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Got OTA notification but....

...I downloaded the 4.0.4 update and went to install and reboot. But the phone got stuck at the screen with the android belly up and a exclamation point. Pulled the battery and rebooted and was at 4.0.2 still. Haven't gotten another OTA notification. Do I get another OTA alert or do I have to update manually.
I have a GSM Nexus, rooted but with stock 4.0.2. And I activated OTA RootKeeper before downloading the update. Any help will be greatly accepted.
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Besides root and maybe unlock your bootloader, did you change anything in your system (install mods, different radio etc. or rename system files)? If you are not completely stock your OTA will not work and you will have to update manually or get back to Stock first.
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Nothing changed. Except for root and unlocked bootloader everything is stock.
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Well the screen you were looking at (Android belly up) is the stock recovery. If you see that: no need to pull battery. Simply push volume up + power simultaneously and you'll get into the recovery menu. Scrolling through the options can be done with the volume buttons, select with the power button.
That said: I think no one knows for sure but I myself would not wait and update myself. There are a lot of guides here on how to do that and if you flash the stock images you will have the same as anyone who had the OTA. Make a proper backup first (you allways should)! You will lose all your data if you have to unlock your bootloader.
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jrodsep said:
Nothing changed. Except for root and unlocked bootloader everything is stock.
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Have you installed CWM recovery installed?
The "belly up" android is the phone trying to boot in the stock recovery to update the phone. But as you may have CWM recovery installed (which replaces the stock recovery) the phone cannot complete the update.
You will need to re-install the stock recovery. I believe you can do this with the GNex Toolkit.
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stuu.f said:
Have you installed CWM recovery installed?
The "belly up" android is the phone trying to boot in the stock recovery to update the phone. But as you may have CWM recovery installed (which replaces the stock recovery) the phone cannot complete the update.
You will need to re-install the stock recovery. I believe you can do this with the GNex Toolkit.
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Is it possible to get the Stock Recovery Screen when you have CWM installed? Didn't think that was possible... that it would just boot into CWM recovery. That is why I didn't mention it (trying to learn here).

Same problem here. Stock 4.0.2, rooted, CWM installed.
Does this mean we will lose settings before we are able to update the device?

Lex_Michdeandroid said:
Same problem here. Stock 4.0.2, rooted, CWM installed.
Does this mean we will lose settings before we are able to update the device?
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this mean you are not eligible for the OTA update mate, because you have a custom recovery
i suggest you to
flash the stock rom manually
flash a custom rom wih 4.04 inside
my 2 cents

Viridis Draco said:
this mean you are not eligible for the OTA update mate, because you have a custom recovery
i suggest you to
flash the stock rom manually
flash a custom rom wih 4.04 inside
my 2 cents
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I don't even understand why I have CWM installed in the first place. I only neet root acces, all the rest can stay stock for all I care... Is there a way to avoid these problems in the future? So be able to root and OTA at the same time?
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Lex_Michdeandroid said:
I don't even understand why I have CWM installed in the first place. I only neet root acces, all the rest can stay stock for all I care... Is there a way to avoid these problems in the future? So be able to root and OTA at the same time?
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custom recovery is needed in order to install custom ROM dude, is quite simple
and yes, you can root the stock ROM without custom recovery, there are a lot of guide about that in the developer section

Viridis Draco said:
custom recovery is needed in order to install custom ROM dude, is quite simple
and yes, you can root the stock ROM without custom recovery, there are a lot of guide about that in the developer section
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So my only option to fix this now is flash 4.0.4 manually (will I lose stuff?) and then root again and get stock recovery back? Sorry for my n00b questions, thanks for your help!
Edit: would it be easier if I just get the stock recovery back and then try to get the OTA to turn up again?
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Lex_Michdeandroid said:
So my only option to fix this now is flash 4.0.4 manually (will I lose stuff?) and then root again and get stock recovery back? Sorry for my n00b questions, thanks for your help!
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you have nothing broken mate, i can't tell you if you will lose data, it depend on your ROM, what you flash and mainly how
the Force and the Developer Section is with you, young padawan
damn, i'm playing SW:TOR too much:/

