[slik6996]

that is incorrect...

OK another year or so then sorry for the confusion.

[slik6996]

Google needs to step in already and fix this. This is ridiculous we should have jelly bean already or at least some type of estimated ETA oh well we have a long long long ride to endure for those of us who don't root.

[steve dave]

Google needs to step in already and fix this. This is ridiculous we should have jelly bean already or at least some type of estimated ETA oh well we have a long long long ride to endure for those of us who don't root.

Google has shown they don't have the slightest interest in fixing what is easily the biggest problem with android in general.

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[booboolala2000]

In effect Google did step in. They gave us a Nexus on VZW. This will be the first phone on the network officially on Jelly Bean. It's still a Nexus. The update process can be drawn out, but that's what we pay $200 a month for. Doesn't seem like it will change in the foreseeable future. Love my GNex. It's rock solid. I wasn't going g to root for the first year anyway. I figure 18 mos, then I root and have a new phone.
It will be here before the end of August.
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[slik6996]

In effect Google did step in. They gave us a Nexus on VZW. This will be the first phone on the network officially on Jelly Bean. It's still a Nexus. The update process can be drawn out, but that's what we pay $200 a month for. Doesn't seem like it will change in the foreseeable future. Love my GNex. It's rock solid. I wasn't going g to root for the first year anyway. I figure 18 mos, then I root and have a new phone.
It will be here before the end of August.
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There is no way we see this update by the end of August.

[FishPharm]

I can understand the need to test things but isn't 6 weeks or more ridiculous when it comes to phone technology? The thing is, a Verizon Nexus is not a real nexus. I'm holding onto another upgrade with Verizon but I will wait to see what plays out with the next Google phone. I'm seriously considering dropping Verizon because of this.

[JET4]

My guess is Wednesday Aug. 16, 2012 at 3:15 pm EST

[RobUM2011]

August 16 is a Thursday

[ultravisitor]

In effect Google did step in. They gave us a Nexus on VZW. This will be the first phone on the network officially on Jelly Bean. It's still a Nexus. The update process can be drawn out, but that's what we pay $200 a month for.

$200 per month? Good grief. I pay nowhere near that.

[JET4]

My guess is Wednesday Aug. 16, 2012 at 3:15 pm EST

I quess I can't read a calender to good

[carter17]

I bet the official ota will be a while. went heading rooted my phone and downloaded a jelly bean rom got to say its like another phone so smooth and I like the Google search no more waiting for me plus I'm sure I'll get more support from the developers then I will from Verizon

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[dmmarck]

I believe it's testing now so it can't be that much longer.

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[Droidintorrance]

Guys.. seriously.. if I can root anyone else can..

I give very reasonable expectations, if you have time to post here you guys can do it.. F.. VZ and stop waiting... your life is on hold..!


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[carter17]

Guys.. seriously.. if I can root anyone else can..

I give very reasonable expectations, if you have time to post here you guys can do it.. F.. VZ and stop waiting... your life is on hold..!


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That's what I'm saying I'm done with waiting on vzw the official builds are not as stable as what u will get with loading your own Roms it takes all of three minutes to unlock the bootloader and root the phone then if your lazy just get ROM manager from the play store and click a few buttons and ur good to go

[draftpeppin]

I'm sure those instructions work great if you understand some of the concepts involved already. But I read things like ROM, ROM manager, recovery, root, and go cross-eyed. I tinker on Windows-based computers a lot, but I've learned it gradually over the years, usually testing ideas on old used computers. I do not want to mess up my only phone. Additionally, the instructions say to leave 2 to 3 hours. I generally don't have that much free time in one evening, nor do I want to be without phone call ability that long. Then there's all kinds of stuff about turning off 2 step authentication. I did not have to do that when I got the last OTA update from Verizon. Something is obviously still not completely perfected in this custom update process.

When someone comes up with a way that's as easy as Verizon's OTA update, which also maintains all my settings, app logins, home screen icon locations, 2 step authentication, etc., and does it in 20 minutes without having to read a long set of instructions and just involves a couple "hit next to continue" prompts, I'll think about it. Or, if someone puts together a youtube video with the entire process from scratch (none of this "go to my other video or article if you haven't done this part before"), I might try following along with that.

I paid good money for a phone under the impression that it would get updates quickly. But, like I said, my Nexus will probably still get JB before my tablet gets ICS.

[dphorgan2#AC]

Bugless Beast is running great. Google Now is neat. Franco's kernel is awesome with an overclock to 1.5Ghz with the GPU at 384Mhz instead of 304 with all that, a better battery life than ICS! Just root guys. The ROM I'm using was just updated on the 8th and the Kernel, yesterday. I wanted 6 months for Verizon to bring ICS to my RAZR. That's one of the reasons I picked up the Nexus, the easy rooting. There is a great write up in the rooting section just covering the VERIZON Nexus on how to root this. Its too easy to have to wait.

