Where is the OFFICIAL 4.0.4 for Verizon GNex? - Samsung Galaxy Nexus

I know this is probably beating a dead horse, but I was told by many at verizon cs that there would be an update to the nexus in February.. well its March and nothing came. The leak was about a month ago and nothing official.
Does anyone know the eta of the update? I'm not rooting just yet
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You didn't really expect to find any official information here, did you? If you did, let me stop you right there. XDA will at best have rumors.
On a side note, as long as this url is active, it could be any time.
http://android.clients.google.com/p....signed-mysid-IMM30B-from-ICL53F.659e0a8f.zip

Comes out tomorrow...
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TheLurg1687 said:
I know this is probably beating a dead horse, but I was told by many at verizon cs that there would be an update to the nexus in February.. well its March and nothing came. The leak was about a month ago and nothing official.
Does anyone know the eta of the update? I'm not rooting just yet
Thanks everyone.
Love this site!
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It will come on the 5th Tuesday of the 6th month of the 2,012th year.
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why not root just yet? I would root now and back up with voodoo rootkeeper. It'll make it simple to regain root once the OTA soak starts.

Rem3Dy said:
It will come on the 5th Tuesday of the 6th month of the 2,012th year.
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there are 5 tuesdays in this magical month?!

4.04? I still have not got the official 4.03 yet.
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davidstech11 said:
4.04? I still have not got the official 4.03 yet.
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Neither has anyone else.

TheLurg1687 said:
I know this is probably beating a dead horse, but I was told by many at verizon cs that there would be an update to the nexus in February.. well its March and nothing came. The leak was about a month ago and nothing official.
Does anyone know the eta of the update? I'm not rooting just yet
Thanks everyone.
Love this site!
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No one at Verizon is going to be able to tell you when it is coming out. It is up to Google to drop the source for the update and push them to the Nexus phones. That being said the VZW Update may be behind the official which is a good reason to root in itself

Nope. Not yet, although I have a theory that they are just gonna give one big ass update in June at Google I/O and its going to be 4.1
Only time will tell.
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4.0.4 will get skipped in favor of 4.0.5, which in turn will get skipped in favor of 4.0.6, which in turn will.. you get the point! So do all the GNex owners still stuck on 4.0.1.

gabster21 said:
4.0.4 will get skipped in favor of 4.0.5, which in turn will get skipped in favor of 4.0.6, which in turn will.. you get the point! So do all the GNex owners still stuck on 4.0.1.
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nope, im on 4.0.2

TheLurg1687 said:
I know this is probably beating a dead horse, but I was told by many at verizon cs that there would be an update to the nexus in February.. well its March and nothing came. The leak was about a month ago and nothing official.
Does anyone know the eta of the update? I'm not rooting just yet
Thanks everyone.
Love this site!
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There's no need to wait for the official - root your phone, and install foxhound beta 0.1 and imoseyon lean kenrel, your phone will be rock solid, no crashes and will have incredible battery life - in a day you will hardly be able to run out of it with heavy use.

anterus said:
There's no need to wait for the official - root your phone, and install foxhound beta 0.1 and imoseyon lean kenrel, your phone will be rock solid, no crashes and will have incredible battery life - in a day you will hardly be able to run out of it with heavy use.
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He is Verizon. Your words do not ring true, usage wise.

Smokeey said:
Nope. Not yet, although I have a theory that they are just gonna give one big ass update in June at Google I/O and its going to be 4.1
Only time will tell.
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If they do that then I'll be pretty disgusted. The majority of Galaxy Nexus owners are stuck on 4.0.2, where one of the main selling points of the device - NFC - hasn't worked correctly since the phone was released four months ago.
anterus said:
There's no need to wait for the official - root your phone, and install foxhound beta 0.1 and imoseyon lean kenrel, your phone will be rock solid, no crashes and will have incredible battery life - in a day you will hardly be able to run out of it with heavy use.
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I don't particularly like this thinking. Maybe some of you buy a Nexus to root it, but I buy a Nexus for the exact opposite. I buy a Nexus so that I never have to root or tamper with my device, and so that I will get updates directly from Google carrying the latest bugfixes. Afterall, the phone is advertised as being 'Simple. Beautiful. Beyond smart' as well as being 'pure Google'.