Viridis Draco said:
you have nothing broken mate, i can't tell you if you will lose data, it depend on your ROM, what you flash and mainly how
the Force and the Developer Section is with you, young padawan
damn, i'm playing SW:TOR too much:/
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Thank you master for your soothing words. I just want my Galaxy Nexus to be like he is right out of the box, but rooted. Thats all I need from him... I am guessing my girlfriends Nexus S is going to be a pain in my assholes in a few weeks bc its still on GB and my TF101 will also go haywire because of my rooting adventures...
First this GN nuisance... Guess I am going to have to wait until tomorrow, I am flying to Dublin in about two hours and I don't think I can fix this in time...
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Lex_Michdeandroid said:
Thank you master for your soothing words. I just want my Galaxy Nexus to be like he is right out of the box, but rooted. Thats all I need from him... I am guessing my girlfriends Nexus S is going to be a pain in my assholes in a few weeks bc its still on GB and my TF101 will also go haywire because of my rooting adventures...
First this GN nuisance... Guess I am going to have to wait until tomorrow, I am flying to Dublin in about two hours and I don't think I can fix this in time...
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i agree, take your time and you wouldn't regret it

I want to manually flash 4.0.4 and stay unrooted. Should I use the GNex Toolkit to flash 4.0.4 directly or do I need to flash the same version I have on my phone?
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I had the same issue described by the OP, the belly up android when trying to update to 4.0.4 from the OTA notification. I had previously changed to 4.0.2 yakju using efrant's instructions from the first post in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1391881
However, I had skipped the optional sections. In particular step 12 to flash the recovery partition. I went back and just executed step 12 (fastboot flash recovery recovery.img) and rebooted. Then I was able to update to 4.0.4 successfully from the OTA notification.
I'm guessing I didn't have the "stock recovery" because I previously had the default Samsung version?

Just got the update again OTA, and again the belly up droid. I'm really pissed now, bc it also reset my Go launcher... Had 7 screens w/ widgets and shortcuts...
Why did it go wrong again? I thought I put back the recovery to stock to solve the OTA problem... Should I do other things? The phone starts to really slow down and I'm ready to toss this piece of c* in the bin...
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Lex_Michdeandroid said:
Just got the update again OTA, and again the belly up droid. I'm really pissed now, bc it also reset my Go launcher... Had 7 screens w/ widgets and shortcuts...
Why did it go wrong again? I thought I put back the recovery to stock to solve the OTA problem... Should I do other things? The phone starts to really slow down and I'm ready to toss this piece of c* in the bin...
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I had the same issue just now with my phone (unlocked, rooted, stock revcovery), but a quick reboot allowed the update to complete and I'm now on 4.0.4. Did you check the version number again after this latest attempt?

Yes, still 4.0.2.
And of course, my phone says I'm up to date. Lovely, NAAAAAT!
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Android 4.0.4 and root

Okay, i got my nexus today and it came with 4.0.2. I didnt know this and i went ahead and unlocked the bootloader and rooted it.I havent installed any roms though. How do i update to 4.0.4? and if the update randomly appears do i accept it? Or will it brick the phone since im rooted? Im a noob if you couldn't tell haha

kingsley404 said:
Okay, i got my nexus today and it came with 4.0.2. I didnt know this and i went ahead and unlocked the bootloader and rooted it.I havent installed any roms though. How do i update to 4.0.4? and if the update randomly appears do i accept it? Or will it brick the phone since im rooted? Im a noob if you couldn't tell haha
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If you are going to flash a custom ROM, no need to update the stock ROM to 4.0.4 just to overwrite it with a custom ROM...
If you want to stay stock and update to 4.0.4, see this.

You could either download the update and install it using clockworkmod recovery or put the entire zip file in the /cache folder, choose look for updates and it will be found since you already downloaded it.

efrant said:
If you are going to flash a custom ROM, no need to update the stock ROM to 4.0.4 just to overwrite it with a custom ROM...
If you want to stay stock and update to 4.0.4, see this.
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Alright, so if i want to flash aokp build 40 just go ahead and do it like normal?

kingsley404 said:
Alright, so if i want to flash aokp build 40 just go ahead and do it like normal?
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Yes.

efrant said:
Yes.
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Thanks for the help! You guys are amazing.

kingsley404 said:
Thanks for the help! You guys are amazing.
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Well, efrant, didn't become a "Recognized Contributor" for nothing.
We here at XDA are always happy to help!

Jb 4.1

To start I am a newb
I Have a galaxy nexus with the 4.1 Jelly Beans ( not stock, installed via ROM from here xda). That's fine. This week a new "system" update was available for my phone. So I downloaded it and the phone reboot, when the phone starts it goes to the cwm recovery screen saying the update failed. I would like to have some HELP, I found other threads, but I really don't want to do anything worng.
My questions:
How can i get the updates to work again?
DO i need to get ICS back to update the phone?
How should i do it?
Can I do that without losing my data ( would be great, but i am ok if there is no way)
I am just afraid if i go back to ICS, and the update don't show up.

