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ICS port: how is the battery life and browser zoom?

Anyone have a sense of how battery life is on this yet?
Also, does pinch zoom work on more sites? (One thing that is great about Sense browsers is you can zoom in on almost any web content...)
Thanks.

it drains about 10% an hour on mid usage, probably wont last you a day.
the browser is absolutely phenomenal, loving it! however if you are looking to flash kwiboo's version im having some random data disconnects, nothing major, just a heads up.
hope that helps

Battery seems okay. Feels like I've been toying around with ICS all day just checking everything out like the new People app and updated GMail, Messaging and Music. Also played some games. And I'm only down to 85%.

Battery life seems on par with Gingerbread (Oxygen) that I was using before the switch so I'm happy with that. Surprising too considering it's working with a hacked 2.6 kernel.
The browser works beautifully. GPU acceleration is a true gift from the gods, and pretty much the one thing I was really waiting for with ICS. Pinch to zoom works on all sites I've tried.
Sent from my Nexus S using XDA Premium.

No noticeable drain from the SDK port as of right now.
Will test throughout a few days to see if it's on par with Gingerbread.

Wow, sounds good.
I may have to pick up another Nexus on Craigslist.
What is not working? (4g, WiFi? anything else?)
Also, does the install change the kernel? Does it change the radio?
(fyi: I used to use james bond and netarchy kernels, and battery life was good enough...)
@hyakuman: in terms of pinch zoom: does text repaginate, or does it just go off the sides of the screen so it's impossible to read without scrolling?

ronnienyc said:
Wow, sounds good.
I may have to pick up another Nexus on Craigslist.
What is not working? (4g, WiFi? anything else?)
Also, does the install change the kernel? Does it change the radio?
(fyi: I used to use james bond and netarchy kernels, and battery life was good enough...)
@hyakuman: in terms of pinch zoom: does text repaginate, or does it just go off the sides of the screen so it's impossible to read without scrolling?
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it changes the kernel but doesnt change the radio!
has anybody here tried another kernel on this rom?

ronnienyc said:
What is not working? (4g, WiFi? anything else?)
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Wifi is working actually, but signal bars don't show.
4g not working, USB storage mount not working, video recording not working, something else and maybe hardware acceleration not fully working.. and well some apps need update for ICS compatibility, but that's not the fault of the rom.
All in all it's very good for a first release.

Please dont flash it !! still its nt prepared for daily use

mayankchopra said:
Please dont flash it !! still its nt prepared for daily use
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Crap.. it can be used as a daily.. have installed the kwiboo release. No drain, AT least nearly bugfree 4 me. Great work anyway. With v1 I had glados Kernel, v2 Stock but dunno which Kernel next..
Sent from my OxygenPowered Nexus S

thanks guys. Anyone else want to chime in on battery life?

to my experience, battery life seems to have improved from GB, using kwiboo's ROM and now testing on Koush's... over wifi, cant say the same on 3g though. will test it out...

mayankchopra said:
Please dont flash it !! still its nt prepared for daily use
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seriously asking people not to flash this? Care to elaborate on why you would say such things? Look everyone's phones are different and I will just give my experience and let others choose to flash or not. I have ran every possible ics rom or port I could get my hands on from beezy's, kwiboo's, morpheus, and the very latest which is a port of koush's crespo version now on 4g. I have had the most sucess with kwiboo v2 4g after the flashing of the eri fix. Used it all day at work probably 11 hours on battery(franco kernel oc'd) with moderate to heavy use including youtube(on wifi) during lunch. Flashed the koush port an hour ago(clean install) all is well(camcorder works) TB restored all of my apps with a quick settings change(app processing>interactive) hope this answers a few questions.
Sent from my Nexus S 4G using Tapatalk

I would say that the battery life is good if you flash another kernel as well. I'm currently testing Glados kernel with Brainmaster's tweaked ICS v4.
Browser is really good. Web pages load really quickly. zoom can be a little sketchy on sites with only desktop pages.