Evangelion01 said:
If they do that then I'll be pretty disgusted. The majority of Galaxy Nexus owners are stuck on 4.0.2, where one of the main selling points of the device - NFC - hasn't worked correctly since the phone was released four months ago.
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my NFC works just fine and i'm on the verizon version.

Zepius said:
my NFC works just fine and i'm on the verizon version.
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I'm pretty sure the Verizon version has 4.0.3, so yes, your NFC will work fine. However, the latest version for GSM is 4.0.2, where it's not possible to write to a non-formatted NFC tag.

Evangelion01 said:
I'm pretty sure the Verizon version has 4.0.3, so yes, your NFC will work fine. However, the latest version for GSM is 4.0.2, where it's not possible to write to a non-formatted NFC tag.
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no its not. vzw is on 4.0.2

You missed it, came out Feb 30th
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KeithRVA said:
You missed it, came out Feb 30th
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crap! maybe i'll get to feb 30th next year

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Official VZW 4.0.4?

I've been away for a bit and was wondering if the VZW CDMA 4.0.4 was ever released. I see reports that the GSM release fixed the dropped data for several people and I would like to see that come to CDMA. Unfortunately the leaked 4.0.4 still drops data for me
Nope.
No. Officially VZW is on 4.0.2 still. There were some rumors a month ago that VZW would be getting 4.0.5 in early April but nothing ever came of the rumor.
Supposedly our next update (VZW GNexus) is going to be 4.0.5 which should fix the radio issues and improve dock performance so that Samsung can finally release a dock for the VZW GNexus. When all of this will happen? Nobody knows. Probably 2015 at this rate >.>
miketoasty said:
Supposedly our next update (VZW GNexus) is going to be 4.0.5 which should fix the radio issues and improve dock performance so that Samsung can finally release a dock for the VZW GNexus. When all of this will happen? Nobody knows. Probably 2015 at this rate >.>
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Yea I'll jump in with speculation I've been told by Sammy it would be before may lol. Since we probably won't see it in the next week its anyone's guess. But 4.0.5 should be next
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Ok, as long as I didn't miss it
I know how these go, there will be no talk of it from VZW then BAM! Update
SirVilhelm said:
Ok, as long as I didn't miss it
I know how these go, there will be no talk of it from VZW then BAM! Update
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Yea but there are 4.0.4 roms which are really good.
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Gahh Its Lee said:
Yea but there are 4.0.4 roms which are really good.
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I agree, I am running BAMF and love it. The rom isn't the problem though, the radio is. No matter what combination of ROM/Radio I constantly get data drops if I leave LTE enabled. If I just run on 3G everything is fine.
SirVilhelm said:
I agree, I am running BAMF and love it. The rom isn't the problem though, the radio is. No matter what combination of ROM/Radio I constantly get data drops if I leave LTE enabled. If I just run on 3G everything is fine.
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Have you called vzw about that? I got a phone switched out because of that issue and I have no problems now.
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Gahh Its Lee said:
Have you called vzw about that? I got a phone switched out because of that issue and I have no problems now.
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Same here Gahh Its Lee
Dear OP, I finally gave in last month and started to get refurbished devices.
And now, I have absolutely no complaints other than half pink / half green tints on the screen
But even with stock 4.0.2 no LTE drops what so ever. Even one-way microphone issue is somewhat resolved as I haven't experienced any yet..
Get a replacement device...what a world of a difference.
and do check out the thread I wrote here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1604730
You just call them and tell them you want a replacement?
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You just call them and tell them you want a replacement?
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Call tell them your data is dropping a lot and you want a replacement yea they are real good about ir
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I had some problems with signal strength, etc. Flashed with GummyNex and the 4.0.4 radios and it seems a little improved, but nothing drastic. Call quality is definetely better though.

