ICS Update for the Nexus S 4G Discussion Thread

[LNWJ]

Anybody notice screen flickering when waking?

I get a flicker when putting the screen to sleep if the brightness is up. Not sure what's up.

So you all say this only happens with OTA?

 

[ccrs8]

Anybody notice screen flickering when waking?

I noticed at first when the animations were turned on, but after turning them off there was no more flickering when waking.

 

[Grey_girl]

Got it last night in NYC.

Not sure I like some of the UI changes, but maybe I just have to become fluent with them. My initial issues might seem minor, but they immediately jumped out at me.

• I miss the old 3 item system tray - I'd like to be able to reduce the size of this one and / or center it. Heck, I'd like to be able to select smaller icons overall.
• I use two different exchange email accounts, and while the stock app is ok for me, I'd really like to customize the color coding in the Combined View. I've never been able to find a way to do this.
• I'm also not sure NoLED is reacting to screen notifications as it should.

However, the phone does seem snappier now.

 

[j_grouchy]

Got it last night in NYC.

[*]I use two different exchange email accounts, and while the stock app is ok for me, I'd really like to customize the color coding in the Combined View. I've never been able to find a way to do this.
[*]I'm also not sure NoLED is reacting to screen notifications as it should.
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However, the phone does seem snappier now.

I hadn't checked out the new stock email app until you brought it up. I use the GMail app, but I do miss the "combined view" from the stock app - I wish they would add this to the GMail app. I did notice the stock app doesn't have the dark theme I liked from the GB version.

 

[flavinator]

Maybe the screen flickering is just me, and its actually happened less in the past 24 hour

 

[losino]

My phone lags like crazy now with this update. Dolphin browser is not working. Then to top it all off. When I'm scrolling through a large list, like in my music catalog, I can't give the screen a hard flick and make the list move accordingly. Hopefully they get these bugs worked out before they push this out to the current generation of flagship phones.

Maybe we can get an update on this when they push this to other phones.

Sent from my Nexus S 4G using Tapatalk

 

[bugz_92]

I think my favorite thing about ics is the developer options. I can finally control my background data . The phone is a lot smoother because of my preferences. I think I missed the fast scroll the most though and holding down the menu button and bringing up the keyboard

 

[ortam]

I'm noticing an improvement in graphics performance on all of my game apps

 

[redball]

Nsta

Anybody notice screen flickering when waking?

My screen flickers when locking the screen. Its more noticeable when its dark. I did the manual install.

 

[kuoirad]

I miss the old 3 item system tray - I'd like to be able to reduce the size of this one and / or center it. Heck, I'd like to be able to select smaller icons overall.

Pull two icons out. Boom, you've got a 3 item tray!

Failing that, switch to a different launcher, like Nova - I actually increased the number of items in my tray/dock.

I use two different exchange email accounts, and while the stock app is ok for me, I'd really like to customize the color coding in the Combined View. I've never been able to find a way to do this.

Not sure if it handles Exchange accounts, but you might consider K-9.

I'm also not sure NoLED is reacting to screen notifications as it should.

I haven't noticed any problems with it yet, but I also don't get a whole lot of notifications.

 

[kuoirad]

When I'm scrolling through a large list, like in my music catalog, I can't give the screen a hard flick and make the list move accordingly.

I forget which thread here exactly I read this in, but that's not a bug - they've changed the scrolling behavior to be more deliberate, less "sliding on ice".

EDIT: found it - http://forums.androidcentral.com/sp...-ics-bugs-after-your-upgrade.html#post1700960

 

[opteron7]

I don't like the fact Google search widget is on each home screen. Tried deleting but I'm not able to .

Sent from my Nexus S 4G using Tapatalk 2

 

[smcolbert]

The scroll bars ACTUALLY work in ics (my favorite is in the people app). So the flicking was toned down to give the user a little more tactile control.

Sent from my Nexus S 4G using Tapatalk 2

 

[kuoirad]

I don't like the fact Google search widget is on each home screen. Tried deleting but I'm not able to .

There's two ways to "fix" this:

1) How to Disable the Google Search Bar in ICS | xda-developers - it'll make it go away, but you won't get the screen real estate back.

2) Use an alternate launcher - I opted for Nova Launcher, which has a few other extra features worth having, IMO. I don't know if other launchers will also allow you to get rid of the search bar.

 

[bugz_92]

I don't get why people complain about the search bar. I don't blame Google one bit for doing that. They are a company after all and this is just a good idea. I personally always needed more space to add a search widget up there without taking more icon space. And I feel like its hard to disagree that this was a smart move on Google's part with Gnex not having search button and Bing being pre loaded on to droids.

 

[Paul627g]

For anyone interested, check some of the custom launchers they may have the option to disable the search bar. I believe Nova has this option. I know if you root and install the custom CM9 Launcher (Trebuchet), which is basically the stock ICS launcher customized CM style. You can disable the search bar, add homescreens, resize widgets and icons and I think also reconfigure your homescreen to support more icons.

Just an option... Just trying to keep you new ICS users in the loop

 

[65fastback]

is there still no way to take a screen shot yet?

 

[Paul627g]

is there still no way to take a screen shot yet?

Press and hold Volume Down + Power

 

[65fastback]

Press and hold Volume Down + Power

ah, you gotta hold power too, got it. i was just pressing it

 

[rosenfeldkid1111]

I had a leaked version of ICS from back in February and wanted to get the OTA version so this is how I did it:

I backed up with Backup Wonder Machine
Then I restored to GB with One Click Return to Stock.
And then simply got the OTA right away.

Hope Backup Wonder Machine works well! ;-)