okay, now I am looking for a used nexus on craigslist

rom recommendations

Hello all, I'm looking for a rom with good combination of stability, performance and battery life for a T mobile Nexus S. I want to update my brother in laws device, currently running an old version of swipers miui. I prefer a rom that everything works so I don't get a call if something goes wrong, (flash it and forget it). I have a EVO LTE and know nothing about the Nexus S. I'd appreciate any suggestions! Thanks

At the moment, I have AOKP Jelly Bean Build 3. I love it!
Maybe you could give it a try

JavaJunkay said:
At the moment, I have AOKP Jelly Bean Build 3. I love it!
Maybe you could give it a try
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Thanks for the reply, is everything working? I don't have the option of trial and error.
Swyped from my MeanELTE

RasBeanjelly to be found in the trinity thread. Has some mods but is very fast, stable and smooth. Haven't had any reboot with this one since it released.
Sent from my Nexus S

kwibis said:
RasBeanjelly to be found in the trinity thread. Has some mods but is very fast, stable and smooth. Haven't had any reboot with this one since it released.
Sent from my Nexus S
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I believe this rom is for the 4g version, not the 3g version of Nexus S, witch is the device that is to be install on, not sure

robbo10 said:
Hello all, I'm looking for a rom with good combination of stability, performance and battery life for a T mobile Nexus S. I want to update my brother in laws device, currently running an old version of swipers miui. I prefer a rom that everything works so I don't get a call if something goes wrong, (flash it and forget it). I have a EVO LTE and know nothing about the Nexus S. I'd appreciate any suggestions! Thanks
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If your brother in law knows nothing about flashing/rooting and you want to just flash and forget....flash factory images and be done with it. You can keep it rooted also (CWM + SU) or not since he clearly won't care. Just leave it unlocked. That is "flash it and forget it" IMHO.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1572307

AOKP Jelly Bean

robbo10 said:
I believe this rom is for the 4g version, not the 3g version of Nexus S, witch is the device that is to be install on, not sure
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the rasbean jelly port is for the 4G, but the official rasbeanjelly rom is for the 3G(crespo), and its support is found in the trinity kernel thread(along with the trinity jelly bean kernels). rasbean jelly download is found here(nexus s, crespo) http://fitsnugly.euroskank.com/?rom=rasbeanjelly&device=crespo

Thank you all for the suggestions, big help!
Swyped from my MeanELTE

robbo10 said:
Thank you all for the suggestions, big help!
Swyped from my MeanELTE
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Try the MIUI ROM , I've tried all the other ROMs and this one blew all the other ones away in terms of speed and peppiness. So far it's the only ROM that's felt like a jelly bean upgrade for me. And i haven't even played around with the kernels or V6 supercharger. Only thing I don't know about yet is its battery life. Haven't really tested that yet.

joey jeremiah said:
Try the MIUI ROM , I've tried all the other ROMs and this one blew all the other ones away in terms of speed and peppiness. So far it's the only ROM that's felt like a jelly bean upgrade for me. And i haven't even played around with the kernels or V6 supercharger. Only thing I don't know about yet is its battery life. Haven't really tested that yet.
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miui wont touch rasbean in speed

simms22 said:
miui wont touch rasbean in speed
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Yeah you're right, especially with the TNS132 kernel rasbean is a speed demon. Only thing I really don't like about it is the lack of quickreply. I'm learning how to program right now (Though with python not java). Someday I'll be able to add features that I want to otherwise perfect ROMs .

Just be aware that ICS and JB roms as a whole (at least for me) tend to consume more battery. I've been running Oxygen 2.3 (gingerbread) and Trinity TEUV 880 kernel for about 8 months now. Rock-solid performance, battery life - at least 24 hours light usage, 20 medium usage (screen time 30 min-1hr).

horizon21 said:
Just be aware that ICS and JB roms as a whole (at least for me) tend to consume more battery. I've been running Oxygen 2.3 (gingerbread) and Trinity TEUV 880 kernel for about 8 months now. Rock-solid performance, battery life - at least 24 hours light usage, 20 medium usage (screen time 30 min-1hr).
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Oh yeah, truly awesome results...
I get 20h with heavy usage on my Jelly bean stock with at least 2h of screen on.

