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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
lmao this is asinine. When was it ever

promised

that you'll get the updates first, and when did Verizon ever say anything of the sort? You act like the contract you signed for the phone stipulated that you'll get updates first.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Smokeey:
I understand giving up the phone/contract because it doesn't get upgraded to Android 5.0, but over such a tiny update? No. You people are just not picking again. You're trying to find someone to blame, because you can't type "fastboot OEM unlock". Get over yourselves. The only reason YOU aren't running Android 4.0.4 is because YOU chose not to do something so simple. Please, stop cluttering these forums with your useless complaints so I can stop cluttering these threads with my useless complaints about your useless complaints.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DirgeExtinction:
4.0.4 is desired because of the bugs it fixes from 4.0.2.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] TiltedAz:
I think many want don't the risk or aren't interested in doing their own software updates. It's ok for them to vent.

Unfortunately, in the end Verizon is using the planned obsolescence business model. Fortunately consumers always have choices.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] efrant:
I agree.

I also agree, BUT, it probably better to vent on some end-user site, or a Verizon site, NOT on a developer site, no?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] TiltedAz:
Software updates fix hardware issues all the time. And while they're at it they fix known software bugs. The trick is to do it without introducing another software bug.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] oldblue910:
This. I'm one of those who keeps my phone stock. Once I figured out how to flash custom stuff, my curiosity was satisfied and now I stay stock. It annoys the crap out of me how the updates keep getting delayed, but I also know it will probably fall on deaf ears on XDA because it's a developer site. Time and place. And I'm annoyed twice over because I have a Verizon Xoom that is still on Honeycomb while the WiFi-only version has had ICS since January. haha
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ATnTdude:
True, which is the only reason why 4.0.4 is so desirable: 4.0.2 sucked hard. Having said that, there is not one, but two leaked Google builds to flash. Since this is a dev site, you (the literary "you", not anyone specifically) need to shut up and flash them. Otherwise, people need to go somewhere else to b*tch about Verizon.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ckoadiyn:
Doesn't vzw have a forum like sprint? If not that's a fail
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] adrynalyne:
Unless they are new Verizon users, they should have known what they were getting into before they got the device.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] adrynalyne:
Yes it does.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bigknowz:
Update an Unrooted Verizon Galaxy Nexus with a Locked Bootloader to 4.0.4/IMM30B

Did the upgrade today, thanks to oldblue910. I would add a couple of steps:

1. You might need this Samsung USB driver for ADB to see the phone:

2. Backup using the GNex Toolkit

3. IMM76K file is bigger than 30mb, don't get spooked about the video mentioning a file size of 30MB.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] KneeDragr:
Common man, stop lying. Verizon knows just like I know that you will not take your biz anywhere. Everyone of you guys who is making threats like this has been making them over and over again, but you will never leave. They have the best network by far, really everybody else sucks so bad network wise that its not even a comparison. As much as you hate Verizon for their policies, you would hate the other carriers 10x more for their crappy or non-existent reception.

And another thing. Verizon will probably NEVER release 4.04 OTA. The reason all this stuff is leaked is for the enthusiasts, and the developers using the phone. 99.9% of the GNex userbase does not know what 4.04 is or even cares. They are leaking these builds to make you guys happy, so root your phone and update, or accept your phone as is.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] adrynalyne:
Wanna make a wager they will?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] oldblue910:
Uhhhh...yeah because Samsung and Google will invest time and money writing code that they know will never be released. :rolleyes:

This is most definitely in the top 10 most ridiculous posts I've ever read on XDA. Nothing to see here folks, move along.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] theneighbor:
This is a terrible rant. Verizon WILL release the update when Verizon chooses to release the update. Anyone who has been with Verizon knows they drag their feet on releasing OTAs. This is nothing new folks. How many times do you want to beat this issue to death? What you get back for lack of software updates is a reliable network. Other carriers are forced to keep their customers happy by keeping software "up to date" in order to make up for poor network. Chances are if you are on XDA posting anything you probably already have a rooted phone with custom software with all of the latest and greatest fixes. What the hell do you care?