People have "Jelly Bean" Dumps?

I am starting to see post about "Jelly Bean" DUMPS already. Is there anything in the works for our phones? Just wondering...
Yea noticed that too. I'm really hoping something for our phone
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Probably not.
ICS is going to be the last thing that samsung/tmobile is tossing our way.
The only phone I see getting it is the SGSIII. Aside from the nexus of course.
8Fishes said:
Probably not.
ICS is going to be the last thing that samsung/tmobile is tossing our way.
The only phone I see getting it is the SGSIII. Aside from the nexus of course.
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Dude don't say that
This phone is still good and should see another update. If it doesn't then I'm going the nexus way
The damn vibrant saw 2 OS updates
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Not that I give too much credit to anything I hear from someone else nor any Manufacturer(um, HTC unlocked Bootloader?). I believe it was said that each Samsung phone will have a 18 month OS upgradability life. But, dont quote me on that...
icky2g said:
Not that I give too much credit to anything I hear from someone else nor any Manufacturer(um, HTC unlocked Bootloader?). I believe it was said that each Samsung phone will have a 18 month OS upgradability life. But, dont quote me on that...
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That thing died . Ur talking about the update alliance. Never heard a thing after it was announced last year
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I download it from the nexus im gonna see if any new apps work on here
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scuzzbag87 said:
Dude don't say that
This phone is still good and should see another update. If it doesn't then I'm going the nexus way
The damn vibrant saw 2 OS updates
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"Should" doesn't mean it "would".
Have fun with nexus.. that is what I'll probably get too.
It took tmo almost a year to get 4.0.3 out the gate. Even if they were planning on 4.1, they would need at least that long to get it out, and by the time that happened, they would need to push 4.1 to SGSIII, and the SGSIV would already be out.
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It took tmo almost a year to get 4.0.3 out the gate. Even if they were planning on 4.1, they would need at least that long to get it out, and by the time that happened, they would need to push 4.1 to SGSIII, and the SGSIV would already be out.
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Don't think that statement is entirely accurate. First off, ICS was launched in Mid to Late November so it took 6-7 months to get to our SGS2.
Secondly, it wasn't TMO that took that long to get us the update. It was Samsung. And last I checked, aside from the Nexus, there weren't many phones that had official ICS before us. Especially in the U.S.

Jellybean NOW HERE FOR SPRINT NEXUS!!