I really recommend you Slim rom 2.6
www. slim roms .net

lowgitek said:
I really recommend you Slim rom 2.6
www. slim roms .net
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+1, excellent ROM, similar in speed to Rasbean. All common options too especially latest 2.6

I haven't tried rasbean jelly but if you just want stable go for one of the stock or slightly modified stock roms.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1843301&highlight=chocolate
vanilla or chocolate is probably what you need (I prefer chocolate)

kwibis said:
RasBeanjelly to be found in the trinity thread. Has some mods but is very fast, stable and smooth. Haven't had any reboot with this one since it released.
Sent from my Nexus S
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I haven't any reboots with any of the top ROM's. They are all great. AOKP, Codename and Blackbean. All run fast enough and smooth enough with all the mods. So I know people hail over Rasbean for it's stability because of less features but I love the features plus get stability. Doesn't seem to make the difference Rasbean fans claim.

Rasbean sounds interesting, where could I find this ROM?

I prefer cm10. T9 dialer, quick reply and themes. All I really need. Decent speed, widgets and lock screen widgets. I'm on my and so far EVERYTHING works!
Sent from my A100 using Tapatalk 2

Jelly Bean + Nexus S = No.

Am I the only one? I tried so many ROMs, and every single one has same problems
- laggy
- slow
- buggy
- music player lags often
- won't unlock, takes about 3 seconds
- apps are slow
- going through home pages lags
And so many more. I think it's nice Google updated it to JB, but it's either Nexus going old or JB being terrible. I will probably revert to ICS AOKP soon :/

JavaJunkay said:
Am I the only one? I tried so many ROMs, and every single one has same problems
- laggy
- slow
- buggy
- music player lags often
- won't unlock, takes about 3 seconds
- apps are slow
- going through home pages lags
And so many more. I think it's nice Google updated it to JB, but it's either Nexus going old or JB being terrible. I will probably revert to ICS AOKP soon :/
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You're not the only one, but I don't have these problems. Jellybean is definitely a tad slower than previous Android versions, but the music player never lagged on me, unlocking is instant, apps are doing just fine and home pages scroll normally too.

try rasbean jelly.

I use AOKP JellyBean ROM and it's smooth as a babies butt.

After a full wipe, coming from jellybro, with bedalus kernel 7.4.6 and strawberry.... It works really well. Two considerations:
The battery is the same with ICS;
It's nicer and a lot of people develop for us
Sent from my Nexus S using xda app-developers app

capoooro said:
After a full wipe, coming from jellybro, with bedalus kernel 7.4.6 and strawberry.... It works really well. Two considerations:
The battery is the same with ICS;
It's nicer and a lot of people develop for us
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I have no problem with my Nexus and Jelly Bean, I'm using slim rom 2.6.0
For the battery try to see what is wasting it in my case the problem was an exchange account and gps turned on.
Also try to fully charge your phone at 20% with it turned off in my case battery runs for almost 24 hours after doing it.

What Simms says. Don't understand why people have that issue of slow phones.
Sent from my Nexus S

CM10-M1 + Thalamus kernel = yes. At least for me. It's fast stable and I have good battery life.
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Slim Bean 2.6 + Air Kernel Weekly 224 (NonBigMem) = better performance and battery life than stock hands down.

Running CM 10 Latest Nightly + Marmite 4.7 OC'd to 1.2Ghz and it's been running absolutely smooth for me.

rasbeanjelly + trinity kernel = yes

stock JRO03L
flashed via fastboot.
works like a charm, better battery life than in ics

JavaJunkay said:
Am I the only one? I tried so many ROMs, and every single one has same problems
- laggy
- slow
- buggy
- music player lags often
- won't unlock, takes about 3 seconds
- apps are slow
- going through home pages lags
And so many more. I think it's nice Google updated it to JB, but it's either Nexus going old or JB being terrible. I will probably revert to ICS AOKP soon :/
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Have you tried using a custom kernel? And how do you wipe your phone before flashing new ROM's?

OP needs to format his SD card along with a factory reset.. Key being formatting that SD card.