[Bnails21]

I'm sure those instructions work great if you understand some of the concepts involved already. But I read things like ROM, ROM manager, recovery, root, and go cross-eyed. I tinker on Windows-based computers a lot, but I've learned it gradually over the years, usually testing ideas on old used computers. I do not want to mess up my only phone. Additionally, the instructions say to leave 2 to 3 hours. I generally don't have that much free time in one evening, nor do I want to be without phone call ability that long. Then there's all kinds of stuff about turning off 2 step authentication. I did not have to do that when I got the last OTA update from Verizon. Something is obviously still not completely perfected in this custom update process.

When someone comes up with a way that's as easy as Verizon's OTA update, which also maintains all my settings, app logins, home screen icon locations, 2 step authentication, etc., and does it in 20 minutes without having to read a long set of instructions and just involves a couple "hit next to continue" prompts, I'll think about it. Or, if someone puts together a youtube video with the entire process from scratch (none of this "go to my other video or article if you haven't done this part before"), I might try following along with that.

I paid good money for a phone under the impression that it would get updates quickly. But, like I said, my Nexus will probably still get JB before my tablet gets ICS.

You said everything that I've been thinking.

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[dmmarck]

I'm sure those instructions work great if you understand some of the concepts involved already. But I read things like ROM, ROM manager, recovery, root, and go cross-eyed. I tinker on Windows-based computers a lot, but I've learned it gradually over the years, usually testing ideas on old used computers. I do not want to mess up my only phone. Additionally, the instructions say to leave 2 to 3 hours. I generally don't have that much free time in one evening, nor do I want to be without phone call ability that long. Then there's all kinds of stuff about turning off 2 step authentication. I did not have to do that when I got the last OTA update from Verizon. Something is obviously still not completely perfected in this custom update process.

When someone comes up with a way that's as easy as Verizon's OTA update, which also maintains all my settings, app logins, home screen icon locations, 2 step authentication, etc., and does it in 20 minutes without having to read a long set of instructions and just involves a couple "hit next to continue" prompts, I'll think about it. Or, if someone puts together a youtube video with the entire process from scratch (none of this "go to my other video or article if you haven't done this part before"), I might try following along with that.

I paid good money for a phone under the impression that it would get updates quickly. But, like I said, my Nexus will probably still get JB before my tablet gets ICS.

FWIW, my Don't Panic guide explains all of those concepts.

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[Droidintorrance]

I'm sure those instructions work great if you understand some of the concepts involved already. But I read things like ROM, ROM manager, recovery, root, and go cross-eyed. I tinker on Windows-based computers a lot, but I've learned it gradually over the years, usually testing ideas on old used computers. I do not want to mess up my only phone. Additionally, the instructions say to leave 2 to 3 hours. I generally don't have that much free time in one evening, nor do I want to be without phone call ability that long. Then there's all kinds of stuff about turning off 2 step authentication. I did not have to do that when I got the last OTA update from Verizon. Something is obviously still not completely perfected in this custom update process.

When someone comes up with a way that's as easy as Verizon's OTA update, which also maintains all my settings, app logins, home screen icon locations, 2 step authentication, etc., and does it in 20 minutes without having to read a long set of instructions and just involves a couple "hit next to continue" prompts, I'll think about it. Or, if someone puts together a youtube video with the entire process from scratch (none of this "go to my other video or article if you haven't done this part before"), I might try following along with that.

I paid good money for a phone under the impression that it would get updates quickly. But, like I said, my Nexus will probably still get JB before my tablet gets ICS.

Draft... thanks for the response.. I'm sure a lot of you feel exactly the same way; I TOTALLY know what you mean, and how you feel. That is partly one of the reasons why I wrote what I wrote.

I honestly still don't know some of these crack-flashers here, keep jobs and maintain relationships with the amount of time their phones are down... ;-)

But with most things in life, it's your call and your priorities. Like I said in my guide, I'm being overly cautious and ultra-conservative; but even a busy guy like me can do it, I know for sure you can too.

But, it comes down to this, and only you can answer this for yourself. How much of an Android fan are you? For most of us, we are Android nuts. Granted, I don't have much outside of my family and work, as far as interests, hobbies and such, so the phone is currently my obsession and hobby.

I don't know what you are into; like sports, real-estate, tv shows, movies, cars, alcohol or other "things" guys are into these days, but for a lot of us here, a huge part of it revolves around Android; it's our connection point, it's how we relate to one another, it's what we think about, and it's what we are into.

Now certainly everyone here in the Hack section are in different degrees of obsession, some flash everyday, other like myself at most once a week. So again, you see how this might fit into your life.

Now, with ever interest; you have to weight the costs & benefits of pursuing this. I'm not going to hide the fact, you mention a lot of the costs here, it is a freaken pain in the ***. Yes OTA are much easier, but I can guarantee you are going to wait, indefinably. And it's not just JB but the next update and the next.

And for us Android fanatics, that is simply not acceptable. It's not Google's fault, but VZs alone, here...

So, what are the benefits...? Well, there are plenty; but the majority of the awesomeness can only be described by some of the dedication you find on this board. I offered Dylan $$, cold hard starbucks cash to help me root; and this poor unemployed brother flat out refused my pay-out... Why? might you ask? Simply because, he loves JB, and one of his passions is to spread as much JB love and goodness throughout this freaken world.

