Nexus S gets 4.0.3 and now 4.0.4!?! Wheres the love?

[jerrod6]

I ?m on 4.0.2 stock GNEX. I would love to have an update, but I have no major issues with the phone. I have also managed developers of a large business critical mainframe system that is used globally ? all parts of the world. Our schedule was that we would do releases (enhancements and fixes) 3 times a year-- if we could.

It?s not like all you have to do is change a few lines of code and you?re done.

First you have to identify what is causing the problem, or what needs to be done to provide an enhancement. Then you need to determine how/if you can satisfy the requirement given the existing hardware and software you have. Next you have to consider the ramifications to the system?.will something else break? If you can?t fix that area so it works with the existing system and other changes?.suddenly one change may become 12.

After coding unit testing takes place?finally it works.

After unit testing system testing takes place ? All changes by all developers are incorporated into a test operating system. It gets tested by the developers. Something is broken?....It needs to be fixed.

Next stakeholder testing takes place(CDMA Verizon, AT&T are stakeholders) Something is broken it needs to be fixed.

Stakeholder retesting takes place sometime on their schedule.

In some cases fixes don?t make the final cut because they need further tweaking.

Finally we have a system that can be released for production usage. Then we repeat this process for the next upgrade.

The scenario I described was for a system using the same hardware and software?imagine the mess you have when you are using different hardware and communication methods.

I would love to have an upgrade but I know It is not taking place in 2 or 3 months?more like 4 to 6.
4.05 may be 4.04 with CDMA communication and Verizon LTE binaries being the difference.

 

[Sooks]

It has NEVER been that way. Ever. The reason the nexus line exists is for pure Android and updates that come directly from Google. Fast updates has never been a part of owning a nexus, and it has never been advertised as such.

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PURE ANDROID and UPDATES FROM GOOGLE....... AKA much faster than waiting for it to be skinned for Sense or motoblur or touch wiz... so faster.. pure google = faster updates which = Nexus therefore Nexus + Pure Google = faster updates / your crazy = everyone wins.

 

[TabGuy]

Wow, such anxiety over an update. Whew!

 

[samkatz]

what part of "we are all just beta testers for Google/Samsung/Verizon" don't you understand? Only kidding... but as a patient, non-rooter, I'm finding it pretty irksome that 12 weeks down the road, no updates at all have come out. I mean, free apps and widgets come out with updates often..... Obviously there are many under the hood issues with ICS, which explains why, as far as I know, GNEX is still the only CDMA phone shipping with it. I expect that when 4.0whatever finally comes to our phones, it will be the build for other CDMA phones.

 

[Droid800]

PURE ANDROID and UPDATES FROM GOOGLE....... AKA much faster than waiting for it to be skinned for Sense or motoblur or touch wiz... so faster.. pure google = faster updates which = Nexus therefore Nexus + Pure Google = faster updates / your crazy = everyone wins.

Except it has never NOT ONCE been advertised as getting the fastest updates. That has not, nor will it ever be, the case.

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[TabGuy]

I'm finding it pretty irksome that 12 weeks down the road, no updates at all have come out. I mean, free apps and widgets come out with updates often.....

This argument always amazes me. Yes, apps sometimes update frequently. But none of those apps hold the responsibility of saving your life. If you need to call 911 because your spouse just had a heart attack and there happens to be a bug in the lock screen and you can't make the call you'd be pretty pissed that they rushed out an update.

A rushed mistake can cost lives. I know if I were the Verizon manager in charge of making the go/no-go decision I'd demand that it works correctly no matter what the geeks were demanding. And that, folks, is the reason I don't download a rom built by some guy at 2am in his bedroom. He doesn't carry enough liability insurance.

 

[Droid800]

what part of "we are all just beta testers for Google/Samsung/Verizon" don't you understand? Only kidding... but as a patient, non-rooter, I'm finding it pretty irksome that 12 weeks down the road, no updates at all have come out. I mean, free apps and widgets come out with updates often..... Obviously there are many under the hood issues with ICS, which explains why, as far as I know, GNEX is still the only CDMA phone shipping with it. I expect that when 4.0whatever finally comes to our phones, it will be the build for other CDMA phones.

An update 'came out' the day it was released.

You're also missing the fact that preparing an update for an entire OS is far more difficult than preparing one for an app or a widget.