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Oh and btw 4.0.4 was released months ago and made available to the public. If you chose to chill on 4.0.2, that's not Verizon's fault. And to those with the argument "well it voids my warranty if I unlook the bootloader" save it. You can just as easily put your phone back to stock without your carrier knowing, I've sent phones back that were flashed to deatch and reverted back to stock and never got charged once. You should go over to the Droid Bionic forums and look at the complaints regarding locked bootloaders. THAT is a legitimate complaint.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] SilentO:
Post needs to be rename to 4.0.4 unless someone has actually received the update over the air.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jimmyhook:
Hmmmm....

I have to agree that Verizon probably will not release this update OTA. The Rep I talked to had a company email with an update schedule in front of her, she read off the list, and said GNex wasn't on it. I know that may not mean anything, but I am going to assume that they are concentrating their testing efforts on other phones they are promoting now, and we are more likely to see Jelly Bean OTA in the fall than another update sooner.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Smokeey:
It's funny because Verizon isn't the one releasing the update, Google is. Verizon just has to say when. We already know the update is on Google's servers. Likely, 4.0.4 WON'T be OTA'd. We'll probably end up getting a newer, much larger, update. (My guess is Google I/O in 3 weeks) It's starting to seem like maybe Verizon shrugged off 4.0.4 because it was such a small update. Obviously, Google didn't, but still, they need the expressed permission of Verizon (probably) to push the OTA over their network.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] adrynalyne:
So you think that they were wasting money on testing for no reason?

How loony are you?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Smokeey:
How do we know they've been testing it? How credible do you really think some customer service rep is?

Verizon may/may not be delaying this, but regardless people *****ing and complaining about such a small update is quite ridiculous.

Now that I think of it, so am I. I'm just feeding the trolls.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] sbrownla:
Totally agree with paragraph 1 but if you go into any Verizon store and check the version running on their in-store models, they are ALL running 4.0.4. I asked the representative why this was and she said they are rolling it out to in-store devices first ... :what:

Which is fine but why then is it that NO ONE appears to have received it outside of the stores? I think I will be heading back in there to follow up.

How can they sell these things to new customers with software on them that isn't even close to what you get if you buy it? Sounds like they need to be called out.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] fix-this!:
im still hoping they give us new radios and maybe android 4.0.5. i mean we have to be getting a ota before the rezound gets their ics upgrade. :confused:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] adrynalyne:
I know others that are far above the food chain than customer reps/tech support. I trust those sources.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jimmyhook:
You know high up Verizon employees? Could you ask when it will roll out, how the rollout is determined (what users in what order), what precisely in this 4.0.4 build Needs further testing, how those tests are conducted, and finally how many people at Verizon work on testing this update and in which areas of the US are they in?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] adrynalyne:
Higher up than customer reps, but not top of the foodchain types.

I've asked. While they can see things are being tested, they cannot give me any etas at all. I also don't have any information on how they rollout and what they test. I don't want to mislead anyone that I have insider info. I just know that they are testing and that IMM74K doesn't have appeared to fail (yet).
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] slimb9:
First off i have been following xda since i got my droid inc two years ago and want to say thanks to all the developers. i recently just signed up for a account since i got a vz nexus.

Anyway i definitely had certain expectations that verizon obviously hasnt met with the nexus. I rooted my incredible and never looked back. The phone was a 1000 times better with every rom i tried then being stock. But since it was a nexus i wanted to stay stock and receive updates just to not have to deal with flashing, reloading apps, etc.

