Comments on: Google Nexus Ice Cream Sandwich delays explained

By: JMB

JMB — Thu, 03 May 2012 01:47:00 +0000

If you have a stock, non rooted i9020a Nexus S with a locked boot loader, and I do mean virgin, and would like ICS 4.0.4 running on your device in less than 15 minutes, follow these instructions, they worked flawlessly for me.

Go to manage apps, scroll down and locate Google Services Framework and clear data then immediately power off. Do Not respond to the GPS query, just power off.

When you power back up you should receive a System Update notification in your upper status bar, simply follow the prompts.

Note that this is the official update OTA direct from Google’s servers, you’ve just succeeded in forcing the update to your device sooner than scheduled.

Furthermore this has been reported to have worked for other Nexus variants.

Important points, make sure you have at least 50% battery charge remaining, I plugged mine in at the time, and connected to wifi as the download is quite large. My update was over 168 mb’s.

If the.steps above do not work at first, go to your phones.dialer and type in “*#*#checkin*#*#”, you should receive a checkin succeeded notification, then repeat the steps above exactly as outlined, it should work.

Good luck and enjoy…

By: wilks79

wilks79 — Wed, 02 May 2012 13:14:00 +0000

Um….so you call this an article? This explained nothing except that Google wants you to buy phones from them.

By: wilks79

wilks79 — Wed, 02 May 2012 13:14:00 +0000

Um….so you call this an article? This explained nothing except that Google wants you to buy phones from them.

By: JoniKickAHoleInYourReview

JoniKickAHoleInYourReview — Wed, 02 May 2012 06:30:00 +0000

Was about to say the same. What a bad article.

By: TaylorMiles

TaylorMiles — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 16:54:00 +0000

Actually even the Nexus line only gets 4.02 Versioin and even the Nexus comes with Verizon Software and you can’t use google wallet. There are still many advantages to rooting a nexus phone.

By: Ajstaples01

Ajstaples01 — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 06:09:00 +0000

Why would you blame the delays on the carriers? Its Verizon/Tmobile/sprint/at&ts job to provide a device and a network to use it on. In no way do they care what software your equipment uses. Its all up to google to develop the software, and up to the manufacturer of the devices to test the said software. After approval, softare rolls out in waves from the manufacturer. Blaming the providers is retarded.

By: siddharthbandhu

siddharthbandhu — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 19:26:00 +0000

Have to agree to you, terrible Internal Memory..

By: Andrewlh

Andrewlh — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 18:21:00 +0000

if you have to root anyway, you may as well get a non-nexus phone. totally defeats the purpose.

By: Bpear96

Bpear96 — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 15:18:00 +0000

Cm9 does not run as smoothing and nice as Google wanted it , they skipped the official update. Knowing there would be custom roms.

By: sofakingjewish

sofakingjewish — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 14:58:00 +0000

In other words google and updates are two words which rarely go together.
Way to go, nice way to steer me away from EVER thinking of getting a Nexus branded Samsung phone.

By: Enoel69

Enoel69 — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 14:15:00 +0000

Love love my N1…it is the best built Nexus device to date. I can just image if todays specs n materials were available two yrs ago when it was put together by HTC. That is why i want HTC be given another shot as OEM of the next Nexus. The N1 failed to be a major hit and in as many hands two yrs ago bcuz of the online only Sales model by Google without store shelves or huge warehouses to compliment the sales. Almost perfect device with only a cpl gripes…low internal memory and 512 RAM and small battery.

By: Denny Craneftw

Denny Craneftw — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 14:13:00 +0000

Are you serious? The Nexus One stopped production in July, 2010. Did you really just try to compare a modern phone with one that was at end-of-life almost 2 years ago? Tell me how much support Apple gives the iPhone 3G these days. It was EOL’d about the same time as the Nexus One. Did Apple push iOS 5.1 to the 3G? No.

By: Denny Craneftw

Denny Craneftw — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 14:03:00 +0000

Like all the different versions of Windows phones out there? 6.1, 6.5, WP7, and soon Win8? None compatible with each other. Or the different iPhones? No iOS5 on iPhone 3g or below, and the next release won’t load on an iPhone 3Gs. “Fragmentation” is just a buzz word that’s improperly applied. If you mean that the Android users don’t ALL use the same OS, that applies to every phone OS out there.