Hm lets see: lets base opinion of one person against numerous others. Yeah, seems legit, JB is a ****tard on NS.

Codename Android + Air Kernel= Buttery Smooth, Just Awesome!
Not one lag!
Battery lasts all day, and I'm a heavy user!

Just recorded this as I'm one for showing rather than just saying.
JB AOKP + Recording video = Still fast
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwFdLHhdgj8

styckx said:
Just recorded this as I'm one for showing rather than just saying.
JB AOKP + Recording video = Still fast
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwFdLHhdgj8
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Is it laggy because it was in the process of recording the vid? I mean that's still pretty acceptable but if that's full speed switch to slim bean haha.

Wafflcopterz said:
Is it laggy because it was in the process of recording the vid? I mean that's still pretty acceptable but if that's full speed switch to slim bean haha.
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Screencasts are laggy.
Format SD card, flash stock Google JB.
Sent from my Nexus S using Tapatalk 2

Yes it is encoding mp4 at 10fps the entire time which is causing some minor lag. Just did if to show that even under stress the phone doesn't act anyway like the OP described.
Sent from my Nexus S 4G

[Q] Someone using MIUI JB on DS?

Hello,
my Question: Is Someone using MIUI JB on DS? How about the battery life, stabilty and speed?
Sorry for my bad english

Hey!
I have used MIUI JB rom for a week! it's absolutly a very fast rom!
But i had the following issues:
Camera works 100% only on first boot some problems but after using it more than 3 times the issue is gone!
The battery life is terrible.after 8-9 hours sleep the battery drains about 25%! And on normal use it drains after like 2 - 3 hours!
3D games lag sometimes here and there! Temple run works fine and smooth!
And the best about this rom it's stunning fast! i compared the boottime between the iphone 4s (dual core) vs Htc desire s (one core)
Desire s was about 1 second slower. and against the iphone 4 12 seconds faster boot time!
I think you should try the rom first! maybe it works better on you're device if you'r lucky !

Actually the battery life is the most important for me
Which version do you use?

ddd- said:
Actually the battery life is the most important for me
Which version do you use?
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I use ICE DS v.6.0 Rom. It's a stock Htc Sense 3.6 with android version 4.0.4.
Link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1567715
The rom is very Stable! i never had issues with this rom!
Battery is very good! i don't know how much it drains by night!
But after 7 hours studying in school! i looked at my phone and it just drained 4% . didn't use it!
But if you use it the battery drains pretty slow . It has actually a great battery life!
Gaming performance is good! i tested today the new Need For Speed Most Wanted. and it was Lag Free!
No camera issues! It's a very good rom voor daily usage/gaming/long battery life!
No Bugs/Freezes found so far!
This is probably the best rom i have and found so far!
I hope i gave you some good information!
And by the way sorry for my bad english
Don't Forget the thanks button!
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bokilz said:
I use ICE DS v.6.0 Rom. It's a stock Htc Sense 3.6 with android version 4.0.4.
Link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1567715
Gaming performance is good! i tested today the new Need For Speed Most Wanted. and it was Lag Free!
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are u sure about this??

i have used it for close to a month, but i wasnt very happy with it, though boot times are faster than stock, i found that it has its share of hiccups, i didnt like how the camera functioned, there was a bluish tinge to the photographs, some apps had a lot of lag and games particularly werent very smooth. also the gps didnt work at all so couldnt use the maps, which for me was a big let down as i use maps a lot. i think flashing a custom rom is overrated, unless u r a developer i think its pointless, i am happier with sense 3.6 and ics 4.03 stock rom of htc
the only reason i would ever root my phone again would be if i could find a pure stock android experience otherwise i wouldnt.
ddd- said:
Hello,
my Question: Is Someone using MIUI JB on DS? How about the battery life, stabilty and speed?
Sorry for my bad english
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glacier1122 said:
are u sure about this??
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Yep! i'm sure! i got like 25 - 30 fps. no framedrops no lags.