That is how much I love JB also, that I would take some time out of my busy Sunday, time off with my precious family to write this response to you. And if you take time off your Sunday with family to read this then,, well my brother, that makes you a bit of a Android nut yourself.

Look, I totally get it... I totally feel you; I understand your situation and I know it sucks... but nothing in life is perfect, but just so you know you have options and you have such a awesome phone that has so much potential that you have only tapped into.

If it makes you feel any more ready; read my guide again, and just follow my preparatory steps necessary before you root; I personally feel that everyone with an Android should be doing those things already...

Watch the two Unlocker videos, they are in real time and you can root in about 30-mins flat and have a working phone again; but yeah, realistically; you do need about 3-4 hours the first time around.

I can almost say that you can take a week or longer to prep, and feel totally ready to take the leap and VZ will still be silent about the update... so..

Good luck my brother and let us know how you feel after reading this...

[ragingd]

Hey guys I'm going to root my phone this week but i want to go through the process of unlocking the bootloader, rooting the phone and then unrooting it and re locking the bootloader to get familiar with process. I want to do this before loading a custom rom. Can someone post the process to unrooting the phone and returning back to stock 4.0.4? Thanks for any help.

[RobUM2011]

With regard to the actual topic of this thread-

I can't vouch for the validity of this article, but if it's at all accurate than the OTA should be rolling out before the end of September:

Samsung recently announced that the Galaxy Nexus and Galaxy S lines of smartphones that have sold so well for that consumer-electronics manufacturer would receive the Jelly Bean 4.1 Android operating system update over the air in Q3. While no specific launch dates were named, and no roll-out order of countries was given, it was stated by a Samsung representative that firmware for the Jelly Bean 4.1 for both Galaxy Nexus and Galaxy S lines of devices were going through updates and testing currently. The Samsung Galaxy Nexus 4G Android smartphone in December of last year was the first to deliver Android’s version 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) operating system to a handset in the United States.

You can currently purchase the Samsung Galaxy Nexus at a reduced price point at select retailers (the price cannot be advertised due to manufacturer restrictions).

10 months later that handset is still incredibly popular, and has gone from being exclusive to the Verizon Wireless 4G LTE system to also being offered by one of Verizon’s major competitors in the US, Sprint. Sprint recently launched their first ever 4G LTE system in the United States, and that is the new home to their Galaxy Nexus 4G. With both Verizon Wireless and Sprint offering the same handset for their subscriber base, pricing has been very competitive, with the Android Galaxy Nexus 4G shopper the grateful beneficiary. That handset delivers a large high-resolution screen, high resolution video capture and Near Field Communications (NFC) support out-of-the-box.

Currently offering ICS version 4.0.4, the NFC capabilities of the Galaxy Nexus support wireless applications like Android Beam for data share, and Google Wallet for retail payment processing. Physically, the handset is typical of other current smartphones, arriving in the candy bar form factor as a slim, rectangular slab. With one of the largest displays found on any 4G smartphone, the 4.65 inch Super AMOLED capacitive, multitouch screen employs more than 16 million unique colors for visual displays. Display resolution runs 720 x 1,280 pixels, offered at 316 pixels per inch, numbers ranking the handset at the upper end of the smartphone marketplace.

Slim at 0.37 inches (9.47 mm), the Galaxy Nexus 4G delivers 12.00 hours of talk time from a single charge. That is approximately 50% better than the average 4G smartphone, and a 1.2 GHz dual core central processor handles device operations. 1.0 GB of RAM memory is present, and the Verizon Galaxy Nexus leads the 4G field with 32 GB of built-in storage offered out-of-the-box. Video capture runs 1,080P HD resolution on the rear mounted 5.0 megapixel camcorder, and a front facing chat cam is also present. While we can’t advertise the reduced price point of the Galaxy Nexus (manufacturer’s rules), we can tell you that its worth checking out!

[2defmouze]

Hey guys I'm going to root my phone this week but i want to go through the process of unlocking the bootloader, rooting the phone and then unrooting it and re locking the bootloader to get familiar with process. I want to do this before loading a custom rom. Can someone post the process to unrooting the phone and returning back to stock 4.0.4? Thanks for any help.

Head to the Rooting section.. we have stickies with all the info you need there. The factory image thread covers restoring the phone back to stock if need be.

[Touchpaddle]

FYI:
the latest word on the street is September 21.

unfortunately, I think that's quite unrealistic, as the VZW Galaxy S3 will be receiving the official OTA JB
before the VZW Galaxy Nexus

[JHBThree]

FYI:
the latest word on the street is September 21.

unfortunately, I think that's quite unrealistic, as the VZW Galaxy S3 will be receiving the official OTA JB
before the VZW Galaxy Nexus

Stop trolling. The S3 will not receive JB before the nexus.

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[Touchpaddle]

Stop trolling. The S3 will not receive JB before the nexus.

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I did say it was unrealistic.... in reality, I believe Verizon will NEVER issue OTA JB
to Galaxy Nexus phones.