Use this tag if your issue is truly specific to the Samsung Nexus S (GT-I9020A, GT-I9020T, GT-I9023, GT-I9023T, SPH-D720) device.
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Contacts with and without international extensions
I'm in the UK. My Nexus S received its update to 4.0.4 yesterday, and I now have the following problem.
If I have a contact with (say) the number 07123456789 and I receive a text from this contact, ...
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Change own phone number in ICS
I've change the SIM in my Galaxy-Nexus-S. Under Settings -> About phone -> Status there still is the old phone number and I cannot manage to change it.
I've seen this answer which is outdated. ...
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1answer
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What's the difference between Android Beam vs S Beam?
What is the difference between Android Beam on the Galaxy Nexus and S Beam on Galaxy S3?
Are these two features inter-compatible? Can I transfer data between the two devices?
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How does NFC on Google Nexus S and Android 2.3 work?
I'm curious on the Near field communication, NFC that the Google Nexus S has. From what I understand, this techonlogy can be used to read RFID-tags, or am I wrong about that?
What can I read with an ...
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2answers
6k views
How do I detect if I have a Super AMOLED or LCD Screen on my Nexus S?
Many sources are citing that the Nexus S is shipping with 2 different types of screen due to Super AMOLED shortages. As I am in the UK it is likely I will have the Super LCD, which I read somewhere is ...
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2answers
7k views
Doing a clean install of Android on Nexus S, Galaxy Nexus or Nexus 7
Recently I had a problem where my Nexus S phone would not upgrade to Jelly Bean. During the upgrade process I was getting an error message saying one of the files on my current system is corrupted, so ...
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2answers
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Change application to be launched using Voice Action
Is there a way I can change which app will launch upon Voice action? For example when I say "Listen to Pink Floyd", it currently opens Last.fm app which is more or less useless for me since Last.fm ...
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2answers
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Where is current wallpaper stored on Jellybean?
On my Nexus S running 4.1.1, I am unable to find where the current wallpaper is stored. I referred to Where is the background image saved?, but my /data/data/com.android.settings/files folder is empty ...
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2answers
347 views
Installing ICS update
I have a problem - a half year ago I installed the 4.0.3 on my Nexus S. I installed it by placing the 'update.zip' file in the \sdcard folder, restarting phone, holding Power+VolUp buttons, then ...
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2answers
340 views
What is meant by the Nexus S being a “developer Phone”?
I have heard lots of times that the Nexus S is a "developer phone". What exactly does it mean?
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1answer
6k views
How do I Switch off NFC?
My Nexus S alerts me when it is close to my Oyster season ticket.
It says New Tag Collected. Unknown tag type.
Can I stop it doing this.
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1answer
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How can I change the order of local bookmarks in the stock browser
The local bookmarks on my stock Browser are in an inconvenient order. The first is one I added recently, then there are a dozen which came with the Android OS, then come the bookmarks I added over the ...
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1answer
435 views
Nexus S 4G: Use wifi for LAN, 3G/4G for WAN?
I'm developing a remote control app that will use wifi to communicate with my car stereo. The car stereo has ethernet, and I have the ethernet wired to a wireless AP in my trunk. This works great, but ...
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3answers
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Difference between Super LCD screen of Nexus S and Super AMOLED screen of Samsung Galaxy S — Which is better?
I was wondering has anyone of you experience the difference among super LCD screen of Nexus S, and Super AMOLED screen of Samsung Galaxy S? Which type of screen is better?
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3answers
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How much internal storage for Apps does Nexus S have?
I have a Nexus One now, and the internal storage is very limited. For the moment I have only 164 MB internal storage for apps (From DiskUsage).
Nexus One seem to have totally 512MB of internal ...
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1answer
2k views
What does the random “ding” in Google Maps Navigation signify?
Ever since updating my Nexus S to ICS, I've noticed that when using Navigation I sometimes hear a random "ding" when driving around.
Any idea what this means? I was thinking maybe it was a warning ...