Sounds good to me...
http://m.androidcentral.com/sprints-galaxy-nexus-nexus-s-may-be-line-jelly-bean-week
Thanks to Shabbypenguin for saving the day... this link is ONLY THE RADIOS AND KERNEL!!
Please be patient till the rest is ready...
Don't forget to thank him and show your appreciation!!
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OK well screw it, something in system was mucking it up.. i extract the damn thing tomorrow and do it "properly"
in the meantime here is a flash able zip that does radios and kernel
www.shabbypenguin.com/OUDstuff/Samsung/Sprint/Toroplus/Stock/FH05/FH05-Flasher.zip
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No word at all and now this, supposedly starting tomorrow? If true it would be sweet.
Toroplus yee I was gonna flash cm9 not anymore!!!
Cm10 already have nightlies for toroplus.
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If true there's going to be some unhappy Verizon customers around these parts.
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lrs421 said:
If true there's going to be some unhappy Verizon customers around these parts.
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Na we're used to it.
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JB? Been there, done that!
Andro X said:
Na we're used to it.
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Yes, we are.
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Yee my hunch was right lol
lrs421 said:
If true there's going to be some unhappy Verizon customers around these parts.
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Maybe some. But most of the folks watching XDA had the Verizon update a week ago. Just came via CWM instead of OTA.
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OMG we will have actually a new updated modem and binaries hopefully for JB and not PITA old binaries.
This is great!!
Freaking VZW.
Verizon why cant you just update your **** and make a good impression on Google to get the next exclusive Google Device.
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Freaking VZW.
Verizon why cant you just update your **** and make a good impression on Google to get the next exclusive Google Device.
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Why does it matter? Verizon's nexus is Officially part of googles AOSP
Plus you guys have way more Jelly Bean Roms then you can Chew.
Everyone on XDA probaly doesn't use OTA's anyway.
True. But Google won't give Verizon the Exclusive or the even the next Nexus because of how poorly handled it is.
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Must've been closely guarded there was no leak
lrs421 said:
If true there's going to be some unhappy Verizon customers around these parts.
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Not me. As long as they do it, I don't really care when it happens as long as it's right. If I needed instant gratification, I have the information from this place. It took VZW forEVER to update the LTE Xoom to ICS. When they finally did, it was most excellent and opened the door for even better ROMs. My Xoom is still the best tablet out there and will probably remain as such until the Surface is released.
VZW may take forever but it's more often than not worth the wait. The only reason any other phone can even compare to the original Droid is that it was so soon surpassed in the hardware department. It got updates well into its End Of Life cycle and was the best pure Android device for years. Even the N1 while pure Android was an embarrassment in comparison. The Nexus S (the S is for "Sucks") should get updates for as long as humanly possible. Besides having all of the problems I don't like about this phone (no SD card, usual Samsung fail at cell and GPS radios) and little of the phone that sets the VZW apart as a potentially great phone. (I'd rather have this Nexus or any other VZW phone no matter how pathetic than a phone that could work on the other 3 carriers' networks combined because I still wouldn't have a signal in the areas I use it.) Our Nexus also has lots of storage. It's OK that other carriers and phones get thrown a bone every now and then. When I get better radios for this phone, the only reason I will even consider another phone would be if it offered a completely revolutionary user experience.
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Looks like there's more supporting information
I should be used to it by now with dealing with the Droid X on Verizon......but I haven't been able to accept it yet with the Nexus. I think I would be pissed if I hadn't flashed the verizon JB test update last week. I am curious to see if the "official " will be the same build as the this test build. Congrats though Sprint customers!!!!! It sucks feeling like you are left out!!!!
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I should be used to it by now with dealing with the Droid X on Verizon......but I haven't been able to accept it yet with the Nexus. I think I would be pissed if I hadn't flashed the verizon JB test update last week. I am curious to see if the "official " will be the same build as the this test build. Congrats though Sprint customers!!!!! It sucks feeling like you are left out!!!!
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I waited months upon months for the ICS update for my SGSII on Sprint. I can empathize.
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If anyone gets it, please grab the file name or URL and post it here. Thanks.

4.2 for Verizon galaxy nexus.

