Comments on: Samsung Nexus S Ice Cream Sandwich Update Problems

By: guest

guest — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 22:39:00 +0000

since the upgrade (which was done automatically) on my nexus s i have had so many problems including freezing up, crashing constantly, automatic reboots for no apparent reason, my phone will not show when being charged, wont power back up once the battery dies even after being charged, and finally my phone has now completely crashed and will not turn on, will not reboot, i get absolutely no response even after charging for hours and removing the battery and putting it back. it just will not power up, nothing but a dead black screen. This is ridiculous!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: JayDukes

JayDukes — Mon, 28 May 2012 14:15:00 +0000

Ice Cream Sandwich has killed my phone. I have a Nexus S 4G, and I was loving it before ICS came around. It looks great and all, but since I got the update, my phone reboots by itself, sometimes in the middle of calls.

By: Jenn

Jenn — Sat, 05 May 2012 14:06:00 +0000

My Nexus S constantly reboots itself since the upgrade. I like the look and feel of ICS more than I did Gingerbread, but this issue is enough to make me want to just get a new phone and forget it – and I JUST got the Nexus S! Hopefully they fix this issue soon… battery life sucks as it is, this is killing it even more.

By: Ernchesto

Ernchesto — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 23:23:00 +0000

Mine worked well for a while after the upgrade. I was really enjoying it, but the past few days have started to wig it out. It’s now been rebooting itself like a banshee…GRRRRRR

By: Darkim29

Darkim29 — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 19:58:00 +0000

Have HUGE problems. I had my battery checked at the store & it is good. It is dead in about 3 hours without doing anything. The GPS does not work. Can not make or recieve calls in a lot of areas. Called Sprint & they recommeded buying out my cantract & getting another phone. How about another company! Need help!

By: ICS = samsung aids

ICS = samsung aids — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 14:58:00 +0000

I updated to ICS a few days ago and within hours of doing it things started to go wrong. My on/off button has stopped working altogether and my whole phone has been running really slow. Not impressed, if i’d read this first I wouldn’t have bothered updating. Seems everyone has been having problems with it. Alec, UK.

By: Cheesescone

Cheesescone — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 21:18:00 +0000

Nexus S installation was fine, all works well apart from streaming flash cuts out after about a minute. minimal other services running, no buffering notification. Have to constantly stop and refresh the page. Amazingly annoying. Used to be faultless.
NZ

By: Marijus Kalesinskas

Marijus Kalesinskas — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 23:01:00 +0000

In reply to Ayah. Dear Ayah, It has been a noted problem also in the version 4.0.3. I had it and started a separate thread in google forums. It seems to be operator related, the new Android seems to be incompatible with the softwarw some operators use. One solution that has worked for a number of people is to ask operator to change the SIM card to new. Other is to wait until Google instructs the operator to update the network software accordingly.

By: Ayah

Ayah — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 17:42:00 +0000

I have done my Nexus S 4.0.4 installation, everything went fine and works fine, except one of the important things – I’m having signal loss issues! I can’t make any outgoing calls, it just beep once and shows “call ended”. I’ve tried to reboot the phone, but it doesn’t help. PLEASE! I need your advice, because it’s really annoying 🙁

By: Ulf Persson

Ulf Persson — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 20:38:00 +0000

I forgott, I am also having power problems, sometimes the phone seems to be running full speed even if it’s just in the pocket. I can feel that it gets warm and the battery drains quickly. It’s not a continus problem, so some background process probably locks and just runs the processor flat out.

By: Ulf Persson

Ulf Persson — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 20:35:00 +0000

After the uppdate the phone has become unstabile, it seems to be memory problems. Even if no programs are running the phone runs out of memory. Problems using wifi, camera etc.. first day I had to restart at least 10 times now it frezzes 2 – 3 times/day. I wish that I could reverse this, it’s terrbly bad of Samsung to release the uppdate in this state.

By: lilbrudder88

lilbrudder88 — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 21:34:00 +0000

The only issue im having with Ice Cream Sandwich on my Nexus S is that I cant send MMS over 3G network (doesnt work on Cell Data). It used to work when I had Gingerbread, so its not the APN settings and its not my company (Mobilicity in Ottawa Ontario). The odd thing is it does work if im connected to a Wifi, most of the times at least. Sometimes I have to try several times but it eventually works over Wifi.

By: Ianne012

Ianne012 — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 19:23:00 +0000

huhu hate this upgrade.. after i upgrade to ice cream sandwich.. cant connect to wifi.. and when i restore factory settings.. the version is still the same… what will i do i dont have wifi acess

By: Mobile Inquirer

Mobile Inquirer — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 08:51:00 +0000

In reply to Olivierketele.

Hi. If I hear news on how to help I will be back to inform…moving house last week!….busy!

By: Mobile Inquirer

Mobile Inquirer — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 08:50:00 +0000

In reply to Mike robertson. Really sorry to hear of the continued issues for this device "arse cream sandwich" more like!....:)

By: Mike robertson

Mike robertson — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:36:00 +0000

Updated my Nexus S & i runs like a dog.So much so i carry around a cheap Nokia 101 so when the Nexus has no reception i pop the Sim card into the Nokia & reception is great also it crashes when it rings

By: Olivierketele

Olivierketele — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:18:00 +0000

Hi, I updated my Nexus and I can only charge it when the device is turned OFF. When the device is turned ON, I can not charge the battery. My screen keeps turning on and on, even when the phone is just lying on my desk… How can I fix this??

By: Biejer2628

Biejer2628 — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:16:00 +0000

after the update, my battery drains much too fast than before the ICS update. My battery barely lasts 12hrs! how can this be fixed? need help please. thanks

By: Mobile Inquirer

Mobile Inquirer — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 08:24:00 +0000

In reply to Taco Dave. Hi and sorry to hear of your issues, seems problematic for many.