My phone was stable but definitely had some issues with incoming/outgoing calls, including high pitched noises when answering calls resulting in hanging up and calling the person back. Got impatient and decided to follow the instructions for installing the new 4.0.4 update using mempodroid... was pretty straight forward once setting up adb and all.

here is what i have observed since last night after updating:

-signal seems a little better(i live in north lake tahoe, california) at my house which is 3g and has pretty weak signal as is.

-tahoe city, the town near where i live, was recently updated with 4g service. today went in town switched to lte/cdma and the transition was much faster then before.

-phone overall feels a bit faster including home screen transitions and keyboard transition from portrait to landscape

-didnt plug in phone over night, seemed like the battery drained a little faster than normal(i think the phone stayed awake more, not sure why) but nothing significant.

anyway, regarding all the complaints about verizon, it seems like if anyone really hated them that much they would just switch carriers. obviously there is a reason we have verizon (good coverage is probably on the top of the list if the only thing). we are customers and we have choices. Overall, i think this is the best phone i have ever had even with the issues that came with it out of the box.

Thanks again to the developers and hope some of the phone observations help anyone thinking about updating.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] zerocool79346:
This place is almost as annoying as AF now.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] adrynalyne:
Is it a coincidence that you were in both places when they became annoying?

Hmmm....
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] SilentO:
So where is the update over the air? had anyone received it yet?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] 3devious:
BWAHAHA! If you were just a little more evil, this place would be almost as fun as AF but actually much more helpful.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Smokeey:
The funny part is that XDA isn't a support site. Yet people act as if XDA is a customer support hotline of some sort.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] zerocool79346:
Considering the number of posts of yours which are nothing more than childish cut downs, I'd say it's more a coincidence that you were.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] adrynalyne:
Ooooo, burn!

Let me guess, you didn't think your own posts were childish?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jimmyhook:
So I can summarize this entire thread by saying nobody knows if or when the update will happen, Verizon is the responsible party, if you don't want to wait you might as well root and update manually, and beyond that there is zero new information to even justify this thread's existence. Awesome.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Dnepr_ua:
I was trying to update using mempodroid but i cannot push update.zip to my phone it says cannot stat update.zip no such file or directory

i put everything in one folder adb mempodroid and update.zip but still same thing i can push mempodroid but not update.zip

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But when i am unzip update.zip adb finds it and pushes but not folder it pushes all files from folder

and then when i do cat > update.zip /cache/update.zip it says invalid file length update.zip
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] fix-this!:
THIS... 100%.

im not sure what the deal is here with verizon nor what their game plan is. for a nexus device they dropped the ball with this one. by the time we do get any ota the gs3 will be out.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] slimb9:
name the update file "update" not update.zip since .zip is redundant
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] efrant:
Not sure what procedure you are following, but to copy using cat is not the way are are saying.

If you want to copy a file using cat called update.zip to /cache, then the command is:

cat /sdcard/update.zip > /cache/

If you want to push a file called update.zip from your PC to your sdcard (assuming the update file and adb are in the same directory), the command is:

adb push update.zip /sdcard/

I spelled everything out in this thread.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Dork6243:
Wrong. Wrong. Wrong. Stop it already.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] slimb9:
efrant,

it sounds like he is running into the same problem i did. i just changed the zip folder name to "update" and everything worked out
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Dnepr_ua:
ok i just named update without zip and it worked but now its says failed copy update to /cache/update permission denied
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] slimb9:
hey pm me and i will help you out
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] NTolerance:
In spite of all the Verizon nonsense, we should be grateful that Google keeps putting up these updates, and that the XDA community gives us instructions on how to install them.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] KneeDragr:
Listen man, I dont really care. I just saw this thread and see all the childish posts about how these fools are going to leave Verizon because they arent getting their little update quickly enough.

Fine then leave and stop crying like a little whiny girl.