By: Denny Craneftw

Denny Craneftw — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 14:00:00 +0000

The Nexus One was a fine phone in it’s day, but that day is long over. Single core 1Ghz processor, limited graphics power, 1/2 gig RAM, small screen with only 480×800 resolution, and no 4G LTE support… it’s a phone that easily gets beat by pay as you go phones, let alone modern Android devices.

By: Drolls54

Drolls54 — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 13:44:00 +0000

what a dummy being stuck on 3g for 2 more years unless your buying iphone 5 at full price

By: Enoel69

Enoel69 — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 13:38:00 +0000

Good Qs…guess Google just wanted the N1 owners like myself to buy the GNex but they did a poor job making it available right after it was announced in Nov last yr. If they had released it to all carriers who wanted it from the get go and also bring the online store back to life then…they could have sold a lot more GNex than is the case now. Seems they lost that crucial sales window…right now a lot of ppl out there myself included are looking fwd to the upcoming GS3, One X, One S, some of the LG and Huawei ICS devices etc. I owned the unlocked GSM GNex for a little while b4 sending it back due to a malfunction..so i’m back to my N1 for now. As for the GNex…i loved the gorgeous HD screen and ICS but at this point for me…it is all about the GS3 or a vanilla One X if Tmo makes it known soon enuf b4 we all pounce on the GS3. NOTE TO GOOGLE…who ever they choose as the OEM of the Next Nexus plss keep the device less than 130mm tall even if it has a 4.7″ screen and about 10-12″ thin to accommodate a 3000mAh battery.

By: CoreDuo08

CoreDuo08 — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 12:41:00 +0000

Fragmentation? Would you like to clarify what you mean? 80% of apps on Google Play only require Android 2.1, maybe another 10% or so require Android 2.2. Very few require Android 2.3, which 64% of Android users are running anyway. All you’re losing out on is an OS update, but that doesn’t mean you’re losing out on anything in the app store.

By: Samdam

Samdam — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 06:42:00 +0000

Learn how to spell for f*** sake.

By: siddharthbandhu

siddharthbandhu — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 04:26:00 +0000

How could you guys even DITCH the Nexus One?

By: siddharthbandhu

siddharthbandhu — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 04:25:00 +0000

If there’s one thing Android is good at, thats Fragmentation.

By: donald zuchowski

donald zuchowski — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 03:38:00 +0000

cm9 runs on the orginal nexus so how cant it run on the og nexus?

By: donald zuchowski

donald zuchowski — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 03:36:00 +0000

what google said about the nexus line update is crap. apple is able to push i-os updates to its three versions of the iphone…. so why cant google for atleast the nexus line (og nexus, nexus s, galaxy nexus) be able to push via google itself the updates of the os as long as the phone can actually run it that is… I think its time that carriers turn into dumb pipes or that manufacturers start making their own cellphone companies as well… google now own motorola so why not buy sprint then all android device can run on sprint and also since they now own moto have only moto make android phones….

By: Manstrato

Manstrato — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 02:42:00 +0000

I have 3 galaxy nexus phones and 4 nexus s phones for my family and all of them have Android 4 on them The galaxy nexus phones came with ics and the nexus s phones were upgraded months ago. I don’t have any special pull at Google, yet I was able to get a stable version of ics, so what is this whole article referring to? How is it that I can get all the updates for my nexus phones when the author would have you believe that the updates are unavailable, or aren’t stable? Something fishy is going on here.

By: Todays_Don

Todays_Don — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 01:51:00 +0000

What nonsense my nexus is international gsm unlocked(no contract cost 550$) and i got the update to icecream sandwich 2 weeks ago i.e is a whole 5 months after the software release pathetic google really pathetic..

By: Simpleface

Simpleface — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 00:25:00 +0000

Sounds like an I-D-10-T error to me. Anyone who says Android is copying the iPhone seriously needs to wake up. You like the iPhone because it’s simple, you don’t like Android because your mind can’t comprehend it. Don’t blame your stupidity on a phone. You keep pressing the volume button? Really? It’s in the same spot on almost every single phone. Get over yourself. These idiots have developed a software that owns over 50% of the market in phones and tablet.