Jpcsilva said:
To start I am a newb
I Have a galaxy nexus with the 4.1 Jelly Beans ( not stock, installed via ROM from here xda). That's fine. This week a new "system" update was available for my phone. So I downloaded it and the phone reboot, when the phone starts it goes to the cwm recovery screen saying the update failed. I would like to have some HELP, I found other threads, but I really don't want to do anything worng.
My questions:
How can i get the updates to work again?
DO i need to get ICS back to update the phone?
How should i do it?
Can I do that without losing my data ( would be great, but i am ok if there is no way)
I am just afraid if i go back to ICS, and the update don't show up.
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Flash your phone back to stock... then do the ota update... profit...
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Everything must must be bone stock to install an ota.
Jellin' like a felon

The issue at hand here is that you have a custom recovery. I can't say that if you remove CWM that you'll be able to OTA update, but that's at least what was the problem there. Now, if you want to keep all your apps and update to the OTA jelly bean instead of the Google I/O preview build, you can flash this here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1737849
Follow the instructions on that post to update. This is what I did and it worked perfectly.

Camera not working after JB update!
Hi! I recently installed JB on my Dad's Galaxy Nexus, whilst everything seems to work fine, I've noticed that the camera has stopped working. The screen goes blank if i access the camera. I've tried installing 3rd party applications for camera, but none of them work! Please help me! Is it a hardware or a software fault?

nishantbhatia84 said:
Hi! I recently installed JB on my Dad's Galaxy Nexus, whilst everything seems to work fine, I've noticed that the camera has stopped working. The screen goes blank if i access the camera. I've tried installing 3rd party applications for camera, but none of them work! Please help me! Is it a hardware or a software fault?
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What Rom? Custom or stock
What kernel? Custom or stock
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And how do i do that? I really dont know how to flash it
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Stock JB Rom & stock kernel!
I'm gonna go back to ICS and check if that resolves the issue! What say?
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nishantbhatia84 said:
Stock JB Rom & stock kernel!
I'm gonna go back to ICS and check if that resolves the issue! What say?
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first try factory reset, otherwise yes go back to stock ics and check.

Jp182
atifsh said:
first try factory reset, otherwise yes go back to stock ics and check.
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But going to factory reset will not remove the cwm recovery... right? If i go to factory data reset on my phone ( remember i am using a 4.1 rom) will it go back to ics and delete all roms / root? Cause this sounds like the best way to do it, but you were the first one that said that. Bought my phone from Amazon unlocked ( do you guys think it is gonna update?)

I did that, no help! I think it's a hardware fault. Thanks anyway!
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I don't get it. What did you do? Factory reset? Installed the stock?
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HELPPPPPP
nishantbhatia84 said:
I did that, no help! I think it's a hardware fault. Thanks anyway!
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PLZ, tell me!! If I do the factory reset is it gonna remove CWM, and all stuff i have installed?

You said you downloaded your ROM from here, but you didn't say which one. There was at least one (Koush's) that was an image of the stock ROM, taken from the OTA update that went out to the phones given out at Google I/O. If you have that ROM (and the corresponding radio), you can just use CWM to install the OTA update. I know this works because I did it myself.
If you really have one of the custom ROMs, your only choice is to return to stock if you want the official OTA. And yes, this will remove CWM and wipe your entire phone (including anything in /sdcard)... so backup anything you want to keep before you try this. See efrant's excellent guide here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1626895

ok
phazerorg said:
You said you downloaded your ROM from here, but you didn't say which one. There was at least one (Koush's) that was an image of the stock ROM, taken from the OTA update that went out to the phones given out at Google I/O. If you have that ROM (and the corresponding radio), you can just use CWM to install the OTA update. I know this works because I did it myself.
If you really have one of the custom ROMs, your only choice is to return to stock if you want the official OTA. And yes, this will remove CWM and wipe your entire phone (including anything in /sdcard)... so backup anything you want to keep before you try this. See efrant's excellent guide here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1626895
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Sorry man, I know i am not giving a lot of information, but that's cause i really don't know. I did a random "how to update your galaxy nexus to 4.1" tutorial, and i don't even remember where...... I just know the links i download were from here.
So what i am going to do:
1: Factory data reset
2: I think it's going back to ICS
3: Just do the normal system update that should just pop up.
My only fear is if the phone does not ask for update.

