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ICS leaks for Nexus S 4G!

Anyone heard about the Nexus S 4g being pulled from Google's list of directly supported phones and turned in to a carrier supported phone? I saw this posted on Engadget last week.
 
Timanator said:
Anyone heard about the Nexus S 4g being pulled from Google's list of directly supported phones and turned in to a carrier supported phone? I saw this posted on Engadget last week.
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No No No No No.

Google cannot license the CDMA files so rather than distribute them through the AOSP, they now are forced to rely on carriers and manufacturers to provide them (which has been the way it has been this whole time, as evidenced by the fact that the CDMA Nexus devices are tested by Google, then the firmware is handed to Sprint/Verizon for the CDMA stuff). Nothing has changed unless you're cooking your own ROM in which case you now have to pull the CDMA files off the devices rather than Google providing it. They're still directly supporting the CDMA Nexus devices.
 
So far only found 1 issue with the 4.0.4 ROM, but it's rather serious. When I watch videos, occasionally they will just stop playing (usually or maybe only after I fast forward, not sure yet). When this happens, within a few minutes my phone inevitably just turns black and I have to pull the battery.
 
Is this still available? It's not on the XDA website anymore, I'm not rooted so I need to make sure it's the right version
 
hi, installed ICS from qbking77's vid, but I cannot seem to get root access.

I have CWM recovery installed and my phone is unlocked, but when I go to terminal app, su returns permission denied.

I have flashed root.zip multiple times (and it appears to succeed) - not sure what to do to complete the root.

I downloaded CWM rom mgr app and it seems to confirm I do not have permissions.

Thanks for any pointers (this is my first attempt at modding my phone)

--travis

solved by following instructions found here
 
I have the "leaked" 4.0.4 on my NS4G and was wondering something. It works fine except it seems to have a little brightness thing going on where it will sort of flash brighter and lower on its own. No really big problem there though.
What I was wondering is, it didn't have the Face Unlock feature. I found a link to the Face Unlock.zip for 4.0.4. Can I take that zip and put it in root folder and just flash it? Or is there other things that need to be done. The article didn't really say much. It explained how to flash the gapps and toolbar app. By the way this was on the CM forums. Was just wondering. THanks for any help.
 
livelyppop said:
I have the "leaked" 4.0.4 on my NS4G and was wondering something. It works fine except it seems to have a little brightness thing going on where it will sort of flash brighter and lower on its own. No really big problem there though.
What I was wondering is, it didn't have the Face Unlock feature. I found a link to the Face Unlock.zip for 4.0.4. Can I take that zip and put it in root folder and just flash it? Or is there other things that need to be done. The article didn't really say much. It explained how to flash the gapps and toolbar app. By the way this was on the CM forums. Was just wondering. THanks for any help.
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If you got the file from a forum then you should be able to see if others are having any type of problems. I have not heard of anybody using the face unlock APP. But if it is like any other APP then it should work. I know that Google Chrome browser that was ment for ICS only works on my leaked version 4.0.4. Also the NFC and Google wallet that that was working before now does not work. But that is becuse I'm ROOTED and that APP no longer works with ROOTED phones.
 
SurrealOne said:
If you got the file from a forum then you should be able to see if others are having any type of problems. I have not heard of anybody using the face unlock APP. But if it is like any other APP then it should work. I know that Google Chrome browser that was ment for ICS only works on my leaked version 4.0.4. Also the NFC and Google wallet that that was working before now does not work. But that is becuse I'm ROOTED and that APP no longer works with ROOTED phones.
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Hmm... my NFC and Wallet still work. Used it just the other day. My NS4G has been rooted a long time and both NFC and wallet have always worked. Even after 4.0.4... The Face Unlock apk is supposed to be directly from ICS. I was just wondering why it wasn't included in the 4.0.4 leak. I may try flashing it anyway and see what happens. Can you say paper weight....lolol
 
I don't use a face unlock app but my ROM has working face unlock but I honestly turned it off because it was not that great on the NS4G compared the GNex. You will also need some extra proprietaries to make face unlock work. There are about 7 files in all if i remember right. Look inside the zip to see if it has the libs and not jsut the APK. Odds are it is a ROM Manager zip that will put everything where it belongs.

Wallet works fine with rooted phones it just gives you are warning on the top. I just used it last night at a Soda machine in the mall. I have updated apps but nothing else in my ROM for about a month because it was working great as a daily driver and I had no need for anything else. I kind of stopped working on pull down toggles but other than that it has been great.
 
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