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Nexus S

Versions

physical sticker behind battery:

Model: GT-I9023
FCC ID: A3LGTI9023
SSN: -I9023GSMH
IMEI: xxxxxxx
S/N: xxxxxxx

under 'About phone' from the settings:

Android 2.3.3
Baseband I9023XXKB3
Kernel 2.6.35.7-g1d030a7
Build GRI54

under fastboot:

Product name - HERRING
HW Version - rev 52
Bootloader version - I9020XXKA3
Baseband version - I9020XXKB3
Carrier info - EUR
Serial number - xxxxxxx

Android 2.3

Wi-Fi & client certs

To be able to authenticate to a Wi-Fi network using client certificates via TLS:
If needed, export certificate from IE in Pkcs#12 PFX, *with* private key, *with* all certs, *without* strong enc, *without* deletion of private key.
Rename .pfx file as .p12
(source: http://www.google.com/support/mobile/bin/answer.py?answer=168466&topic=27214#1086573)
Copy pkcs#12 certificate to root of USB storage.
File must end with .p12, not .pfx!
One single file with key+cert+cacerts is ok
Wi-Fi params: 802.1x EAP / TLS / phase2: None / CA cert: cf previous import / user cert: idem / Identity: DOMAIN\user... / Anonymous id: empty / password:...

Importing CA certs

I could only manage it via a webserver & crafted headers:

<?php
header("Content-Type: application/x-x509-ca-cert");
?>
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
...
-----END CERTIFICATE-----

You may try this free service: http://www.realmb.com/droidCert/ which seems to do the same.
But even if imported they seem not to be used e.g. for IMAP TLS.
There is a heavier procedure to include CA certs in the phone root list, see CACert wiki, not tried yet.

fastboot & Android sources

There are several binaries around but I wanted to build my own. Maybe not the shortest way... I downloaded all android sources...
cf http://source.android.com/source/downloading.html
Some missing deps on my 64-but debian when I tried to compile everything: gperf, libc6-dev-i386, lib32ncurses5-dev ia32-libs g++-multilib lib32z1-dev lib32readline6-dev

. build/envsetup.sh
lunch crespo-eng
make -j2

Maybe we can just compile adb & fastboot:

make adb
make fastboot

cf http://www.cduce.org/~abate/build-android-adb-debian-sid-amd64

Android SDK

Get it from http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
Run tools/android -> get Android SDK Platform-tools, revision 3
It brings also adb but not fastboot
If you want to update SDK: tools/android update sdk

Screenshots

Run ddms (from SDK) -> Tools / Device / Screen capture

USB tethering

Plug phone & PC via USB
Activate USB tethering (Settings / Wireless & networks / Tethering / USB Tethering)
It works OOB on Debian, nothing to do

Applications

Here is a list of potentially useful applications

Network

2G-3G OnOff : widget to add a shortcut to the settings to enable/disable data

To be sorted

Apps Organizer : To group apps
Android Agenda Widget : See your agenda on your home screen
Bluetooth Switch : Activates BT when the phone is docked in the car
Bubble : Water level using the phone sensors
Buienalarm : (NL) rain alarm, tells you if precipitations are expected at your current location
Chrome to Phone : easy to send URL's or text from Google Chrome to the phone
Touch Calendar : calendar with easy scroll & zoom in/out
Notes (developer: Yuli) : simple application for notes
ColorNote Notepad (Notes)
Droid48 (shagrath; HP48 emulator)
My Tracks (My Tracks Team at Google; GPS tracking system)
Skype (Skype)
SMS Backup & Restore (Ritesh Sahu)
RealCalc Scientific Calculator (Brain Overspill)
Android Terminal Emulator (Jack Palevitch; Linux access through a terminal)
Hears (bytesequencing.com)
Text-To-Speech Extension (Eyes-Free Project)
SilentMode OnOff (CurveFish)
DailyStrip (FuseTree LLC)
Test de vitesse Speedtest (Ookla)
ASTRO Gestionnaire de fichiers (Metago)
Wifi Connecter Library (farproc)
Advanced Task Killer (ReChild)
APN Backup & Restore (Ritesh Sahu)

Google

Google Goggles (Google)
Google Earth (Google)
Google Maps (Google)
Google Search (Google)
Google Sky Map (Google)
Google Traduction (Google)
Gmail (Google)

Alternatives to default apps

Dialer One : Alternative dialer

Dictionaries

Dictionnaire Littré (Alexis Robert)
Van Dale French-Dutch (Paragon Software)
Van Dale English-Dutch (Paragon Software)
Van Dale Dutch Pocket (Paragon Software)
Van Dale German-Dutch (Paragon Software)
QuickDic German Dictionary (Thad Hughes)

Games

Reversi (Bluesky Studio)
Angry Birds : game, now full version for free
Move it! Free (AI Factory Limited; logical game of moving blocks)
National Flags Quiz (FractalGate; game)

Sensing

Boussole (Catch.com ; compass)
Shazam : Can identify music by listening to it for about 10s
Barcode Scanner (ZXing Team)
Wifi Analyzer (farproc)
GPS Status (EclipSim)

Open Source applications

GPS with offline maps

Commercial

Copilot Live (59€ for Europe)
Tomtom planned for next HTC phones, with free map of the country of purchase

Free

From this post:
Create your own maps with Mobile Atlas Creator (Java-based) & use them e.g. with RMaps, AndNav, Maverick, TrekBuddy,... (bitmaps so ok only for small areas such as cities)

Get e.g. RMaps from Android Market
Get latest release of Mobile Atlas Creator & unzip it
Get latest SqliteJDBC library and copy it inside th eMobile Atlas Creator directory
Run it (start.sh)
Choose your source, e.g. OpenStreetMaps, Google Maps,...
Select area: Right click to Drag, Scroll to zoom In/Out, Left click to select downloadable area
Select one or more zoom levels, e.g. from 12 to 18 for all levels of details of a city
Do “add selection” with a name of your choice
Select “BigPlanet SQLite” from “Atlas Settings” (for RMaps, otherwise Maverick Atlas Format for Maverick etc)
"Create Atlas"
Download the .sqlitedb map into the phone SDcard/rmaps/maps
Disconnect the phone
Open RMaps and Menu > More > Settings > User defined maps > BigPlanet_maps.sqlitedb > Enabled Maps
Return to main maps screen and then Menu > Maps > BigPlanet_maps.sqlitedb.

Free Navit - OSM

Install Navit from here
Install preprocessed OSM map from here and put it as /sdcard/navitmap.bin