[Q] [Honest curiosity] About updates and AOSP

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sugar0

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If there's already source for 4.0.3 why don't devs (whom i'll always not thanks enough for their work) makes an update? Only Google can make an incremental update and we need a full AOSP rom ?
 

sugar0

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Sorry if i wasn't clear enough.
I mean: i'm on stock 4.0.1 and i don't want to wipe now. Isn't there a way to make an incremental update 4.0.3 instead of flashing an entire rom?
 

Royal2000H

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Also as a Nexus device, wasn't one of the benefits that Google would put out the updates very quickly?

They have 4.0.3 just sitting there, is there any reason why they're not putting it out?
 

F0l3ert

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The 4.0.3 roms are based off from the uncompiled 4.0.3 source that google releases to the public, which developers can compile and test their apps on.
As for your 4.0.1, is your device a yakju, or jakjuux? Check with the GN checker app on the market. If its jakjuux, it wont be updated until samsung says so, meanwhile if you are running jakju, you should be able to go to 4.0.2, which has been released as an OTA through google. Hope this helps.



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sugar0

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The 4.0.3 roms are based off from the uncompiled 4.0.3 source that google releases to the public, which developers can compile and test their apps on.
As for your 4.0.1, is your device a yakju, or jakjuux? Check with the GN checker app on the market. If its jakjuux, it wont be updated until samsung says so, meanwhile if you are running jakju, you should be able to go to 4.0.2, which has been released as an OTA through google. Hope this helps.



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I'm yakju bu you didn't get my point or neither i'm not explaining what it could be only my imagination. BUT
If the source code it's released why it can't be a 6/10/20 mb packet that can upgrade my system like a FOTA update can do ?
 

zephiK

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Because 4.0.3 has some bugs that needs to be fixed. The 4.0.3 OTA was released for Nexus S then pulled because of the bugs it was having.
You think if it was ready, they'd release it. Give it time, people are so ungrateful when 95% of the Android Community are still on Android 2.3.X and below.

If you want it so badly, flash a custom ROM with 4.0.3 on it. If you don't want to, then you can't really complain.
 

Arrio

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Because 4.0.3 has some bugs that needs to be fixed. The 4.0.3 OTA was released for Nexus S then pulled because of the bugs it was having.
You think if it was ready, they'd release it. Give it time, people are so ungrateful when 95% of the Android Community are still on Android 2.3.X and below.

If you want it so badly, flash a custom ROM with 4.0.3 on it. If you don't want to, then you can't really complain.

Not really, there's a source released for the GNex from Google.

Sugar0, I will try compiling that stock source and tell you how it goes.
 

sugar0

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Not really, there's a source released for the GNex from Google.

Sugar0, I will try compiling that stock source and tell you how it goes.

You don't need to! It's plenty of stock untouched AOSP roms and modified.

What i'm asking is:

is there an unofficial small update that will bring 4.0.3 to my GN that i can flash in recovery ? Not the full rom!
 

magn2o

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You could always just compile it yourself with "make otapackage", that will give you exactly what you're asking for.

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magn2o

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No, you didn't "miss" anything. It's just that most people who are going to take the time to setup a build environment are doing so to tinker with the source -- not just build a vanilla package. Either way, its not terribly difficult to setup and build -- especially with all the guides floating around XDA.

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EddyOS

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You could always just compile it yourself with "make otapackage", that will give you exactly what you're asking for.

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That's not strictly true. The 'OTA' package you make when compiling the ROM from source is still a complete ROM as opposed to a small OTA update
 

magn2o

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It won't require a system wipe and will apply just like an OTA, which is what (I'm assuming) the OP wanted.

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sugar0

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It won't require a system wipe and will apply just like an OTA, which is what (I'm assuming) the OP wanted.

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Yep! like nigthly build of Cyanogenmod. It doesen't matter if its 6mb or 120mb. So aren't there those updates around ? I can't understand why they don't make such updates