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[INFO][REVIEW] Android 4.0.4 IMM76D

I know, I know...a useless thread. But I can't control my excitement!
Updated my Nexus S i9023 to 4.0.4 OTA provided by Google.
My first impression: Noticeably faster!
Going to cover everything in points:
1. The time lag between clicking & opening menu items is now negligible, just like Gingerbread.
2. The camera from lockscreen loads up faster.
3. The rotation animation is faster.
4. Battery bug is fixed!
5. 3D apps load up faster...
6. Overall a faster & better update by Google.
7. I think Ice Cream Sandwich was not finished until December, but now it feels a finished/polished product.
Pros:
Animations faster
Whole UI is noticeably smoother
Cons:
Launcher still lags
Kernel is updated, but the version is still old.
Old GB sounds
Want to update?
1. Make sure you are on Stock 4.0.3 and you haven't changed anything in the system. If you have...don't worry...flash the 4.0.3 ROM again from here.
2. Download 4.0.4 IMM76D from here.
The OTA package is around 17MB.
3. Boot into CWM. Flash the 4.0.4, Reboot and you are good to go.
Update: The ROM is rootable, download this zip and flash in CWM to root.
You'll surely feel the difference.
Some snips coming soon.

Can i flash the full 4.0.3 on my i9023 running CWM?? Last time i did tjat i was hardbricked...
And if i can get over my trauma to do it again.. what do I wipe? Rubbing aokp b28
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They also fixed MMS on wind mobile if anyone cares

thegtfusion said:
Can i flash the full 4.0.3 on my i9023 running CWM?? Last time i did tjat i was hardbricked...
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u must flash this file...and then flash cwm.

HAKA said:
u must flash this file...and then flash cwm.
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Ok but i have some trauma.. i flash this file in what? Cwm?
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thegtfusion said:
Ok but i have some trauma.. i flash this file in what? Cwm?
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yes, flash it in cwm, reboot...flash recovery via fastboot method...reboot and flash 4.0.4

HAKA said:
yes, flash it in cwm, reboot...flash recovery via fastboot method...reboot and flash 4.0.4
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Ok its still downloading.. in the meantime ill pray that it does reboot when i press reboot system now
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Can someone on a T-Mobile Nexus S confirm whether this works or not please?

I get error 7 when i tried. Any idea how to get around it? I'm using a i9023 with stock 4.0.3.

Archon810 said:
Can someone on a T-Mobile Nexus S confirm whether this works or not please?
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I can confirm it does work on T-Mobile nexus s.

Interesting no announcement from Google about this? Are we sure this is official?

HAKA said:
yes, flash it in cwm, reboot...flash recovery via fastboot method...reboot and flash 4.0.4
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I have then to unlock the bootloader - again ??

Not just the stock browser got 10 times faster but chrome too i think it has to be related to some 3d driver magic. Nice job google

OK this is official.
https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!topic/android-building/YoBlTfntDvo

Any benchmark test ?
4.0.3 vs 4.0.4
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Is there a way of getting this on the i9020a, specifically for Koodo (Telus)?
Since its an update to 4.0.3, would I have to flash that first and then flash this update?
I read in a different thread that I could flash 4.0.3 and then flash an i9020a radio to get the official ROM working.

cinek1987cinek said:
I have then to unlock the bootloader - again ??
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Yes
I did it too, have to backup everything on SDCard

rasengan82 said:
OK this is official.
https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!topic/android-building/YoBlTfntDvo
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Does this also mean it will be available for the Galaxy Nexus?!

Yes for CDMA/LTE Galaxy Nexus
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omg google ****ed up again.
to move files to my nexus take hours the speed move is 100-800 Kb

[HELP] ICS UPDATE spoiled my GALAXY NOTE Experience

Hi guys,
After upgrading to ICS my Note is lagging n freezing like hell, I just love the ICS on my Xperia S.......but on Note its pathetic.
Is there any solution to this? M not good at rooting or ROMs..........but I can try if anyone can suggest easy way..........
sent from the BEAST - Galaxy Note

Hi
I am back on GB and waiting for 4.0.4 or 4.1.
GB is great for Note. Not much difference to 4.0.3 on Note.
Greetings
c.

corcovo said:
Hi
I am back on GB and waiting for 4.0.4 or 4.1.
GB is great for Note. Not much difference to 4.0.3 on Note.
Greetings
c.
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Any easy way to do so....please guide
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did you come from a clean wipe ?
if you want to revert back to GB its as easy as 1,2,3
1, Download GB firmware
2, Load all files into ODIN
3, Connect phone in DL mode and hit start

Obviously you haven't truly experienced ice cream sandwich for the note until you have used the rom in the following link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1662802 give it a try and I guarantee your view will change. Galaxy Note = phone + tablet(best of both worlds)
Paranoid Android rom = phone ui + tablet ui(best of both worlds)