Just some speculation for when the ota will roll out for the Verizon galaxy nexus . What do you think?
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Just some speculation for when the ota will roll out for the Verizon galaxy nexus . What do you think?
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If were taking a real guess, i'll say March 2013.
Yeah I said around February or March as well.
Thinking positively: Verizon "has to" test the update to make sure it's up to their specifications. If they work on it quickly and start immediately perhaps mid-December.
Thinking realistically: They won't test it immediately, or testing will take longer than a month. Feburary or March as stated earlier.
Thinking negatively: Verizon already had a fire sale on the Galaxy Nexus, they want it out of stock and unsupported ASAP. Testing never begins and an OTA never occurs. Verizon twiddles its thumbs wondering why Google no longer wants to work with them.
Probably never... which is why I'm switching to T-Mobile as soon as I'm off contact (if not before, not sure how steep their cancellation fee is)
VZW GNex-Codename(Android) 3.6.6
Marisa said:
Thinking positively: Verizon "has to" test the update to make sure it's up to their specifications. If they work on it quickly and start immediately perhaps mid-December.
Thinking realistically: They won't test it immediately, or testing will take longer than a month. Feburary or March as stated earlier.
Thinking negatively: Verizon already had a fire sale on the Galaxy Nexus, they want it out of stock and unsupported ASAP. Testing never begins and an OTA never occurs. Verizon twiddles its thumbs wondering why Google no longer wants to work with them.
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4.2 is/has been released to AOSP. You can wait on vzw.... but our talented devs will have ROMs based on 4.2 out way sooner than one could speculate about vzw. Custom and stock flavors to your liking soon
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Smokeey said:
Does it matter? If you made the account here you might as well root.
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The Dev's here I believe had 4.1 on the Verizon Galaxy Nexus about 2 days after it was released.
I just saw a 4.2 AOSP ROM posted on the "other" site. There aren't any linked GApps included though, so there might be a few things missing until a new package is created.
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The Dev's here I believe had 4.1 on the Verizon Galaxy Nexus about 2 days after it was released.
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Yes, and the OTA hit the Nexus about 8-10 weeks after some of the first "usable" firmwares started rolling out from developers, especially CM10, which devs jumped on fairly quickly.
My question...
How soon from release will AOSP become usable firmwares that devs can release to the wild?
You would think it would be fast, but I beg to differ. One compound word........ Roadrunner.
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Source is being pushed anyway I'll just wait for that
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Just some speculation for when the ota will roll out for the Verizon galaxy nexus . What do you think?
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It took Verizon approximately 2 months and 14 days to start OTA'ing 4.1. So my guess would be...January 24th.
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I loaded up MMuzzy's 4.2 a few hours ago and so far it's running fine.
Big ZD said:
It took Verizon approximately 2 months and 14 days to start OTA'ing 4.1. So my guess would be...January 24th.
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I toss out Christmas. Maybe the candy cane was Google's forecast of Verizon's approval time frame for 4.2.
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I toss out Christmas. Maybe the candy cane was Google's forecast of Verizon's approval time frame for 4.2.
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February 14th. Running Pure Android and it is very good once I used MMuzzy's GPS fix.
