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Nexus S (GSM) android 4.0.4 Official update (with download links !!)

Yes here it is the nexus s official android 4.0.4 from google
this needs to be flashed over the stock 4.0.3 official rom from google it's a 17.8 mb update not a full rom so you can only flash it over stock 4.0.3 i repeat only over stock or else it will fail.
i managed to get the download link from google servers here it is http://android.clients.google.com/packages/ota/google_crespo/hR7QFEtn.zip as you can see an official google link.
so far i noticed that the recovery is fixed (no longer disappear on i9023 devices)
and battery problems solved too.
ONLY FLASHABLE VIA CWM
the reason is here:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=24198556

Is it worth going back to stock 4.0.3 and update to 4.0.4?
I am rooted running Codename Android 1.5.5 and Air Kernel 3.7. Pretty happy with that set up. Very smooth and stable and decent battery life (20+ hrs).
I love the tweaks and mods included in CNA. Is it worth it not having them?

bjornvil said:
Is it worth going back to stock 4.0.3 and update to 4.0.4?
I am rooted running Codename Android 1.5.5 and Air Kernel 3.7. Pretty happy with that set up. Very smooth and stable and decent battery life (20+ hrs).
I love the tweaks and mods included in CNA. Is it worth it not having them?
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Hmm of course it does not have the tweak of custom roms,but if you want a stock experience this is way better than 4.0.3 lots of issue fixed,it's smoother now and battery issues all gone plus the recovery now works again on i9023 devices.

Getting a Status 7 error trying to apply this update to a stock unrooted GSM Nexus S. Hmm...

guys how i should istall it on my nexus s i9023 if i can't use my recovery? mmm i have 4.0.3 stock

glider010 said:
guys how i should istall it on my nexus s i9023 if i can't use my recovery? mmm i have 4.0.3 stock
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is your bootloader unlocked ?
if it's unlocked use fastboot to boot clockworkmod recovery and flash from there.
ezhangin said:
Getting a Status 7 error trying to apply this update to a stock unrooted GSM Nexus S. Hmm...
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you must be completely stock,no stock kernel or modified system apps or files,you can try flashing the 4.0.3 rom,even if you are unrooted with a modified stock system it will not work.

m.sabra said:
you must be completely stock,no stock kernel or modified system apps or files,you can try flashing the 4.0.3 rom,even if you are unrooted with a modified stock system it will not work.
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Totally stock.

m.sabra said:
is your bootloader unlocked ?
if it's unlocked use fastboot to boot clockworkmod recovery and flash from there.
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no, damn it....other solution?

how does one with a 9020a do this? I dont have a stock 4.0.3. Any ideas??

Much better if you all wait for the devs to handle this.
Sent from my Nexus S

ezhangin said:
Totally stock.
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Same here.
I've done data/factory reset + wipe cache partition,
full install (IML74K) 4.0.3 (on wich I was already running),
data/factory reset + wipe cache partition,
full install 4.0.4 using the provided link...
> error 7

csrxds said:
Same here.
I've done data/factory reset + wipe cache partition,
full install (IML74K) 4.0.3 (on wich I was already running),
data/factory reset + wipe cache partition,
full install 4.0.4 using the provided link...
> error 7
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I'm pretty sure that this is only an incremental upgrade and not a full rom so its not going to work if you wipe everything. Its under 20 megs so
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1569061
tycruickshank said:
I'm pretty sure that this is only an incremental upgrade and not a full rom so its not going to work if you wipe everything. Its under 20 megs so
Sent from my Nexus S using Tapatalk
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I only wiped user datas, not system.
I've been trying to apply it without any wipe before with the same result.
I will maybe try to go back to 2.3.6 then apply only the 4.0.3 update from 2.3.6 (not the full package) and then the package provided but I have to go back home to unlock the phone and load cwm reocvery to revert back to 2.3.6.
OP can you tell us if you came from full 4.0.3 update on only the update from 2.3.6, if you got the update over the air or if you flashed it manualy and also if you are using stock recovery.
Thank you
EDIT : [Q] GSM Nexus S ICS 4.0.4 OTA update released? OP has also Status Error 7 and is trying what I was up to do...
EDIT 2 : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=24145247#post24145247 It seems to be the trick, can't wait to go back home...