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2answers
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Does Nexus S Wifi and GPS have issues?
So there I was, happily reading reviews about Google's/Samsumg Nexus S building my judgement whether to buy it or not after my Nexus 1 got stolen. Happily enough there were very few posts on issues ...
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4answers
707 views
ICS: how to get to browser home page?
Newbie ICS question: how do I get back to my browser home page?
My Nexus S was OTA-upgraded yesterday to Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0.3 from 2.3 (Gingerbread), and I'm still finding my way around.
On ...
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1answer
430 views
Can not answer phone after enabling Google Voice
I Have a Sprint Google Nexus S. Was working fine. Enabled Google Voice - set up my account, options, etc. All incoming calls require pressing "1" to answer. This worked for a while. Now, when a ...
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3answers
2k views
NFC functionality in Google Nexus S?
How physically close will a tag need to be for the phone to detect a NFC card? (10cm or can it greater)
Also can the phone present itself as a NFC tag to other phones? If this is possible is the ...
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1answer
307 views
What do the 2 pins on the back of the Nexus S do?
I'm really frustrated with a Nexus S turning off while in my pocket. I'm wondering if it has something to do with the pin positions, or these 2 strange back pins and contacts on the cover that don't ...
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2answers
1k views
How can I live without a trackball?
I've been using a Nexus One for the past year and half and am very happy with it as a phone. I am not, however, happy with my carrier and so will be trading up very soon. Amongst the current crop of ...
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1answer
332 views
Does google voice require a data plan to place calls?
I own a Nexus S and will be travelling to US on a business trip. I will have a T-Mobile prepaid connection and intend to use Google Voice to make and receive calls.
Since I am currently outside the ...
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1answer
469 views
Create pdf document shortcuts on home screen
I had downloaded a PDF file. How can I create a shortcut to the PDF document on my home screen. I use Anycut, but it doesn't do what I want.
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2answers
178 views
Why aren't there notifications for updates to built-in applications?
On July 29th, Google released an update for the Gmail application, that brought it to version 2.3.5. Since I had version 2.3.4, I was expecting to be notified of the update shortly as I had for ...
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3answers
883 views
can't update, can't do a factory reset
I have a Nexus S running Android 2.3.4. For a while now it's been trying to prompt me to install newer versions. Every time I try, it restarts, displays the cute robot error screen and doesn't come ...
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2answers
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Jelly Bean OTA Update failing on Nexus S (“assert failed”)
I've got a Nexus S phone. It was never rooted or modified. It currently runs the most recent version of Ice Cream Sandwich (that was installed as an Over The Air update, without any issues).
Couple ...
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1answer
516 views
ICS: any way to restore the “combined view” email notification I had on Gingerbread?
My Nexus S was OTA-upgraded yesterday to Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0.3 from 2.3 (Gingerbread). I use the stock mail app with two email accounts. On Gingerbread, if I got new emails in both accounts, I ...
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1answer
446 views
Phone boots very slow and restarts by itself
My problem is when I turn on the phone, the Google logo stays stuck and after unknown minutes boots in with the software animation, but very slow and then starts over again! First a little history of ...
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1answer
3k views
Force GPU rendering in ICS. How does this affect system performance?
I thankfully discovered the option to force GPU rendering of apps in the system settings of ICS.
So far, I did only notice a difference with one app: Twitter for Android was very annoying to use ...
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1answer
1k views
WiFi on my Nexus S no longer works after update to ICS - How can I troubleshoot or fix this?
I just updated My Nexus S to ICS today and everything is working properly except for WiFi. It shows the network's SSID but says it is "Out of range". How can I fix this?
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1answer
510 views
Windows doesn't detect Nexus S
I recently switched from Linux to Windows 8 consumer preview. I have installed the latest android SDK including the Google USB driver. I connect my Nexus S to the laptop, the phone goes into USB ...
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2answers
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Change Launcher without starting it
I have installed GO Launcher and GO Locker. Now, when I updated them, they got an error.
The problem is that, nothing shows up when I press unlock button (I have Nexus S). So, there's nothing I can ...