I say January or February.
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Probably never... which is why I'm switching to T-Mobile as soon as I'm off contact (if not before, not sure how steep their cancellation fee is)
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Yes please to that! I am also a Verizon GNex victim and was thinking the same thing! I'm switching to T-Mobile and getting a Nexus directly from Google from now on...when I can afford it. This Verizon behavior is too much violation for me.
March sounds like a good estimate, it's sad. I contemplated leaving them too.
Instead for now though, I just went and unlocked/rooted/flashed MMuzzy's AOSP rom and it's rock solid. No more waiting.
We will see the update, but since Verizon is sunsetting this phone, I expect it will go the way of the other "Nexus" device Verizon had...the Motorola Xoom. Once a device becomes a non-priority at VZW, basically they'll test the updates whenever they get around to it, thus the updates take longer to test and approve than they used to. Sadly this is what happened to the Xoom. The Wi-Fi version got 4.1.1/JRO03H in July and its final update to 4.1.2/JZO54K in October. The Verizon version is still on 4.0.4/IMM76L and Motorola doesn't expect Google's 4.1.2 OTA to be approved by Verizon until some time in Q1 2013.
That said, the Galaxy Nexus almost certainly sold exponentially more units than the Xoom did, so hopefully that means the Galaxy Nexus won't become quite that much of a bastard child. Time will tell.
With all that in mind, Vegas currently has the over/under on a 4.2.1 OTA at February 1. I'm taking the under. I say mid January... assuming Google can cool their jets on the update schedule. If a 4.2.2 OTA comes out before Verizon approves 4.2.1, our wait counter starts over. That's why the VZW Galaxy Nexus never got 4.1.2/JZO54K or 4.2/JOP40C. They came out too fast. 4.1.2 came out in October, followed by 4.2 in mid November, followed by 4.2.1 two weeks later.
I wrote a blog post on the subject of VZW Gnex updates last week. You can view it here. http://www.randomphantasmagoria.com/myths-about-android-updates-on-the-verizon-galaxy-nexus/
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We will see the update, but since Verizon is sunsetting this phone, I expect it will go the way of the other "Nexus" device Verizon had...the Motorola Xoom. Once a device becomes a non-priority at VZW, basically they'll test the updates whenever they get around to it, thus the updates take longer to test and approve than they used to. Sadly this is what happened to the Xoom. The Wi-Fi version got 4.1.1/JRO03H in July and its final update to 4.1.2/JZO54K in October. The Verizon version is still on 4.0.4/IMM76L and Motorola doesn't expect Google's 4.1.2 OTA to be approved by Verizon until some time in Q1 2013.
That said, the Galaxy Nexus almost certainly sold exponentially more units than the Xoom did, so hopefully that means the Galaxy Nexus won't become quite that much of a bastard child. Time will tell.
With all that in mind, Vegas currently has the over/under on a 4.2.1 OTA at February 1. I'm taking the under. I say mid January... assuming Google can cool their jets on the update schedule. If a 4.2.2 OTA comes out before Verizon approves 4.2.1, our wait counter starts over. That's why the VZW Galaxy Nexus never got 4.1.2/JZO54K or 4.2/JOP40C. They came out too fast. 4.1.2 came out in October, followed by 4.2 in mid November, followed by 4.2.1 two weeks later.
I wrote a blog post on the subject of VZW Gnex updates last week. You can view it here. http://www.randomphantasmagoria.com/myths-about-android-updates-on-the-verizon-galaxy-nexus/
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Maybe Verizon nexus owners will see 4.2.2 first on this round. Wouldn't surprise me to much, since the testing team tends to get a lot of subtle tweaks made (we are on JRO03O and not version C like the takju/yakju variants). At worst someone should be leaking some version in the coming weeks.
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4.3 update is coming - Discusion of all things 4.3 here