blackhemi4x4 said:
how does one with a 9020a do this? I dont have a stock 4.0.3. Any ideas??
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sorry this is the official update that only works on I9020T and I9023 (the devices who got 4.0.3 earlier, you should wait for the full release)
glider010 said:
no, damn it....other solution?
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you can access the stock recovery,it's just the backlight is very low so blind clicks are still possible,in direct sunlight at some angle you can see the menus (press power + vol up inside recovery for the menus to appear)

I'm having the error Status 7 too.
It seems that the complete rom package 4.0.3 is a little different than upgrading from 2.3.6 to 4.0.3. Now I'm downloading the 2.3.6 complete rom and upgrading from this.

csrxds said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1569061
I only wiped user datas, not system.
I've been trying to apply it without any wipe before with the same result.
I will maybe try to go back to 2.3.6 then apply only the 4.0.3 update from 2.3.6 (not the full package) and then the package provided but I have to go back home to unlock the phone and load cwm reocvery to revert back to 2.3.6.
OP can you tell us if you came from full 4.0.3 update on only the update from 2.3.6, if you got the update over the air or if you flashed it manualy and also if you are using stock recovery.
Thank you
EDIT : [Q] GSM Nexus S ICS 4.0.4 OTA update released? OP has also Status Error 7 and is trying what I was up to do...
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okay i was coming from the 2.3.6 update package only,completely stock and unrooted,i flashed using cwm since my recovery is broken (am on i9023) and the device passed current system verification successfully.

m.sabra said:
okay i was coming from the 2.3.6 update package only,completely stock and unrooted,i flashed using cwm since my recovery is broken (am on i9023) and the device passed current system verification successfully.
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Okay. Thanks!
Now we just have to see if coming from 2.3.6 and only using small update packages is the trick or if it's using cmw recovery that makes the update process working.
I'll try with stock recovery and A BIG TORCHLIGHT coming from 2.3.6 to find it out.

IMHO, I'd wait for source release of 4.0.5 (or 4.0.4), whatever is first.

what worked for me:
- full wipe (that means everything except sd-card)
- install 4.0.3 full-rom
- install 4.0.4 ota
since my bootloader is unlocked, i deleted the recovery-dir from both zips before flashing (i prefer cwm).

I've flashed the 4.0.3 OTA, after that this update too. Flashed superuser, currently restoring my apps with titanium, but no trouble so far. Data, wifi working, no FCs, report back later. (oh, and i have i9023)

Stock kernel for update 4.2.2

Just a quick question I am using bricked kernel on my nexus7 when I get the official update can I go back to stock kernel by flashing boot.IMG from my nandroid back up
Sent from my 32gb Nexus 7 using Bricked kernel 0.58 with 4.2.1 stock

elsworth1983 said:
Just a quick question I am using bricked kernel on my nexus7 when I get the official update can I go back to stock kernel by flashing boot.IMG from my nandroid back up
Sent from my 32gb Nexus 7 using Bricked kernel 0.58 with 4.2.1 stock
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itd probably be best to figure out if 4.2.2 even updates the kernel