If you restore to stock using efrant's guide, it will be ICS since Google has not yet posted Jelly Bean firmware images. If you don't get the OTA notification or don't want to wait for it, you can just download and apply it manually (see here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1419170)

Factory reset factory reset
phazerorg said:
If you restore to stock using efrant's guide, it will be ICS since Google has not yet posted Jelly Bean firmware images. If you don't get the OTA notification or don't want to wait for it, you can just download and apply it manually (see here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1419170)
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I want to restore it VIA FACTORY RESET. Cant i?

Jpcsilva said:
I want to restore it VIA FACTORY RESET. Cant i?
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No, that will just wipe data. You'll have a clean phone, but with the same ROM you currently have. The phone doesn't keep a copy of the stock firmware hidden away or anything like that. Efrant's guide is the proper way to restore everything back to stock.

Update question, jelly bean

I currently on ics stock phone but rooted so I can delete bloat. I am currently downloading jelly bean from samsungs website. http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=SGH-T999 . I don't want to brick my phone or anything and I am not sure about how to go about this. What is the best way to go about this? Can I just simply open odin and load jelly bean in there and install? How should I go about this? Thanks in advance.

Also when I get jelly bean on will my cwm files work or do I need to wait for a new version to come out?

Flash the stock rooted version:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1991255
Otherwise you'll need to flash back to stock. Then update
You can't update with a custom recovery like cwm.
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I think thats already what I got. I don't have any custom roms or anything. Just stock with root for my current setup. 4.0.4. Can I just upgrade straight to jelly bean then without wiping my data?

In your second post you mention your cwm files. Do you have a custom recovery?
How did you root might be a better question?
Just rooted you can update, but will probably lose root
If you have clockwork (cwm) or twrp recovery the update won't flash
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The way I rooted was using the method zedomax posted. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1735561
I did find an article that I think is the answer im looking for. Right now I got odin putting the stock out of the box software back on.

How did you get Odin to do that? I have CWM installed and everytime I reboot the phone (Home, Vol Up, Power) CWM comes up but Odin doesn't recognized the phone as being connected. It will only recognize my phone when it's booted normally into Android.

All I did was follow the steps in the 2nd link I posted. It worked and I just did an update through the settings menu.

Chicago281 said:
How did you get Odin to do that? I have CWM installed and everytime I reboot the phone (Home, Vol Up, Power) CWM comes up but Odin doesn't recognized the phone as being connected. It will only recognize my phone when it's booted normally into Android.
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u need boot to Download mode not Rocovery mode.
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Thanks. I really feel like a noob!

Chicago281 said:
Thanks. I really feel like a noob!
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You get everything going? I'm on jelly bean now so happy to help out if I can.

Chicago281 said:
Thanks. I really feel like a noob!
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Now just gotta wait for root so I can get rid of these t-mobile programs.

Michowski said:
Now just gotta wait for root so I can get rid of these t-mobile programs.
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Just fyi, any previous root methods will still work
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DocHoliday77 said:
Just fyi, any previous root methods will still work
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So I can do the same thing over as I did the first time? I followed zedomax's video first time around, all the same files will still work on JB? Heres his link, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJss1_dZZeY

Indeed
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Michowski said:
So I can do the same thing over as I did the first time? I followed zedomax's video first time around, all the same files will still work on JB? Heres his link, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJss1_dZZeY
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It should, though I would recommend a different way.
You can get the root66 firmware from the FW thread linked in my sig. Its just the stock fw, but prerooted.
Flash it via odin and youre done!
If you dont want to mess with the fw you can use the method you posted, but id get up to date files first.
I havent watched it in some time but I think you can get most of what you need from the fw thread, post 2. If you need help finding something else just let us know.
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DocHoliday77 said:
It should, though I would recommend a different way.
You can get the root66 firmware from the FW thread linked in my sig. Its just the stock fw, but prerooted.
Flash it via odin and youre done!
If you dont want to mess with the fw you can use the method you posted, but id get up to date files first.
I havent watched it in some time but I think you can get most of what you need from the fw thread, post 2. If you need help finding something else just let us know.
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Im gonna download your file and give it a go. Thank you for your replies, much appreciated.