http://crave.cnet.co.uk/mobiles/samsung-galaxy-s4-s3-note-2-set-for-android-4-3-update-50012349/
What do you guys think about this?
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http://crave.cnet.co.uk/mobiles/samsung-galaxy-s4-s3-note-2-set-for-android-4-3-update-50012349/
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I am done with Samsung...they say October. .but really mean December.
And then the US carriers have to test and bloat it...so we are looking March next year!!!!
I am buying the next Nexus and noting but Nexus from now on.
bodi524 said:
I am done with Samsung...they say October. .but really mean December.
And then the US carriers have to test and bloat it...so we are looking March next year!!!!
I am buying the next Nexus and noting but Nexus from now on.
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+1
Agreed. Goodbye Samsung. It's pathetic that its going to 2014 before a phone released in October 2012 gets a software update. You've lost me as well.
stoneule said:
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Agreed. Goodbye Samsung. It's pathetic that its going to 2014 before a phone released in October 2012 gets a software update. You've lost me as well.
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Add me to the list.
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bodi524 said:
I am done with Samsung...they say October. .but really mean December.
And then the US carriers have to test and bloat it...so we are looking March next year!!!!
I am buying the next Nexus and noting but Nexus from now on.
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More like January or Feb, I'd say or maybe never...at least for the Sprint variant. It isn't in Sprint's interest to push updates unless the other carriers do. Of course Samsung wants to get these updates moving because they want the public to feel they'll be supported if they purchase a Samsung branded device but brand loyalty isn't in Sprints interests unless the brand is Sprint and that of course is usually maintained at the end of a very thin thread as it is.
As for the possibility of receiving the 4.3 update. I'm always excited about OTA updates because updates play a fairly big role in future versions of Android. The more updates there are the more well understood it is what the public wants/needs from future versions because of the broader spectrum of users providing feedback.
For my own personal device...I don't care. I run what I want on my device anyway regardless of whatever Samsung/Sprint/Google push. I don't give a rats ass about having a "pure" Android experience or being the first to get the latest version (no offense to the Nexus fans) either. I want my device dirty and nasty with a big moustache. I don't want be like one of those creeps that hangs around the strip clubs but never pays for a lap dance...I'm in the champaign room and let me tell you there is more going on in there than the song says. Why do you think I'm hanging around here? Trick it, brick it, fix it, trick it and brick it again...that's what it all about.
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bodi524 said:
I am done with Samsung...they say October. .but really mean December.
And then the US carriers have to test and bloat it...so we are looking March next year!!!!
I am buying the next Nexus and noting but Nexus from now on.
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Same here.
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bodi524 said:
I am done with Samsung...they say October. .but really mean December.
And then the US carriers have to test and bloat it...so we are looking March next year!!!!
I am buying the next Nexus and noting but Nexus from now on.
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a million times, this.. love the removable battery and storage but not sure if it's worth the [email protected]!%
Yea don't really care because Google separated their core services from the operating system so most of the really great feature are now pushed through Google rather than being a part of a new os version.
Android updates aren't as feature rich anymore.
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To the ones complaining who are you going to then? Unless its a Google phone it will be the same across all manufacturers. At least we have a date. Samsung actually announces all devices that will be upgraded at the same time unlike others like HTC who just tells u that their it phone of the moment will be upgraded while the rest get lost in forgotten land. Samsung actually has been the best non Google manufacturer with updates to their Galaxy line..
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When the Nexus 5 shows up, I'm outta here.
You could use Aosp... Just saying
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I'm wondering if this update will add the note 3 features.
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robertm2011 said:
When the Nexus 5 shows up, I'm outta here.
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I'm with you all the way.
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RayTrue04 said:
To the ones complaining who are you going to then? Unless its a Google phone it will be the same across all manufacturers. At least we have a date. Samsung actually announces all devices that will be upgraded at the same time unlike others like HTC who just tells u that their it phone of the moment will be upgraded while the rest get lost in forgotten land. Samsung actually has been the best non Google manufacturer with updates to their Galaxy line..
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This, with htc, unless you have the latest and greatest device forget about an update.
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I love how in this thread it's bunch of people complaining about how updates don't come fast enough and then when you look at the next thread in this section it's all about getting rid of the updater to stop those "pesky" notifications trying to get you to update... lol
They say December, but that's when they're submitting it to sprint. We'll actually get it Feb or Mar in 2014. Mark my words lol.
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Yes sirrrr no more 2nd hand phones for me when nexus comes through bye bye samsung.
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Im going with the note 3 so I dont give a damn when it comes out ima be rocking 4.3 out the box! With kitkat maybe falling this year for it
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AndroidStephen said:
I love how in this thread it's bunch of people complaining about how updates don't come fast enough and then when you look at the next thread in this section it's all about getting rid of the updater to stop those "pesky" notifications trying to get you to update... lol
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Pretty sure that you're missing the point.
The updates that we all are anxious for are system updates that ROM devs can work with, make better ROMs for us all. Definitely worth "complaining" about.
That other thread is about a fault where the phone thinks it needs a software update, but not really, or the update in question is actually not desirable for whatever reason.
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chuko303 said:
Im going with the note 3 so I dont give a damn when it comes out ima be rocking 4.3 out the box! With kitkat maybe falling this year for it
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I've been thinking long n hard about that, as an option. I do love my Note2, with the exception of the plastic, it's a badass device. But I don't actually use the pen as much as I thought I would. So taking a long look at the HTC Mega (?), and hoping that it makes it to the US... I allow myself a new phone every year, it being a hobby I indulge myself in, and I always buy outright, no ETF charges...
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HTC maxx, not mega

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