elsworth1983 said:
Just a quick question I am using bricked kernel on my nexus7 when I get the official update can I go back to stock kernel by flashing boot.IMG from my nandroid back up
Sent from my 32gb Nexus 7 using Bricked kernel 0.58 with 4.2.1 stock
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No. No. No. You will lose root access after the update. You will have to re root. And which stock kernel do you want to flash back to? 4.2.1? Maybe I don't understand your question..
If you're saying when your device detects the update and you want to flash back to its factory stock kernel, then yes you can do that.
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scream4cheese said:
No. No. No. You will lose root access after the update. You will have to re root. And which stock kernel do you want to flash back to? 4.2.1? Maybe I don't understand your question..
If you're saying when your device detects the update and you want to flash back to its factory stock kernel, then yes you can do that.
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Cheers for the input
i was just curious of when the update comes to my nexus 7 that i will have to return to stock kernel so it updates with no issues because of running bricked kernel. I have also installed vodo root keeper (think its called not with my n7 at the moment) to help me keep root. Will i be able to flash the ota through cwm with verification signature turned of ? Or do i have to install stock to flash it
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itd probably be best to figure out if 4.2.2 even updates the kernel
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scream4cheese said:
No. No. No. You will lose root access after the update. You will have to re root. And which stock kernel do you want to flash back to? 4.2.1? Maybe I don't understand your question..
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Ummm... the OTA process performs binary patching on individual files. If a file is not a target of the patching process, nothing happens to it. So that beggars the question of why you think that Superuser.apk/su (or SuperSU/su) would be targeted, as they are never distributed by Google. More to the point, neither of them exist in the boot image, so your assertion is flat out wrong.
Also, a sanity check (checksum) is performed on each and every one of those targeted files; if it should happen that there is an update to the kernel or ram disk, then the boot image will be checked, and IF you have installed a new kernel (or even have a trivially changed boot image), the check of the boot image will fail and the entire OTA will abort.
So, the OP's question was not only perfectly valid and reasonable, but exactly the correct procedure if the boot image gets patched by the OTA.
I'm planning on doing exactly what the OP suggested; but good Dog, I'm also going to do a full Nandroid backup before I begin. How wrong can things go if you have a backup to revert to? (In fact, I'm even going to put the stock recovery on the tab for the purpose of the OTA too - if you have an unlocked boot loader you can reflash or soft-boot any recovery you want, and do whatever you want thereafter.)
Even if you were to "lose root" you can certainly just over flash a minimal kit containing Superuser.apk/su. It's not a big deal.
Put down the toolkit and the hash pipe, and pick up the command line!

[Q] MB525 flashed to MB526, rooted but cant install cm9, 10, kitkat or any other ROM

Hi
I had a Motorola Defy mb525.
Bricked the phone while trying to install CM9
Got it alive somehow by Flashing it with .sbf
Now my phone shows as mb526 and I was able to root it again.
System Version - 45.0.231.mb526.AsiaRetail.en.03
Version - 2.3.6
Kernel - 2.6.32.9-ge281b6e [email protected] #1
The problem now is I am not able to flash any of the Custom ROM's.
Tried CM10, Cm9 and also the latest kitkat
Downloaded different ones for each ROM's.
I get the message when i try to update from SDcard "Signature verification failed"
If someone could help me in Upgrading to JellyBean or Kitkat

rahulpillai said:
Hi
I had a Motorola Defy mb525.
Bricked the phone while trying to install CM9
Got it alive somehow by Flashing it with .sbf
Now my phone shows as mb526 and I was able to root it again.
System Version - 45.0.231.mb526.AsiaRetail.en.03
Version - 2.3.6
Kernel - 2.6.32.9-ge281b6e [email protected] #1
The problem now is I am not able to flash any of the Custom ROM's.
Tried CM10, Cm9 and also the latest kitkat
Downloaded different ones for each ROM's.
I get the message when i try to update from SDcard "Signature verification failed"
If someone could help me in Upgrading to JellyBean or Kitkat
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Are you sure you are using custom recovery?
Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk

Feel like a real dumb person now, I did not install Sndinit
hotdog125 said:
Are you sure you are using custom recovery?
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Feel like a real dumb person now, I did not install Sndinit
Now I am in the Custom Recovery menu
Backing up my current ROM
Will try to flash Kit Kat and update