These are the same crybabies that were 'going to leave Verizon' when they didnt release the phone quick enough, and were 'going to leave' when Verizon released the phone with problems. Give me a break. Root it and update if its that important.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dco717:
Cool story bro^...people are mad because this is a Google device that hasn't been updated and has issues and its been out since December. You say root well not everyone wants to root they rather have a phone with the newest software and issues fixed asap but Verizon seems to be stopping that from happening
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] sbrownla:
I challenge you to post a picture showing a corporate store model with 4.0.2.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] pdiggitydogg:
Reliable network? Reliable my foot. I spent 10 years on att and in that time I can recall 3 true data outages. Since switching to verizon there have been at least three in as few as 6 months. I have worse coverage indoors and only mildly better out. Yes, I will say their costomer service far exceeds att's' but at the end of the day smiles do not get me a phone that is as functional as the gsm counterpart.

Radios are what this phone needs, not android updates. Needs being the operative word.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] adrynalyne:
Oh?

And I suppose telephony updates are irrelevant?

--They go hand in hand with radio updates.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] MMcCraryNJ:
Verizon has just approved the update for OTA. Support docs have been updated. 4.0.4 should be rolling out in the next couple of days.

http://support.verizonwireless.com/pdf/system_update/samsung_galaxy_nexus.pdf

http://www.droid-life.com/2012/05/2...n-and-ready-to-rollout-no-this-is-not-a-joke/
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] adrynalyne:
Not very awe-inspiring release notes. Not that it is a shock, most of it is more technical than most users want to know or understand.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] MMcCraryNJ:
I imagine they just took some of the common complaints that the update addresses and threw them together real quickly. I remember JBQ mentioning that 4.0.3/4.0.4 has a copious amount of bug fixes and other optimizations, maybe a few hundred?

Although "Successfully turn on Wi-Fi using the Power Control widget." isn't an issue I was aware lots of people were having. The power control widget works just fine for me. *shrugs*
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Smokeey:
Now people are going to ***** about 4.0.4 not being what they expected. WILL IT EVER END?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] MMcCraryNJ:
People will always find something to ***** over.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] oldblue910:
If anyone on IMM30B gets the update, please post the URL so I can update randomphantasmagoria.com...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
People like the

idea

of a new update more than

actual

updates.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] BDK323:
Ok now the dumb question my bootloader is unlocked and I'm rooted I have not done anything else to the phone. Will I still get the OTA I'm assuming yes and will it unroot with the update. AOKP is soon to be on my device

Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] adrynalyne:
Yes, if you leave aokp off it and modify nothing else.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] BDK323:
So that's a yes to the root question also? Do we have to wait for another root method? or just use the tool kit to re-root? Or just don't apply the update and wait for AOKP (this is the ROM I want to try first) to have another build with the new radios and what not already installed? I feel dumb asking these questions I'm not a total noob. I'm just not sure of the answers
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
If you use something like 'OTA root keeper', then you can update OTA and not lose root. If you're unrooted and take the update, it won't remove your ability to root (you don't need exploits to root a Nexus...). If you want, you can load a new ROM (like AOKP) that includes the new radios and fixes once they integrate them.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jimmyhook:
Am I mistaken or do most 4.0.4 roms already use this code (or portions)?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] adrynalyne:
AOSP isn't retail. So you will find proprietaries and possible Google Apps from this in custom roms, but they are mutually exclusive otherwise. Similar acting and performing, but there is a difference.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] 3devious:
I just care about reception. I get the impression from other posts that this won't help. What are my options, a bunch of CLNRs? At least I will be able to get Galaxy S3 junk on it. ;)

Edit: after installing a good ROM for that sort of thing.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Smokeey:
I've never had any reception issues though. Maybe its because I live in the LA Metropolitan area.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] oldblue910:
Awww yeah! We cool VZW GN owners now have the latest Android version available. Screw the GSM guys and their piddly IMM76I. That's so April. We got IMM76K. How you like us now, *****es?? ;)</sarcasm>
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rasengan82:
Trying to root getting Error Status 0...I tried using the latest official superuser cwm flashable zip from the site below. Do we need a different su.zip for the Verizon Galaxy Nexus on 4.0.4?