Michowski said:
Im gonna download your file and give it a go. Thank you for your replies, much appreciated.
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Is there any way to find official JB file that came out today? I dont want to download leaked or unofficial versions.
Thank you!

labrea said:
Is there any way to find official JB file that came out today? I dont want to download leaked or unofficial versions.
Thank you!
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I downloaded mine here, http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=SGH-T999

Michowski said:
I downloaded mine here, http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=SGH-T999
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I guess official JB update released today but your website shows 20.10.2012. is it going to be same firmware as tmobile released today?

[Q] My Nexus is stuck in 4.1.2 stock

Hey All,
Just got a friends Nexus and it was last used with 4.1.2 jellybean, I tried updating via OTA in settings but there is no update there and says my phone is up to date. I'd like at least 4.2.2 although 4.3 would do well
I've tried using methods of clearing data from the Google framework but that did not work.
Also I have only just installed everything i want on it as i had to factory reset.
Any help?
Thanks in advance

Hunglikeagecko said:
Hey All,
Just got a friends Nexus and it was last used with 4.1.2 jellybean, I tried updating via OTA in settings but there is no update there and says my phone is up to date. I'd like at least 4.2.2 although 4.3 would do well
I've tried using methods of clearing data from the Google framework but that did not work.
Also I have only just installed everything i want on it as i had to factory reset.
Any help?
Thanks in advance
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Which nexus do you have? There are several variants.

How would it find that out?
I'm not this bad with technology but am new to this device aha
Thanks for your help
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus

Hunglikeagecko said:
How would it find that out?
I'm not this bad with technology but am new to this device aha
Thanks for your help
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
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Which carrier is it for?

DR3W5K1 said:
Which carrier is it for?
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Its unlocked, Australian. That's all I know, in the about phone section of the settings it says the model is Galaxy Nexus.

Hunglikeagecko said:
Its unlocked, Australian. That's all I know, in the about phone section of the settings it says the model is Galaxy Nexus.
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LOL OKAY... Well you have a GSM model since the phone is outside of US.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-nexus/general/ref-official-google-ota-update-urls-t1419170
Try this ^ guide.
BTW your device is a maguro just so you know.

DR3W5K1 said:
LOL OKAY... Well you have a GSM model since the phone is outside of US.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-nexus/general/ref-official-google-ota-update-urls-t1419170
Try this ^ guide.
BTW your device is a maguro just so you know.
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On that guide there are many code names for different devices, which one do you think that mine would be?
Thank you so much for your help!

CWM->restore = vuole , mmm you have CWM don't you?
Išsiųsta naudojantis Galaxy Nexus Tapatalk 4 Lt

Hunglikeagecko said:
On that guide there are many code names for different devices, which one do you think that mine would be?
Thank you so much for your help!
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Maguro

Search on google for nexus factory images and download adequate for your gnex and flash of course
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remabrate1 said:
Search on google for nexus factory images and download adequate for your gnex and flash of course
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With fastboot. No toolkits of course.
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and to add to this, to find all relevant info on your build I believe you can find it in bottom left when you boot into fastboot/bootloader
which is done by holding both volume buttons and power button down all at the same time

I'm not this bad with technology but am new to this device aha

I think I may have screwed up pretty majorly,
I rooted and installed cwm as usual and tried flashing updates but that didn't work
Then I decided that I would install a custom ROM on it which I wasn't going to, so now I'm stuck as I wiped data and tried flashing both pa and slim but both failed, I assume this is because of an older version of cwm which was used because it was needed to flash the updates.
So now I am stuck without an os and when I boot it just goes through the Google logo twice then goes to cwm.
What is suggested for these situations aha? Thanks

Hunglikeagecko said:
I think I may have screwed up pretty majorly,
I rooted and installed cwm as usual and tried flashing updates but that didn't work
Then I decided that I would install a custom ROM on it which I wasn't going to, so now I'm stuck as I wiped data and tried flashing both pa and slim but both failed, I assume this is because of an older version of cwm which was used because it was needed to flash the updates.
So now I am stuck without an os and when I boot it just goes through the Google logo twice then goes to cwm.
What is suggested for these situations aha? Thanks
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Just use adb sideload. Saved my ass a couple of times too.

Thanks but I found a really good method on XDA because I believe it was soft bricked. I used Odin to flash stock 4.2.2 and that got rid of root and custom recovery. Once that was done I then updated to 4.3 in the settings via ota
Thank you for all you help
I have no idea about any of this adb sideload stuff so I'll learn about it before I screw up next time aha