Will unlocked/rooted cell get ICS 4.0.5 OTA update?

**bagarwa** · 03-28-2012, 10:12 PM

So, we've been hearing the news that Verizon is gonna start beaming ICS 4.0.5 update in April. What I'm wondering is whether my cell will be able to / allowed to receive it?

Here are my cell's config -

Verizon LTE Galaxy Nexus
Android 4.0.4 (The one leaked earlier)
Baseband version - I515.10 V.FA02 / I515.FA02
Kernel - 3.0.21-franco.Kernel-nightly-17.2
Build number - IMM30B

It's unlocked and rooted [duh]. Will it receive the ICS 4.0.5 OTA update?

Thanks.

**Andrew Ruffolo** · 03-28-2012, 11:23 PM

Do you have the stock recovery or did you flash a custom recovery like CWM
If you did the latter, then it may download, but will fail to install.

**bagarwa** · 03-29-2012, 12:56 AM

I have the CWM 5.5.0.4
So, once you install CWM, you can not install OTA updates.....? How are such people gonna get their OS updated? Only AOKP & MIUI & CM9 etc...?

Sorry if my questions are dumb. Newbie alert....

**cdmta** · 03-29-2012, 01:36 AM

^I believe you need to have the stock recovery to accept an ota. So going back to stock would work. Or waiting for an ota zip would be the next option.

**Andrew Ruffolo** · 03-29-2012, 02:44 AM

Correct.
You can flash the stock recovery. You can do all the ROMing you want with the stock recovery. You can boot into clockwork mod without flashing it using adb tools. No need for root, just unlocked bootloader.

**oxymoron** · 03-29-2012, 06:13 AM

Originally Posted by Andrew Ruffolo

Correct.
You can flash the stock recovery. You can do all the ROMing you want with the stock recovery. You can boot into clockwork mod without flashing it using adb tools. No need for root, just unlocked bootloader.

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**min_is_3** · 03-29-2012, 03:20 PM

Where can I get the stock recovery for my Verizon nexus? And do I just install it using ROM manager?

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**min_is_3** · 03-29-2012, 03:21 PM

Originally Posted by cdmta

^I believe you need to have the stock recovery to accept an ota. So going back to stock would work. Or waiting for an ota zip would be the next option.

If I wait for the ota zip, I would need to wipe data and cache when installing, correct?

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**Andrew Ruffolo** · 03-30-2012, 07:03 PM

Originally Posted by min_is_3

Where can I get the stock recovery for my Verizon nexus? And do I just install it using ROM manager?

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You can get them in this thread:
http://forums.androidcentral.com/ver...axy-nexus.html

Its in the factory images provided by google. You can then use adb and fastboot to flash it to your device. You cannot flash it by sticking it on your phone and using clockwork mod.