http://androidsu.com/superuser/
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] sbrownla:
I only have problems when I am in an area with 3G and 4g where the 4G is kind of weak. The boundary areas. And when the radio switches back and forth it just turns into no service at all. It is REALLY ANNOYING.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] efrant:
Try this one.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rasengan82:
Thanks! I was giving up so I tried SuperSU from ChainFire and that worked fine. I think I will give SuperSU a few weeks of testing to see how stable it is.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] boe:
You are right - how dare people mention an issue with bad radio or mic issues. If YOU are happy with your phone, others should be too, after all, only your opinion matters and the sooner other people realize it the better things will be for everyone.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] adrynalyne:
It is more and more looking like the mic issue is region related. I am not sure if the fault there lies with Verizon or Samsung. One thing is for sure: if it is a regional issue, it won't be fixed with any ota until they figure out the source of the problem.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Dork6243:
I don't believe I took the time to do this....
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] cancerouspete:
I'm calling conspiracy! I don't see a corporate verizon store anywhere in that photo!! :eek:

(and are we talking store-store, or like, aftermarket verizon store)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] spencer88:
In the support PDF from Verizon it *appears* to have the one way audio bug on the list of fixes. Here's hoping.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Juggernaut79:
I'm still having the mic issue after manually updating OTA image.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] spencer88:
That's unfortunate. When the OTA gets pushed, I'm flashing the stock image and actually doing the OTA and test it out for my own satisfaction.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Dan76:
The exact wording from the VZW announcement is:

"Complete calls without experiencing choppy audio, clicking noises and one-way audio noises"

...no mention of the one-way audio drop. We'll have to wait and see though... I'm still really hoping they've added a fix that isn't in the earlier leak that helps all of us.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] adrynalyne:
Nah. They loosely worded it. I think it has to do more with the screeches, pops etc. when starting a call (in which it did fix it for me). Time will tell, but I think folks have already tested IMM76K and found it to not have alleviated the mic issue.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] fix-this!:
anybody know if the upcoming ota will have different radios?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] oldblue910:
This OTA is the exact same one that was first pushed to corporate devices on May 1. It has the FC04 CDMA radio and the FC05 LTE radio, just like the earlier leak. It's the exact same one.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] adrynalyne:
OTAs always contain radios.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] efrant:
Not always. E.g., the yakju IMM76I-from-IMM76D update did not.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] spencer88:
Well it does say "clicking noises" which is exactly what the person on the other end of my phone call hears when they can't hear my voice.

I'm hoping it fixes it but I can't get my hopes up :(
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] adrynalyne:
Well yeah, thats because it was an APN and kernel update.

I guess I should have said, all

major

otas contain radio updates :D
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] copkay:
I will say one thing that is VASTLY improved from 4.0.2 to 4.0.4 is scrolling performance. I've had to go back and forth between the two a bit recently (sending it back for a warranty replacement) and 4.0.2 is laughably bad at scrolling through certain lists compared to 4.0.4.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] fix-this!:
different radios from the earlier leak i meant. for alot of people they did not help what so ever.

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how do you know this for a fact? i see no concrete info that states this will be the exact same build as the leak. all i see is a 4.0.4 update will roll out.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] adrynalyne:
It went back up on the ota server. The MD5 matches. I'd say thats pretty compelling evidence.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] spencer88:
Off topic question:

Does anybody have the factory image for The Verizon Galaxy Nexus 4.0.1 ITL41D?

May sound like a dumb question but I've decided to keep a personal collection for all of these Nexus updates :p
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] fix-this!:
not good for alot of people then. :(

i love the roms and openness but as a phone the nexus sucks at least for me.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] adrynalyne:
I may at home.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] spencer88:
If you would be so kind and please take a quick look for me? :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] emcd4:
How do we know that this is this the same server version that Verizon will push out?