CGFebTSX04

That link seems to be coming from the official Google servers. You shouldn't root to install that. Just put it on your SD Card and flash with recovery.

Instructions:

http://www.androidcentral.com/how-ma...medium=twitter

CGFebTSX04

Looks like Android 4.0.3 will be the main code that devs should be using:

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!ms...k/uwePxLFEONcJ

civicdrivr

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I want to flash it soooo bad. The reviews so far - it's "100x" faster then any other ICS based rom

Also - Koush already loaded it to Rom Manager.

civicdrivr

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Looks like I can keep root

First, flash GRK39F, then root, then flash ICS

(Im just a bit excited)

CGFebTSX04

Awesome! Can't wait to try it out on the Galaxy S when they make it available. Its like an early xmas gift for Android users. lol. Damn Verizon holding up the fun for everyone.

speedemon90

I'm trying it keeps saying no update!! Goolge needs to realize who their real fans are!! Give me the update!!

civicdrivr

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You can still flash it:

This, of course, is assuming you have a 9020T, the TMo version. The 9020A wont work properly.

speedemon90

http://www.androidcentral.com/how-ma...cream-sandwich

i'm doing this now!!

CGFebTSX04

You have to manually download it or wait. Google sends out updates by IMEI number so they don't overload the servers sending out corrupted update files. Would end up in a lot of bricked phones. You can keep pressing check update but it won't do anything until they send a green light on their end.

CGFebTSX04

People are saying Google removed Face Unlock on the Nexus S? I'm sure the APK from the Galaxy Nexus should work fine though.

speedemon90

omg omg its transferring!! I feel like a little kid during christmas right now!!

speedemon90

front camera might not be good enough? We have VGA only, its cool though

CGFebTSX04

Well it worked in the alpha builds. Maybe they want to keep it an exclusive for the Galaxy Nexus for now. Not that it matters to XDA. lol.

speedemon90

haha yea, I may root my phone again when stable builds come out which should be soon now that the official ICS is released.

Its updating!!!!! I didnt know we had a way to install zips from sdcard without having Clockwork recovery, cool!

civicdrivr

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According to some on the NS side, it didnt, at least on Alpha 11. I had Alpha 13 up and running the other day but didnt try face unlock, so Im not sure.

For those on here with a rooted Nexus S - Flash back to stock 2.3.6, flash the new ICS package, then you can root just as you would with Gingerbread.

Whats killing me right now is Im waiting for someone to call me, so I need my phone for the next hour or two. But I have everything downloaded and ready to go once I get that phone call

civicdrivr

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There are ICS kernels out there already, Im just not sure if they will work with the official ICS rom. Im sure there will be an answer to that tonight. Ill also post up later if I have success with root.

speedemon90

Its here!!!!!!

and since i never had the custom ROM this is my first exposure to ICS!

The boot screeen is awesome still waiting!!

CGFebTSX04

As long as its a signed zip you can flash with the stock recovery. CWM allows flashing of unsigned zips which is what most of the custom ROMs are.


Hmm...It worked on the Galaxy S. It was hit or miss due to the wrong aspect ratio of the alpha builds. I even got it to unlock with a picture. lol. Its not a big deal though. I don't even use it on my Nexus.

speedemon90

i'm hungry lol optimizing applications now! Sorry for the play by play but I got no where else to show excitement especially since i cant text

CGFebTSX04

Lol. I'm curious on how it performs since the Galaxy S will most likely be 90% the same (different camera module).

speedemon90

it has arrived

CGFebTSX04

Verdict? lol.


In other news, win a "Dude, you're a barista" shirt from Samsung:

https://twitter.com/#!/SamsungMobile...221696/photo/1

speedemon90

I'm like half playing with it half eating, but I love it right now! It lagged when it first turned on but thats it. So far all i've been in is settings and messaging app, but its soooo much cleaner. And no I didnt see a face unlock, unless its hidden somewhere.

Ohh yea i tried panorama mode! Thats really neat!!!

Will dive further into the phone as the day goes on

CGFebTSX04

Nice. Supercurio said that his OTA Root Keeper works for this ROM.

https://market.android.com/details?i....otarootkeeper

Might want to check it out for the people upgrading with root.

CCColtsicehockey

So my replacement phone showed up today and I got exactly what I was hoping for by not waiting to make my claim. I received an entirely new and unopened Galaxy Nexus and all the accessories. Best part is that the way Asurion work it only gave me a padded envelope big enough to send the phone back so I get to keep all the accessories and extra battery.

civicdrivr

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Ill be trying that. Ive been fucking with the phone for the past two hours.

I flashed back to 2.3.6 and then up to 4.0.3 without a problem. I wanted root, but ADB/Fastboot refused to talk to the phone in the bootloader (its worked all other times). USB debugging was selected too.

It kept giving me "error: unable to flash recovery" or something like that. Finally I found a site - www.nexusshacks.com - and downloaded their zip with all needed files. Finally that worked, I was able to flash the recovery. I flashed the SU binary that some people mentioned worked for them. The SuperUser app installed, I could still use SU through terminal, but the app wasnt talking to other apps that were requesting root access.

Come to find out, the people who swore up and down two hours ago that they retained root never actually tested that theory. They just saw the app and assumed they had root. So Im in the process of flashing back to my rooted 2.3.7 backup, downloading root keeper, and hoping that works. One person so far has said it does.

