch of tiny grandchildren on your Shift
^ Shift Faced
jesusice said:
Thanks for this, made me lol! Got a bunch of tiny grandchildren on your Shift
^ Shift Faced
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Ha ha ha!!! I just pissed myself when I read the grandchildren comment... LMFBO!!!
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umm...
this will probably sound really stupid, so just remember that I come from the easy-to-root epic forum.
I assume it's not possible to RUU back to 2.2, root, unlock, then flash gingerbread?
I guess my question really is, why doesn't this method work?
(researching for my girlfriends phone...)
squshy 7 said:
umm...
this will probably sound really stupid, so just remember that I come from the easy-to-root epic forum.
I assume it's not possible to RUU back to 2.2, root, unlock, then flash gingerbread?
I guess my question really is, why doesn't this method work?
(researching for my girlfriends phone...)
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Because the RUU checks the hboot and says you've got the wrong one and fails.
^ Shift Faced
I know your saying is correct, but if it is simply just that, how come with revolutionary on other phones you can run a RUU and it'll reset the phone but keep s-off? Or is it because revolutionary just does something crazy?
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thronnos said:
I know your saying is correct, but if it is simply just that, how come with revolutionary on other phones you can run a RUU and it'll reset the phone but keep s-off? Or is it because revolutionary just does something crazy?
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Dunno. I may be wrong in the above too. I've been lucky enough to keep my root and haven't actually been paying much attention to the problem of rooting the 2.3 OTA.
^ Shift Faced

thnking of getting a nexus s

hello everyone i am not new to the xda website but i now have a iphone 4s 64gb and i want to have a secondary phone. i have been looking at getting a nexus s for at&t and was wondering if i should or if its not even worth getting it now that it is an older phone.
i mainly want to root the nexus and play with it use it as my work phone.
thank you everyone.
Thnk quietly please.
Or what do you expect from this thread? To prevent the same thing happening again follow these steps:
1. Think about what you want to write.
2. Write it down in your best English. (no one cares about a mistake but many people hate lazyness, nd wirtin liek dis is nawt coole man!)
3. Reread your post. If it's no good go back to step one.
4. Post!
I know there's an endless loop in this procedure if you keep writing rubbish, but if that's the case it's probably for the better.
Aktifit said:
Thnk quietly please.
Or what do you expect from this thread? To prevent the same thing happening again follow these steps:
1. Think about what you want to write.
2. Write it down in your best English. (no one cares about a mistake but many people hate lazyness, nd wirtin liek dis is nawt coole man!)
3. Reread your post. If it's no good go back to step one.
4. Post!
I know there's an endless loop in this procedure if you keep writing rubbish, but if that's the case it's probably for the better.
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wtf is your problem?
im here asking a question.
now i remember why i left in the first place, people like you!
Aktifit said:
Thnk quietly please.
Or what do you expect from this thread? To prevent the same thing happening again follow these steps:
1. Think about what you want to write.
2. Write it down in your best English. (no one cares about a mistake but many people hate lazyness, nd wirtin liek dis is nawt coole man!)
3. Reread your post. If it's no good go back to step one.
4. Post!
I know there's an endless loop in this procedure if you keep writing rubbish, but if that's the case it's probably for the better.
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At least answers the guys questions. He's asking for advice and you bash him. Gtfo.
g1user101 said:
At least answers the guys questions. He's asking for advice and you bash him. Gtfo.
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Answer his questions like you did there? nice! Anyways, his opening post was empty when I saw it, so don't blame me .
My answer: Yes it is a good phone. You can root it and You can play with it.
-illeszt! said:
hello everyone i am not new to the xda website but i now have a iphone 4s 64gb and i want to have a secondary phone. i have been looking at getting a nexus s for at&t and was wondering if i should or if its not even worth getting it now that it is an older phone.
i mainly want to root the nexus and play with it use it as my work phone.
thank you everyone.
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I just got one. Also have a galaxy nexus. Nexus s is a great secondary phone. It might even become my daily driver because I like the size so much. IMO 4" > 4.65".
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Nexus s on jelly bean has brought the phone up to another level! Definitely go for it
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If you can get one for cheap, it's worth the money.
Yeah, if it's not much money, go for it, but don't expect it to be the fastest Droid ever. It is good for its price, but if I were you, I'd go for Galaxy Nexus, for a bit more money you get a huge improvement.
Aktifit said:
Thnk quietly please.
Or what do you expect from this thread? To prevent the same thing happening again follow these steps:
1. Think about what you want to write.
2. Write it down in your best English. (no one cares about a mistake but many people hate lazyness, nd wirtin liek dis is nawt coole man!)
3. Reread your post. If it's no good go back to step one.
4. Post!
I know there's an endless loop in this procedure if you keep writing rubbish, but if that's the case it's probably for the better.
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Douche comment. But anyways Yes it would make a good secondary phone IMO. When I update this will probably become my media device.
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Nexus S + Android 4.1 > iPhone (any version and iOS)... just my humble but accurate opinion... i have friends that just purchased the 4s and my phone is better in a side by side comparison in nearly every way except the fan base!!

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