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Verizon 4.0.4 update.

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Astroprojector

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I have rooted and unlocked Galaxy Nexus, but I run stock ICS. I know that Verizon already officially released 4.0.4 several weeks ago, but I have not get the notification yet.

Is it because I have rooted and unlocked phone?
 
viebroccoli said:
Verizon is doing a beta testing through a "handful" of users of the 4.0.4 update on their LTE version of the phone. If they get alot of complaints about it, they won't do a massive OTA update to the rest of the GNex users on Verizon. Most likely, they won't receive alot of complaints and release it to rest of the public.

But, I think your situation is different because you are rooted and unlocked. I could be wrong, but I think you'll never get the OTA update because of this. You'll have to manually flash the update yourself, which works out nicely because you'll have the update much earlier than if you were to wait around for Verizon to send it to you. Of course, that's assuming you flash it sometime within the next couple of weeks, or months (who knows how long Verizon will take to send out 4.0.4).
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Unless things have changed, rooting alone doesn't prevent OTA updates. Deleting preinstalled apps used to cause the updates to fail.

Lots of people with root would accept the OTA updates then complain they no longer had root access.
 
I have already flashed the radios from that OTA, and the first day I was getting 4G where I previously wasn't. But now I am back to the same old story. So not sure what to think about the radio portion of the update, it could be an improvement, but YMMV will probably be a better statement.
 
Just got off the phone with VZW tech. I was reporting random *22899 dialing. She put me on hold to contact Samsung for a solution. She came back and said Samsung told her this is one of several known issues that will be corrected with a software update "this month." She couldn't be more specific than that with timing. It sounded like Samsung knew more about the update timing than VZW though. Only a couple weeks left of this month... I'll believe it when I see it.
 
msaly said:
Just got off the phone with VZW tech. I was reporting random *22899 dialing. She put me on hold to contact Samsung for a solution. She came back and said Samsung told her this is one of several known issues that will be corrected with a software update "this month." She couldn't be more specific than that with timing. It sounded like Samsung knew more about the update timing than VZW though. Only a couple weeks left of this month... I'll believe it when I see it.
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The fact that Samsung knows more about the update than a VZW phone rep is hardly surprising.
 
I've heard "this month" more times that I can count.

I'm convinced that they are pointing to a calendar on their cubical wall that is opened to July or possibly August as they are saying it.
 
Cam said:
When it comes to VZW, it seems that copious amounts of salt are mandatory.
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Actually a SALT MINE....
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Isn't the advantage of having a Nexus that the updates come directly from Google? Why is Samsung or Verizon even involved? BTW, I am already rooted and on 4.04 but my wife is still waiting.
 
Smartphone said:
Isn't the advantage of having a Nexus that the updates come directly from Google? Why is Samsung or Verizon even involved? BTW, I am already rooted and on 4.04 but my wife is still waiting.
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that is if you own a GSM nexus. The other advantage is the fact that it is not locked down.
 
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