Help JellyBean Advice - Galaxy Nexus

[Samdroid1]

Hi all. I just ordered a Samsung Galaxy Nexus for Verizon wireless. I currently have my mobile phone service with PagePlus and I've been using a Sprint LG Marquee for my phone. Since it's a Sprint phone on Verizon's network, the picture and video messaging has never worked, but the people at the retailer I go to said if I had a Verizon phone on PagePlus it'd be no problem. So anyway, I bought the Nexus yesterday and from talking to the seller, I found out it's running ICS (not a new phone, two months old). Even before I get the service switched over to the Nexus, will I be able to update to JB via WiFi? Or is that only for people who are using Verizon? And, if I can't get the JB updates (JR0030) via WiFi, is there an official ROM Google hosts somewhere that I could download it?

 

[Digital Controller]

First off welcome to the forums Samdroid1

The only people to receive OTA updates from Verizon are actual verizon customers, meaning you have to have service through them...otherwise you won't get these updates...

Otherwise, here is the ATR for the VZW Galaxy Nexus that you can find ROM's on: http://androidforums.com/verizon-ga...l-things-root-guide-updated-10-26-2012-a.html

Hope this helps!

 

[Samdroid1]

Thanks! I appreciate the info. Does anyone recommend any particular ROM for the Galaxy Nexus when going from ICS to JB? I saw that JellyBelly was the one built from JRO03R, the update VZW customers get, so do I need to use that one?

Also, I have to take my Nexus to my phone store to get it flashed for PagePlus - should I root and flash JB before or after they change what they have to change with my phone to put it on the PagePlus network?

Thanks in advance! I apologize for all the questions, I'm very technology savvy but I've never had to flash an android device over before, so I wanna make sure I'm thorough! Thanks again!

 

[heat57]

Here is the link to all Google factory images and you'll find the one for VZW there too - https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images
If you're interested in custom ROMs then I can wholly recommend the Paranoidandroid 2.53 ROM, which is a very interesting and supremely stable ROM that I am using on a Nexus S and GNex (GSM version). You can read up on it here and also find the download links here http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1455

 

[Samdroid1]

Phone arrived in the mail today! Took it out, verified it was on ICS 4.0.4. I then went to settings > apps and force stopped & clear data to google frameworks, went to settings > about > system update and im now getting jro030 ota! dont even have service on the phone! so turned out things are good the easy way now haha, i really appreciate all the help.

now just time to figure out how to use the phone on the pageplus network! i'll start another thread for that though

 

[Samdroid1]

Eh, looks like I spoke too soon. Have tried downloading and installing JB 4 times now, every time during install I get the red triangle exclamation mark. On the last attempt, I did a factory reset and then tried and still no luck. Any ideas on what thats about

 

[iowabowtech]

Eh, looks like I spoke too soon. Have tried downloading and installing JB 4 times now, every time during install I get the red triangle exclamation mark. On the last attempt, I did a factory reset and then tried and still no luck. Any ideas on what thats about

That's the stock recovery screen. When you're on that screen, press and hold the power button and then press volume up. That should bring up the stock recovery options. Perhaps try wiping cache which should clear the ota download. Maybe you got an incomplete download or something.

 

[Samdroid1]

Thanks for the info! I tried that to no avail. When I open the recovery, here's what it says:

Finding update package...
Opening update package...
Verifying update package...
Installing update...
Verifying current system...
assert failed: apply_patch_check("/system/app/GenieWidget.apk", "9f0cd5d86b9450535fedb02f9ec5c770a7b3dad1", "f54a9b7d0ec75322b1577a5d9edcf7ff79540061")
E:Error in cache/60fc80848c8e.signed-mysid-JRO030-from-IMM76K.60fc8084.zip
(Status 7)
Installation aborted.

Any information would be great! Again, thanks in advanced and for everything so far - you guys are great

 

[jj14x]

Are you on the stock ICS ROM? Rooted?

 

[Samdroid1]

Stock, as far as I know. Ordered the phone off eBay, clean ESN and it perfect condition.

 

[iowabowtech]

You'll probably be time ahead to fastboot flash JB or root and flash a JB rom.

 

[Samdroid1]

Could you link me to some detailed tutorials please? I just wanna upgrade to jb stock jro030

 

[FramCire]

Was that the error people got who tried the leak from K instead of q? Maybe try to update to q.... then to JB?