By: BpEAR96

BpEAR96 — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 23:34:00 +0000

The gsm will, and it recieves updates straight from google.. the lte verizon version, you may have to root, to get updates at the same speed..

By: BPEAR96

BPEAR96 — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 23:33:00 +0000

its all verizons fault that the lte galaxy nexus hasnt recieved 4.0.4 basically.. Root that bad boy with aokp, and flash a custom radio and be all good :D

By: Bpear96

Bpear96 — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 23:24:00 +0000

The nexus one received on time updates up intill 2.3, it did not receive ICS because its hardware did not support it

By: Ksbagri1

Ksbagri1 — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 23:21:00 +0000

I bought three new Google Nexus phones with ICS for myself, wife & son. I switched from iphones to these phones. After using these phones, we missed our iphones and regret on our decision. This ICS softwere is garbage, developed by idiots, trying to copy iphone, and we never got any update to improve it. The phone also has a stupid desion of two buttons on both sides which are anowing. The volume button keep getting pressed without need, even when you are on the phone. All of sudden you stop hearing from other person because you keep pressing the volume button (-) when you are holding it. The (-) side (volume down part of volume buttons) of this volume stopped working after 3 months; the home/power button on the other side is also very difficult to operate all the time with this size of a phone holding it in one hand. Sometimes the phone freezes without you knowing and you cannot receive calls and once you find out that its frozen, you have to shut it off and then turn it back on. I do not have time to write all of the negative aspects of this phoneand software.

By: Mark3859

Mark3859 — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 22:59:00 +0000

The nexus with the certain builds of jakwux, are held up by Samsung, for some reason. When you call Samsung they tell u to call the carrier, when you call the carrier they say it’s not a supported device and they cannot help you.

By: Eleeflyguy43

Eleeflyguy43 — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 22:58:00 +0000

the answer is simple:FRAGMENTATION. choose iOS or Android. both have positives and negatives

By: techguy13

techguy13 — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 22:18:00 +0000

It is quite ridiculous. I bought a galaxy nexus hoping to get the latest and greatest for 2 years

By: TaylorMiles

TaylorMiles — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 21:19:00 +0000

Root your phone and get Android 4.03 Way faster, better battery life, more stable. Removes all of Verizon’s crapware.

By: Larry

Larry — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 21:11:00 +0000

Well, that cleared nothing up. When is an update going to be pushed? The root community seems the only logical route now. Have had this GNex phone from week 1 with No updates!.
An iPhone is looking pretty good right now :-(

By: bmg314

bmg314 — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 21:07:00 +0000

Read: Verizon’s fault. In turn (imo), google’s fault for letting vzw have the initial exclusive.

By: Annomalies

Annomalies — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 21:01:00 +0000

This is exactly why I buy Apple. I used to carry a 3GS, which I bought in 2009. I just recently bumped up to 4S, though I was extremely happy with my 3GS, it was time for me to move on.
It did have the latest version of iOS(5.1), most of the apps support the phone, and I did get a good resale value for it. after using it for a long time. It just makes good economics sense to me. And I would certainly consider myself better than any user who bought a Nexus One a year later, still stuck with Android 2.1. And I don’t think it would stand to get a good resale value.
Google and its partners feel that people should buy new phones if they need to get the latest version of the OS, and forget the people who have actually invested in the technology. I really feel that my iPhone 3GS was and it still is great value for money because I really don’t need to worry about the support that I will receive for the device. Its not just the app store and the number of apps in there. It’s just the amount of thought that goes in is amazing.
The rest is all stats…

By: Tom

Tom — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 20:26:00 +0000

I have the htc Thunderbolt and have been looking forward to the ICS upgrade after reading the awesome reviews.
Unfortunately I never receive any notices or estimates from Verizon or Google . Of course I want any bugs worked out. 1st but any news would be appreciated!

By: Aari758

Aari758 — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 20:24:00 +0000

The galaxy nexus never received a timely update to ics; it shipped with ics. Everything else in this article is about four months old.

By: Ajedi32

Ajedi32 — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 20:21:00 +0000

So… carriers managed to mess up even the Nexus phone?

By: Nicholas Snowdeal

Nicholas Snowdeal — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 20:19:00 +0000

I agree…no answer here just more facts that we already know…all boils down to the carrier. Old news.