Nexus 4 Kitkat OTA update started... (image attached)

Yep. I read that post. He basically says that you'll get the OTA when you get it and there's NOTHING you can do to get it quicker other than sideloading.

Sucks but at least it stops all the hocum about clearing caches and stuff.

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Yep. I read that post. He basically says that you'll get the OTA when you get it and there's NOTHING you can do to get it quicker other than sideloading.

Sucks but at least it stops all the hocum about clearing caches and stuff.

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He actually said clearing that would make the servers see you as a factory reset. That may allow you another shot at that OTA batch if you get denied. But risk > reward. Seems more bad than good

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Found this link: https://dl.google.com/dl/android/aosp/nakasi-krt16s-factory-da7dee49.tgz online (on this site LG Nexus 4 E960 Android 4.4 KitKat OTA System Update KRT16S | Repository | PDAdb.net). Looks fishy too me (usually there is a looooong number in the filename; e.g. 279e5e2396480cbffd97943a5db5bbc743ef7e77.signed-mantaray-KRT16O-from-JWR66Y.279e5e23.zip). Also, why is it a tgz, not a Zip file.

Does anyone know how to check if this is the real thing?

If not, will need to wait a bit longer until I get the OTA or someone posts the correct URL
 
The roll out of the OTA is not location based, it is based on chance, and we currently in the 1% phase... see this from a Google Engineer:

Rollouts are conducted in phases. Typically they start at 1% of devices for around 24 - 48 hours; we watch the return rates and resulting device checkins and error reports (if any), and make sure nothing looks wrong before sending it to more. Then typically it goes to 25%, 50%, 100% over the course of a week or two.
What the percentages mean is that when your device checks in, it has a 1% chance (for example) of being offered the OTA. If it doesn't (randomly) get an offer, it will never get an offer until the next batch.
IOW, once your device checks in and gets turned down, that's it until the next batch. Mashing on the "check for updates" button just causes your device to check in again, and get automatically turned down again. Think about how that makes your device feel! WON'T SOMEONE PLEASE THINK OF THE PHONES?!
That said, once the new batch does start, hitting that button does give you a new roll of the dice -- but once. Since devices usually only check in for system updates every 24 hours (I think? Certainly on a many-hours basis) this can get you your shot sooner than it would happen on its own.
So, mash away. :) Just be patient, and mashing on it more often than once or twice a day isn't going to gain you anything.
Edit: also, keep in mind that this isn't first-come/first-served. You're not racing other devices to get your slot in the current batch, or something.
 
When someone gets the OTA link, it must be like this:

http://android.clients.google.com/packages/ota/google_mako/RandomNumbers.signed-occam-KRT16S-from-JWR66Y.RandomNumbers.zip
 
So all i have to do is download and open the zip file and its a done deal?
 
Once the download was complete and i tried to open it "cant open file" was displayed..any help
 

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