By: Taco Dave

Taco Dave — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 20:04:00 +0000

This is getting absurd. I havent been able to connect to my computer since december. Battery drains in hours. Programs randomly turn on. Phone resets whenever. Cool dudes.

By: Mobile Inquirer

Mobile Inquirer — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 12:53:00 +0000

In reply to ritz. Sorry to hear of your issues, afraid your not alone....will try to keep you posted on developments!

By: ritz

ritz — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 10:14:00 +0000

this is the worst update imaginable. a) there’s a huge issue with contact names/numbers not showing up correctly, both in messaging and in the call lists. b) the messaging app randomly quits in the middle of me typing a text. c) phone crashes much more often, the battery life is quite atrocious and in general it’s a far less stable system. hate this update with a passion! (sorry for the sour grapes!)

By: Mobile Inquirer

Mobile Inquirer — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 16:10:00 +0000

In reply to Benoit from france. Cheers for your appreciation, it really does matter, I wish I could have helped more, so thank you for having the decency to leave the link for others..;)

By: Benoit from france

Benoit from france — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 14:59:00 +0000

In reply to Mobile Inquirer.

Hi,
I still have the same problem and I’m really angry, it’s amazing and so unprofessional.So I searched on xda forum and think I found the problem. Everything is there. thanks to Mobile inquirer.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1063664

By: Mobile Inquirer

Mobile Inquirer — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 05:21:00 +0000

Much appreciated Marijus.

By: Mobile Inquirer

Mobile Inquirer — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 14:11:00 +0000

In reply to Jonas. Hi, sorry to hear of your problems with this update. May I suggest the XDA forums for help. Good luck.

By: Jonas

Jonas — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 13:59:00 +0000

Hello!

After reading your article about how to reboot my Nexus S phone to Ice Cream Sandwich system, I have faced a big problem. Everything was working fine until the installation of the Ice Cream Sandwich was done. My phone was automatically shutted of. BUT I can not start it up again! It is totaly dead.

How is this possible?

And what can I do to fix this problem?

PS. My phone was bought in Sweden. DS.

By: Mobile Inquirer

Mobile Inquirer — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 14:31:00 +0000

In reply to Roshan567.

Hi. Again, you are best off asking the guys/gals at XDA forums, with so many devices and O/S’s I am too busy to keep up with all the issues that occur technically, so not the best guy on this matter….;)…Good luck though…And if I do see some tips I will post for sure.

By: Roshan567

Roshan567 — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 13:25:00 +0000

In reply to Mobile Inquirer. cool..thanks..please keep us posted...also how do i downgrade it to 2.3.6 so that i can use my phone properly?

By: Mobile Inquirer

Mobile Inquirer — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 12:07:00 +0000

In reply to Roshan567. Hi, sorry you have had issues, shame you did not read this prior, I currently have found no way to roll back though I have been busy writing other news etc, please try the XDA forums, and fingers crossed you can get it sorted..though I was of the understanding that any future attempt to upgrade through the official channel would result in nothing happening and reverting back to original O/S?

By: Firemonitors

Firemonitors — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 11:21:00 +0000

In reply to Mobile Inquirer. I have also updated to ICS on Nexus S bad battery life no 3G no BBC Iplayer and unstable apps Who and when will this get fixed as no point in having such a phone without all functions and I use around the world on business will google swap for a phone that works??

By: Roshan567

Roshan567 — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 11:19:00 +0000

hey guys..
i upgraded my phone to the ICS about 2 days back..it was working perferctly until today after noon…all of a sudden i lost net work and i am no longer able to receive or make calls..pls help

By: Mobile Inquirer

Mobile Inquirer — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 16:48:00 +0000

In reply to Dag. Thanks for the contribution Dag.

By: Dag

Dag — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 13:02:00 +0000

In reply to Randy. you have to update G+. Did work for me

By: Mobile Inquirer

Mobile Inquirer — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 20:07:00 +0000

In reply to Gbisada. Thank you for taking the time to give us your own take on things...interesting and I take your word for it.

By: Randy

Randy — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 19:44:00 +0000

Google+ says it has stopped and I can’t uninstall it & the phone is constantly rebooting making the nexus S unusable. I have ICS 4.0.3 and I don’t know whats wrong.

By: Gbisada

Gbisada — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 13:53:00 +0000

In reply to Gbisada. ...and the battery life is lower than previously on gingerbread

By: Gbisada

Gbisada — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 13:52:00 +0000

i’ve updated my nexus s using the manual method that was indicated in the earlier article when it was first released. the ICS comes with alot of neat tricks and options and the interface and style in general is really good. however, i’ve noticed the following:
– performance noticeably slower in doing the basic stuff like launching the call log, contacts, dialpad, messaging etc. than it ever was in gingerbread
– wifi works properly; however, the signal is not as powerful as in the gingerbread (from my same living room chair, it used to be 2 bars and now 1 bar in ICS)
– this probably could be ignorance from me – but the face screen unlock doesn’t work on my nexus s

By: Mobile Inquirer

Mobile Inquirer — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 12:33:00 +0000

In reply to nutmegwalnut. Hi, and thank you for letting us know, bit of a half time period right now but if anything comes up that can help you out I will be posting asap...cheers.

By: nutmegwalnut

nutmegwalnut — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 08:35:00 +0000

After ICS update, I cannot receive mms, normal texts don’t pop up with name even though contact is saved in phone (just comes up as their number) and phone is generally slower. Who do I contact? I am so anti-technology and this is why!!!!
location Sydney, Australia…