Still no Luck
rahulpillai said:
Feel like a real dumb person now, I did not install Sndinit
Now I am in the Custom Recovery menu
Backing up my current ROM
Will try to flash Kit Kat and update
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Tried Kit Kat, still same
Tried CM10 twice, installs but when I reboot it gets Stuck on startup "Startup has encoutered an error" something like that
No matter what language I select still same
Any Inputs

For KitKat you need to flash an updated recovery. Check the thread.
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CM10.2 works but Kit Kat Still not installing
hotdog125 said:
For KitKat you need to flash an updated recovery. Check the thread.
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CM10.2 works after installing gapps but Kit Kat Still not installing
I updated the recovery as well
My phone was bricked when I was installing Kit Kat
It stopped at Step 7
I had to flash the stock SBF to get it alive again
Will wait for updates to the kit kat mod
CM10.2 works but really slow

Have I killed my Nexus 2012?

Hi guys,long time lurker here.
I have recently tried to update my old Nexus 2012 to Kitkat, and messed it up!:crying:
I can only get into TWRP now, and only get roms on there via a USB OTG cable.
Thing is, i've tried loads of roms and they all seem to fail. I've obviously messed up somewhere, anyone give me any poiinters?
Cheers.
EDIT
Think I'm sorted - seems i can't update to Kitkat, I tried a 4.2 rom, and all is good.
Note to self - do more research before 'updating':silly:

seymour71 said:
Hi guys,long time lurker here.
I have recently tried to update my old Nexus 2012 to Kitkat, and messed it up!:crying:
I can only get into TWRP now, and only get roms on there via a USB OTG cable.
Thing is, i've tried loads of roms and they all seem to fail. I've obviously messed up somewhere, anyone give me any poiinters?
Cheers.
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If you took an OTA with stock firmware and TWRP, that's the issue. You can't boot into the bootloader to flash stock?

kcipopnevets said:
If you took an OTA with stock firmware and TWRP, that's the issue. You can't boot into the bootloader to flash stock?
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Cheers dude, I think I'm sorted now, albeit at a 4.2 rom. What's the easiest way to update to 4.4?

seymour71 said:
Cheers dude, I think I'm sorted now, albeit at a 4.2 rom. What's the easiest way to update to 4.4?
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For stock KitKat, use Nexus Root Toolkit and flash the stock binary, and enable USB debugging! Toolkit really takes over so it's kinda one click.
For a ROM? Update TWRP, CWM, or PhilZ to the latest version and pick a ROM that suits your fancy! Good luck on your journey!

kcipopnevets said:
For stock KitKat, use Nexus Root Toolkit and flash the stock binary, and enable USB debugging! Toolkit really takes over so it's kinda one click.
For a ROM? Update TWRP, CWM, or PhilZ to the latest version and pick a ROM that suits your fancy! Good luck on your journey!
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Ah yes, I tried the toolkit when I thought I'd furbared by tablet, I'll enable debbinging & give it another go.
Cheers.

You probably need to update your bootloader to the latest.
You could flash stock 4.2.2 with fastboot.... And when you reboot, it will give you the kit kat ota. Which will update your bootloader and leave you on 4.4.2. Then you just need to flash recovery and root again.

kj2112 said:
You probably need to update your bootloader to the latest.
You could flash stock 4.2.2 with fastboot.... And when you reboot, it will give you the kit kat ota. Which will update your bootloader and leave you on 4.4.2. Then you just need to flash recovery and root again.
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Hmmm, just tried this, everything seemed to go well, but it hasn't given the option of an ota update when I've rebooted. It's still showing as as CyanogenMod Version too?