Having bought a German Note I initially upgraded to stock LPY for ICS. It was dreadful. Twice I returned to Gingerbread for safety and stupidly gave LPY another chance after a short while. Each time it never failed to be crap. It didn't matter whether or not I wiped stuff - it was just rubbish.
I did try an AOKP ROm for a bit, but that had too many problems for my tastes so a few days ago I bit the bullet and went for the stock LQ2 ROM for the UK (which is where I live) and quite simply I have not had the problems which seemed to plague LPY. So, I'm on a stock ICS ROM, rooted, and quite happy with performance and battery life. Mind you, time will tell if it stays that way, but so far so good.

androidlover20 said:
Hi guys,
After upgrading to ICS my Note is lagging n freezing like hell, I just love the ICS on my Xperia S.......but on Note its pathetic.
Is there any solution to this? M not good at rooting or ROMs..........but I can try if anyone can suggest easy way..........
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i use rocketrom and it works great. there are guides in the development forum for root and how to install roms.
sorry for my bad english.

Had the same problem, did a hard reset (factory restore) and done! Everything back to normal, in fact better, faster!

M also having GNote with problematic ICS, i will also try another ROM but I am not sure which one is the best.
Stunner???
Also how to root GNote, m on ICS..
I read about PARANOIDANDROID ROM but didnt understand how to proceed as I am on ICS !!!
Looking for simple explanation, m new to odin etc as mostly I deal with Xperia
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Touchwiz is the problem, Samsung know what they're doing with hardware but software wise they're atrocious lol. Anyone not enjoying stock samsung should try a cm9 or aokp rom. I'm on the newest stunner as of right now and its perfect.
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Reynaldinho111 said:
Touchwiz is the problem, Samsung know what they're doing with hardware but software wise they're atrocious lol. Anyone not enjoying stock samsung should try a cm9 or aokp rom. I'm on the newest stunner as of right now and its perfect.
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Dude,
Please guide on HOW TO ROOT and use PARANOIDANDROID or any other ROM..
I am on ICS and new to Samsungs..
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Root or not to Root

You guys have prob seen a thread like this a million times, but I am getting my nexus 4 soon and I wasn't sure if i should root it or not. I have rooted before (droid x2, galaxy nexus, nexus 7) so I am fairly familiar with how the process works. I will not loose my updates from Google if I root and stay on stock ROM? That's what I would plan on doing anyways if I did. Thanks for the help!
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Just Google some of the benefits of having root.. if any of those sound appealing to you then... root it. If not, don't. Buuuut since you've already been rooted with several devices, you should already know if you should root or not. But thanks for making a new thread for this personal decision that you've made 3 times before
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In his defense this is a different devices I rooted and flashed rooms on my gs3 and gs2 but have not rooted or anything to this device but the key is yet right now haven't found a huge reason to do so this rom works perfectly for me and I get a days use out of it
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I just couldn't stand it no more and rooted after 1 month. Also flashed clockworkmod.
Went to Nightly Mako.
I love the device but feel the new Clockwork mod's blobs folder, unable to access backups so easy, and the dam memory size...
I hesitate and hope Nightlies are flawless. Frankly its awesome. So are is the Stock ROM.
I just prefer CM10.1

ROOT!!

If I were to flash nexus 4 PA would I need to wipe system as well as do a factory reset in recovery? The directions just say factory reset.
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You had better gain root... Gaining root denotes a gain not a loss. Unlocking the bootloader means your unbacked data would be lost. So back up data and root and enjoy. And yes you may wipe system I recommend it.
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Hi,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2180999&highlight=root+or+not+root
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2194992&highlight=root+or+not+root
And: http://lmgtfy.com/?q=root+or+not+root,+why?

Original thread, what`s next: Wich rom should i choose?, please tell me all about while i wait for your answers because i`am too lazy to look for myself

gee2012 said:
Original thread, what`s next: Wich rom should i choose?, please tell me all about while i wait for your answers because i`am too lazy to look for myself
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Hi,
LOL... That's what I thought, like all these kind of threads...
Locked soon... ?

viking37 said:
Hi,
LOL... That's what I thought, like all these kind of threads...
Locked soon... ?
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Yes.