cnkapadia said:
the only reason i would ever root my phone again would be if i could find a pure stock android experience otherwise i wouldnt.
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Pure stock android? You mean like cyanogenmod, aokp etc.? I'm running flinny's (andromadus) latest CM10 build, and find it extremely stable and far faster than anything with sense. And it's fully working, now the front cam is fixed.

i tried cm7.2 stable build and didnt really like it... cm9 and cm10 for desire s not available as yet, and i dont want to flash a nightly or experimental rom, im not a developer, im a noob,
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Pure stock android? You mean like cyanogenmod, aokp etc.? I'm running flinny's (andromadus) latest CM10 build, and find it extremely stable and far faster than anything with sense. And it's fully working, now the front cam is fixed.
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Ok guy, new question:
Which rom offers the best battery lifetime for you? Speed is not the most important for me, I only play plague inc. sometimes. I only want a rom for daily use

ddd- said:
Ok guy, new question:
Which rom offers the best battery lifetime for you? Speed is not the most important for me, I only play plague inc. sometimes. I only want a rom for daily use
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Just Find a stock htc rom

bokilz said:
Just Find a stock htc rom
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I think the best rom that have good battery life is based on usage and configure of owner. I set some cpu governor, limited use 3G and have a battery life about 2 days.
ah, my rom is JellyTime.

I tried official MIUI V4 2.11.5 (ICS) i guess from the miui.com but got force close after installation. The site told that i need to S-OFF my phone is that true?

Unless you think that they are likely to be lying just for the fun of it, it is always best to follow any Devs guidelines when it comes to installing ROMs.

The problem is. I'm already at hboot 2.2x lolz and I don't know how exactly to downgrade and s-off. I read some thread that told me to downgrade using RUU. But dunno it will work or no. Also my device ia S510e Is that any difference with common desire s?
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[Q] Could you recommend a good JellyBean ROM for Nexus S

I'm currently running latest stock Android 4.1.2 on my Nexus S. It appears that official Google support has come to an end and therefore there is no point keeping the original software. It also seems to me that current version of Android on Nexus isn't exactly a good example of well optimized software which is the reason why I'm looking for an alternative.
My requirements are speed, stability and possibly better battery life. Extra functionality is not important, I'm happy with 4.1.2 as it is. However I don't want to downgrade to ICS not to mention Gingerbread.
So could you recommend me a good alternative rom for Nexus S, based on your own experience? I'm currently thinking of CyanogenMod because there is plenty of people behind it and its really famous so I guess it should be stable and reliable but I haven't decided yet. What do you think?

I use AOKP with the marmite kernel. Works great.
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Also 4.2 for me with marmite kernel for sure
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I use SlimBean 3.1 with stock kernel...Works great....I waiting the 4.2 crespo rom from slimbean....!!!

CM10 with either stock or Marmite kernel.
Perfection.

For me, it's CM10 with stock Cyanogen Kernel... i'm waiting for Cyanogen 10.1 ^^

Otalgia said:
For me, it's CM10 with stock Cyanogen Kernel... i'm waiting for Cyanogen 10.1 ^^
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I meant default CM kernel.
Speed, stability and features are brilliant for a device that is now 2-years-old.

Nexus-S said:
I meant default CM kernel.
Speed, stability and features are brilliant for a device that is now 2-years-old.
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Same here currently on cm 10 stable with default kernel for weeks now it's been really fast and stable. Was surprised. I had tried cm10 when it came out for our device and it was pretty bad stability and battery wise so I went to aosp roms.... Gave stable a shot and wow it has come a looooooong way in such a short time
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For me, it's CM10 with stock Cyanogen Kernel... i'm waiting for Cyanogen 10.1 ^^
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Another vote for CM10. I'm currently using the new rasbean, but if 4.1.2 is good with you, I'm not sure anything can beat the stability of the stable version of CM10.

