***** The Official Galaxy Nexus Thread *****
- Thread starter Cosimo
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I suspect you could do it.
You would need to use the exploit to gain root then do as I did which is to cat the update.zip from /sdcard to /cache via adb and again with adb you would reboot recovery and install the update.
[HOW-TO] Root Galaxy Nexus without Unlocking Bootloader (via exploit)
You would need to use the exploit to gain root then do as I did which is to cat the update.zip from /sdcard to /cache via adb and again with adb you would reboot recovery and install the update.
[HOW-TO] Root Galaxy Nexus without Unlocking Bootloader (via exploit)
Actually here is exactly what you would do (you need android drivers and ADB setup properly on your PC):
Download:
Connect your phone to PC and use Windows Explorer to copy the update.zip to your phone.
Do the root exploit:
adb push mempodroid /data/local/tmp/mempodroid
adb shell
$ chmod 777 /data/local/tmp/mempodroid
$ ./data/local/tmp/mempodroid 0xd7f4 0xad4b sh
Now you should have root so you can use cat to copy the update.zip to /cache via the adb shell:
# cat /sdcard/7f97fbc19417.signed-yakju-IMM76D-from-ICL53F.7f97fbc1.zip > /cache/7f97fbc19417.signed-yakju-IMM76D-from-ICL53F.7f97fbc1.zip
Once file copy finishes you reboot to recovery:
# reboot recovery
Now you are in recovery and can select to update to 4.0.4.
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A very good how to flash guide with all the options:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1419170
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1419170
Actually here is exactly what you would do (you need android drivers and ADB setup properly on your PC):
Download:
Connect your phone to PC and use Windows Explorer to copy the update.zip to your phone.
Do the root exploit:
adb push mempodroid /data/local/tmp/mempodroid
adb shell
$ chmod 777 /data/local/tmp/mempodroid
$ ./data/local/tmp/mempodroid 0xd7f4 0xad4b sh
Now you should have root so you can use cat to copy the update.zip to /cache via the adb shell:
# cat /sdcard/7f97fbc19417.signed-yakju-IMM76D-from-ICL53F.7f97fbc1.zip > /cache/7f97fbc19417.signed-yakju-IMM76D-from-ICL53F.7f97fbc1.zip
Once file copy finishes you reboot to recovery:
# reboot recovery
Now you are in recovery and can select to update to 4.0.4.
cool will have a play on the weekend
what does it mean about 'yakju' ? my build is ICL53F?
yakju is the build that gets updates from google, there is another version that the updates come from samsung not as quickly. along with a few others for different countries.
you can check which you have if you open /system/build.prop it's the ro.product.name
Or goto the about menu.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/7084505/screenshot.png
this screen? no mention of which version i'm on there.
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yeah, it's in the OTA
Not yet.