[Q] CM10.2 Problem

Hi all I am new to the xda forums (posting anyways) and I appreciate everyone who contributes on this site you guys are amazing. Anyways I am on a Motorola Droid RAZR M, rooted first with motochopper, unlocked boot loader with motopocalypse, and flashed the latest nightly from Cyanogenmod. I was ecstatic when it worked because tinkering with my old Droid 2 Global didnt go so well and I didn't want to mess up my phone, so I was elated that it worked. A couple days ago CM Updater popped up on my phone and it was CM10.2-20130815. When I saw the 10.2 I couldn't resist and I updated it. Everything was fine until the next day when I updated to CM10.2-20130816. Videos no longer played on my phone. The stock video player wasn't working. I searched and searched for a fix but I couldn't find one so I flashed back to CM10.1-20130813. Everything works now as it should but I keep researching it. Recently I found that the problem started in the first release of CM.10.2 for the xt907. I want Android 4.3 really badly but I can't live without the stock video player. MXPlayer is great but Vine, YouTube, Snapchat, etc. wouldn't work without the stock video player. Is there a fix for this or does anyone know if the newest nightly fixed this problem? Thank you in advance.

It will get better, nightlies are experimental and there are bugs and such
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WillisD said:
It will get better, nightlies are experimental and there are bugs and such
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Thanks! Im thinking about trying Skrilax's CM10.2 ROMs. There are a lot more nightlies so maybe there will be less bugs but I dont know there could be even more. Do you have any experience with any of his ROMs? Ive heard good and bad about them.

It's still cm10.2 just unofficial, I've made a few nightlies myself I'm running the latest nightly now pretty smooth
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WillisD said:
It's still cm10.2 just unofficial, I've made a few nightlies myself
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For the RAZR M? Was it hard to do?

Yes and no, but you have to be on Linux though and there are guides out there
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taylorjared1996 said:
Thanks! Im thinking about trying Skrilax's CM10.2 ROMs. There are a lot more nightlies so maybe there will be less bugs but I dont know there could be even more. Do you have any experience with any of his ROMs? Ive heard good and bad about them.
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I have used Skrilax's builds and have found them to be well built. Keep in mind if bugs exist in CM 10.2 it probably will be so across the board regardless of the dev.
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I dual boot Ubuntu and Windows 8 on both of my computers so maybe ill try it. It sounds kind of fun. And yeah I am coming to terms with the fact that i probably wont get 4.3 until a fix is made but its not a big deal. Having 4.2.2 is way better than being stuck on 4.1.2 with Motorola's skin on it. I knew the RAZR M had potential but I couldnt get it to perform well on Motorola's stock 4.1.2 ROM, but with CyanogenMod it runs like a dream. Battery life is better too!

is data working on the unofficial or skrillax's build?

undagullu said:
is data working on the unofficial or skrillax's build?
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On the CM 4.2-20130824 Nightly the camera issue if fixed and has been since at least a couple nightlies back, so that isnt an issue anymore. I cant say about skrilax's or the unofficial but the official nightlies have all data working and LTE is especially fast, but i have not had any problems with any type of connection on LTE, 4g, 3g, HSPA+, & CDMA.

[Q] Couple noob questions about CyanogenMod

1) What are the benefits of CyanogenMod over stock?
2) Is CyanogenMod rooted or do you have to root it separately?
3) Does anyone know if they implemented TextSecure in their stock messaging yet?
4) Is switching back as simple as flashing the stock rom?

Cyanogenmod is better than stock for so many reasons that I'm not going to type them all out. Google that one.
It is a rooted rom.
I have no idea. Check the changelogs at www.get.cm
Yes.
Keep in mind that Cyanogenmod is only available on a very limited number of S4's running <MF3 firmware. For the majority of users who own thus device, it's not even an option.
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HORiZUN said:
Cyanogenmod is better than stock for so many reasons that I'm not going to type them all out. Google that one.
Keep in mind that Cyanogenmod is only available on a very limited number of S4's running <MF3 firmware. For the majority of users who own thus device, it's not even an option.
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Googling it came up with conflicting info. My about device page says I337MVLUEMK6, so I should be fine, right?

No. That's a 4.3 OS if I'm correct.
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rbedell said:
No. That's a 4.3 OS if I'm correct.
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Yup I misread the less than sign. What would happen if I flashed it? Would the device just be bricked?

Mekanikz said:
Yup I misread the less than sign. What would happen if I flashed it? Would the device just be bricked?
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Just bricked sounds a little light hearted. Yes probably a paperweight. You aren't even going to get as far as putting the custom recovery on it. If you flashed in safestrap you would wind up with a black screen because no kernel support yet.
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rbedell said:
Just bricked sounds a little light hearted. Yes probably a paperweight. You aren't even going to get as far as putting the custom recovery on it. If you flashed in safestrap you would wind up with a black screen because no kernel support yet.
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Having more experience with CM, do you think a version will come out anytime soon for I337MVLUEMK6 or not?

Mekanikz said:
Having more experience with CM, do you think a version will come out anytime soon for I337MVLUEMK6 or not?
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Not until hashcode can get the custom kernel hand off to work with safestrap. Then they could do something. Until then no AOSP Roms will work.
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