seymour71 said:
Hmmm, just tried this, everything seemed to go well, but it hasn't given the option of an ota update when I've rebooted. It's still showing as as CyanogenMod Version too?
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Hi, seymour71...
If you're running Googles official factory stock Android 4.2, then you can download the relevant OTA update(s) from here, directly to your Nexus 7, and flash in CWM or TWRP.
You can find out the specifics of the ROM build number your currently running by going to SETTINGS>>ABOUT TABLET>>BUILD NUMBER on your Nexus 7.
You may need to upgrade incrementally, that is to say, from 4.2 to 4.3 (and their successive point updates) right through to the latest version, Android 4.4.2 (Build number: KOT49H).
NOTE: OTA UPDATES ONLY WORK WITH OFFICIAL UNMODIFIED FACTORY STOCK... If you're running a Custom 4.2 based ROM, then flashing them will fail.
Good luck.
Rgrds,
Ged.

GedBlake said:
Hi, seymour71...
If you're running Googles official factory stock Android 4.2, then you can download the relevant OTA update(s) from here, directly to your Nexus 7, and flash in CWM or TWRP.
You can find out the specifics of the ROM build number your currently running by going to SETTINGS>>ABOUT TABLET>>BUILD NUMBER on your Nexus 7.
You may need to upgrade incrementally, that is to say, from 4.2 to 4.3 (and their successive point updates) right through to the latest version, Android 4.4.2 (Build number: KOT49H).
NOTE: OTA UPDATES ONLY WORK WITH OFFICIAL UNMODIFIED FACTORY STOCK... If you're running a Custom 4.2 based ROM, then flashing them will fail.
Good luck.
Rgrds,
Ged.
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Cheers dude. Just checked, the build number says: BeatMod CrystalClear v2.3
Android version is 4.2.2
I thought i'd just flashed it back to a 4.2 stock rom via the toolkit, but apparently not.

seymour71 said:
Cheers dude. Just checked, the build number says: BeatMod CrystalClear v2.3
Android version is 4.2.2
I thought i'd just flashed it back to a 4.2 stock rom via the toolkit, but apparently not.
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"BeatMod CrystalClear v2.3"... Never heard of that one before. There are some pretty obscure ROMs out there. This one sounds like it has some sort of 'music' orientation.
Anyhow... it's a Custom ROM... and you wont be able to update it to 4.4.2 unless the developer has released a 4.4.2 version.
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Your best bet is to fastboot flash the official Google factory stock image for your specific Nexus 7(2012) model (WiFi only, or WiFi & 3G).
The Nexus 7(2012) factory image(s) can be found here...
https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images#nakasi
Instructions on how to fastboot flash can be found here...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1907796
Hope this helps.
Rgrds,
Ged.

Ah, it seems I didn't do it right properly first time.
I'm now on 4.2.2 with the build number JDQ39.
Would I be safe to flash a stock 4.4 rom using the toolkit now? It hasn't offered me an ota update - not yet, anyway.
Edit- It's doing it now, I think. Watch this space!

[Q] 5.1 update.zip Cannot Be Flashed

Hello, today i received the 5.1 ota for my nexus 4 (android 5.0.1 rooted/stock kernel/twrp recovery)
But update.zip cannot be flashed and i get an error telling me: Package expects build fingerprint of google occam mako 5.0.1 or 5.1 user/release-keys. This device has occam/mako 4.3.
I dont want to flash 5.1 manually (i know how to do it).
Thanks in advance

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This is because you are using a custom recovery. OTA update will never work if you are using a custom recovery. Meaning you have to be completely stock to receive the ota update.

I downloaded and flashed stock recovery. I ll try again.

It still gives me an error.

loran_t said:
It still gives me an error.
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You have to be 100% stock system, kernel and recovery. Are you?
Sent from my Nexus 5 using XDA Free mobile app

Check out this, for me did the trick: aaronhastings.me/updating-to-android-5-1-0-on-rooted-nexus-5
I hope it will help you, too.
Regards.

Thank you guys for your advices. Yes i was completely stock and rooted. I flashed 5.1 using pc because i couldn't find what was going on.