There was a rooted version of the rom floating around, but it was hosted on Dropbox and too many people downloaded it subsequently killing it. At some point throughout this, my sd got wiped. Good thing I did a backup, but its taking forever to copy back to the phone. It says there is an hour left and its been going for about 25 minutes so far. Its about 1.25gb of data

/rant

AMGala

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I have Root Explorer so I'll do as you suggested. Thanks again!

civicdrivr

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:banghead: I can't win for losing....

civicdrivr

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Ok, Im using this as a blog of sorts and I dont give a shit.

So my phone is trying to screw with me any which way it can.

I finally got all my stuff transferred back to my sd card. Tried restoring my old rom, status 7 error. Tried flashing the stock 2.3.6, status 7 error. No matter what I tried to flash, I got a status 7 error. I did some reading up on it and couldnt find anything regarding my specific situation, but I did decide to try a different recovery. The recovery that I was using was 5.0.2.0. I flashed down to 3.0.0.5, wiped, and flashed stock 2.3.6. Success! Its back up and running - albeit without root and all my apps.

Weird thing - thats the standard OTA update that I flashed, and yet when I boot my phone into recovery CWM sticks. I don't get the stock recovery at all

Anyway, Im going to leave it for tonight, reroot it in the morning and try root keeper and ICS, unless there is a rooted ICS rom out there already.

speedemon90

Is there any rooted ROM thats even good with ICS? Just stay stock? Or can you not because of that status 7 error?

CGFebTSX04

Error 7 is usually related to Recovery not being compatible with the ROM you're trying to flash. That's probably why it worked when you flashed a different CWM. Here's the instructions on how to update with root which is pretty much what I think you're trying to do:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...&postcount=770

DarkSithCL

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OMG...

so sorry to hear this!

DarkSithCL

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Spci816

Thanks for posting the discount code, I went ahead and ordered it. Got it last night and so far no complaints.
I'm on Tmobile


These are my speeds so far, even if not 10mbps it is enough for me.

CGFebTSX04

If you're having MMS issues, the fix can be found here:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...05&postcount=5

T-Mobile needs to do something on their end to recognize the Nexus phone as a smartphone instead of a dumbphone so that MMS are sent and received at the correct sizes.



Oh also, which baseband are you using? You can check in your Settings --> About Phone. The latest one for North America is KL1:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...&postcount=230

Flash the above using fastboot. Supposedly it improves speeds on data, wifi and call quality.

CGFebTSX04

One more tip for the people who are new to Android phones with a notification light. You can control the colors and the apps that can use the LED with some apps from the Market. The one I'm currently using is Light Flow and its pretty cusotmizable. Modaco's comes with Trackball Alert. For some reason, it worked for a few days and then stopped once it nagged me to upgrade to the full version.


https://market.android.com/details?i...Zmxvd2xpdGUiXQ..

https://market.android.com/details?i...mFsbEFsZXJ0Il0.


Both will need root and Trackball alert needs to patch the framework. Again, Modaco's ROMs come with Trackball Alert by default. If you don't feel like patching frameworks go with Light Flow. Still testing battery drain on Light Flow but so far so good. My battery also finally stabilized. I guess it helps not flashing kernels every day. lol. Its looking good now.

Spci816

I hadn't even realized the MMS issue, I'll try that fix you posted.

Baseband reads I9250XXKK1

CGFebTSX04

Yeah I rarely use MMS. Not sure why people still do actually since e-mail and other stuff is so prevalent and at a higher quality. Try the KL1 baseband. Some people are reporting faster data speeds with it.

CGFebTSX04

Verizon is selling the extended battery for $25 online. Not sure why the phone didn't come with this battery as it doesn't need a new back cover:


http://www.droid-life.com/2011/12/16...nwireless-com/


This won't work on the GSM version btw.

civicdrivr

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I couldn't do anything because of the status 7 error. ICS wouldnt boot and GB wouldnt flash. I downgraded the CWM recovery and flashed an OTA build and it finaly took.

CWM 5.0.2.0 is what I was using, I tried flashed OTA builds and CM7 builds and kept getting the status 7 error. I flashed down to CWM 3.0.0.5 and that worked. It was just a pain in the ass since I had to try and find it on my PC, and every damn recovery.img I have is named improperly (my fault)

And Root Keeper actually didnt work. Someone did post a new SU bin this morning that works with ICS, the shitty part is that it auto-allows. But for now I have rooted ICS I have all my apps back, and after about 20-30 minutes of ICS running its smoothed out tremendously. Its just as fast on the stock kernel as my oc'd CM7 rom.

I did turn the window and transmission animation scale down to .5x, having it set to defaults just seemed a bit sluggish. There is already one kernel available for the OTA ICS build, but Im waiting for francisco.franco to release his. I cant wait to get my Voodoo colors and sound back.

The browser does take a bit of getting used to. In one of the alpha builds I was running, a swipe up opened the address bar. Now I have to swipe from the right or left edge of the screen and use the thumb menu to get it.

The stock keyboard is very precise too. I also like the speech to text, it works well. I really wish they gave us T9 support in the dialer though, that way I didnt have to go into contacts. One of the alpha builds had it, so I kind of assumed it was a Google implementation, not a dev thing.