Having tried tons of amazing ROMs on ICS, I feel there were more stable and fluid options than with 4.1... That's not to say 4.1 didn't have great ROMs, I'm just saying that it was harder to find a stable, speedy, efficient 4.1 ROM... If you want to stay with 4.1, then I can only vouch for BAKEDbean 6... I haven't tried as many 4.1's as I did with 4.0... From memory, Slim Bean was pretty good... I just didn't like some of the included options...
Now here's what I can say about 4.2 ROMs... Since you don't mind missing some included features like theme chooser, statusbar tweaks, etc... Then I would highly suggest Rasbean with Matr1x CFS 24.0 (non-cm version)... I always told myself that I would never use a ROM without theme chooser... But after trying this ROM, I've discovered that speed and fluidity is way more important to me than a few extra features... This ROM is amazing... I'm getting much better battery life with this combo than with any 4.1 combo I tried... At the very least, give it a try
*edit* in case you see reviews or read somewhere that it's not a "stable" release... I would ignore that crap because I haven't had a single issue with this ROM other than the phone app fc'ing after some calls which is 4G related... and since you're on crespo, you won't have that problem... Everything works on this ROM!!!
Sent from my Nexus S 4G using Tapatalk 2

rom cm 10 stable version with kernel matr1x v24

Cm10 with marmite kernel beast
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Moved to Q&A section....thank you.

Hey, thanks to all of you guys. I switched to CyanogenMod 10 since many of you have recommended it and it also seemed to me pretty solid and reliable. Nexus S now does seem a little bit faster and more fluid however it's hard to tell after less than a day of using it. I won't go back anyway, those few extra features are really nice. My problem with stock JB was that it suffered from some kind of memory leak... quite often I ended up with literally 0 MB of free ram. The phone also got quite often to a state of total unresponsiveness for few moments without any obvious reason. None of these problem has occured in CM so far however for example during heavy usage, when I go back to home screen, the launcher is really slow (1-2fps) for few seconds. But I guess I can't expect much from 2 year old hardware.
You also mentioned several alternative kernels... what can I expect from that in daily usage?

tobice said:
Hey, thanks to all of you guys. I switched to CyanogenMod 10 since many of you have recommended it and it also seemed to me pretty solid and reliable. Nexus S now does seem a little bit faster and more fluid however it's hard to tell after less than a day of using it. I won't go back anyway, those few extra features are really nice. My problem with stock JB was that it suffered from some kind of memory leak... quite often I ended up with literally 0 MB of free ram. The phone also got quite often to a state of total unresponsiveness for few moments without any obvious reason. None of these problem has occured in CM so far however for example during heavy usage, when I go back to home screen, the launcher is really slow (1-2fps) for few seconds. But I guess I can't expect much from 2 year old hardware.
You also mentioned several alternative kernels... what can I expect from that in daily usage?
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I have not an ounce of lag on rasbean 4.2.1... I didn't think it would get better than 4.1 but it clearly does... I don't think everyone that recommended cm10 has even tried a 4.2 ROM yet... BTW, cm10.1 will be released soon and I'm sure everyone with update then...
For kernel, use airkernel or matr1x... Think of the kernel as the brain of the phone... It tells the phone what to so with the hardware... So you can tweak things foe better speed or better battery or even attempt to get a good balance between the two...
My last time mentioning it... I would strongly recommend you to backup your current setup and flash the 4.2 ROM with matr1x 24.0... That is all
Sent from my Nexus S 4G using Tapatalk 2

the1dynasty said:
I have not an ounce of lag on rasbean 4.2.1... I didn't think it would get better than 4.1 but it clearly does... I don't think everyone that recommended cm10 has even tried a 4.2 ROM yet... BTW, cm10.1 will be released soon and I'm sure everyone with update then...
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Really it does work that well? Hmm then it is really sad that Google has cut off Nexus S from official updates. I will definitely try 4.2 but I will probably wait for CM 10.1 if you say it will be released soon.
the1dynasty said:
For kernel, use airkernel or matr1x... Think of the kernel as the brain of the phone... It tells the phone what to so with the hardware... So you can tweak things foe better speed or better battery or even attempt to get a good balance between the two...
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Well I know what the kernel is (I have been using Linux on my desktop for several years ) I was just curious how one can benefit from using an alternative kernel for Android. You say I can tweak things for better speed or battery life... does it mean that I can for example sacrifice 30% of battery life and exchange it for 30% of performance in gaming? What are the limits of this tweaking?