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2answers
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Can my friend's android phone impersonate the star ship Enterprise?
I was recently trol... browsing reddit and found they geekiest command to boldly go where no command has gone before
play -n -c1 synth whitenoise lowpass -1 120 lowpass -1 120 lowpass -1 120 gain +14
...
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1answer
3k views
Changing the voice used on Nexus 7 for Google Now search
I have recently bought a Nexus 7 from the Google Play UK store and it seems to be configured as a US tablet in that the voice on the Google Now search is an american woman, whereas on my Nexus S when ...
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4answers
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No sound through handset speaker of Nexus S
Suddenly when I was playing music on my Nexus S it stopped playing all sounds through the handset speaker. It still works though if I use an external headset though.
I don't really have that much ...
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1answer
887 views
When I edit contacts on my Nexus S, it's deleting their birthdays from Google Contacts. Am I doing something wrong?
Is it something I'm doing wrong?
Where do I report this?
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1answer
211 views
Why doesn't my device ever show 100% charged?
I have a Samsung Google Nexus S I9020A which showed fully charged @ 92%. 100% charging doesn't seem possible. What is the reason?
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1answer
294 views
Phone randomly cannot recognize my Wifi network
I have a few WiFi network in the neighborhood and the Nexus S will always detect those networks that I never use. However, for my own WiFi network, it randomly fails to recognize the network, even ...
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1answer
529 views
Nexus S 4.0.3 (OTA) missing icon in the phone app
How can I solve missing icon issue? Restarted couple of times doesn't help.
Note: It was fine for a couple of months back. When it start happening, I just need to reboot, but now it's permanent.
The ...
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1answer
418 views
Problem with wi-fi after updating Nexus S to Android 4
My Nexus S phone doesn't detect any wi-fi networks after the update to Ice Cream Sandwich.
Any suggestions?
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1answer
459 views
Wifi sleep policy not working
I tried some stuff I found about sleep policy. I obviously tried setting it to Never, I tried the Wi-Fi keep alive app, it doesn't seem to work.
When I let the phone lie for a few minutes and then ...
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1answer
714 views
How can I root my Nexus S?
I recently unlocked the bootloader on my Nexus S, and I am looking at ways to finish rooting it. Every reference I find seems to be written assuming non-Google hardware, but the Nexus S is supposed ...
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1answer
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Can't get past the pulsating boot screen after complete battery drain
My phone ran out of charge this morning after I made a couple of phone calls in bed. I was too lazy to get out of bed to plug it in. When I plugged it in later, and pushed the power button, the phone ...
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4answers
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I can't update my Nexus S, shows error screen. What to do? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
can't update, can't do a factory reset
My Phone (Nexus S) keeps pestering me to update the OS. But, every time I try, it restarts, displays the cute robot error ...
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1answer
152 views
Gmail stopped syncing messages
For some reason, Gmail on my Nexus S is not pulling new messages anymore. I added a second Gmail account; could it possibly be the reason?
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2answers
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Can I use the Nexus-S GPS as an external GPS for another device (via Bluetooth)?
Is it possible to use the Nexus-S GPS as an external GPS for another device (via Bluetooth) ?
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1answer
545 views
User experience difference among Nexus S and Samsung Galaxy S
Currently, I am considering 1 out of the following 2 android phones.
Samsung Galaxy S
Nexus S (Not available in my country yet)
I was wondering, has anyone used the above 2 android phones before? ...
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2answers
9k views
How can I force 3G only on the Nexus S after the ICS update?
In earlier versions of Android there was an option to toggle data between 2G, 3G preferred and 3G only. After the ICS 4.0.3 update for Nexus S, there is no option for "3G only".
Did Google lock down ...
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1answer
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Troubleshooting why my Android phone is rebooting (Nexus S)
It seems to happen when I'm using Pandora. But then again, I'm always using Pandora. It also reboots so quickly that sometimes, I do not notice.
Is there a way to see what caused the last reboot?
