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Blakeman 		Old
23rd November 2012, 10:52 PM
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Default Is there away too force Nexus 4 OTA update?
Just wondering if anyone knows a trick too make the update happen. It's not showing yet on my phone.

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yes you can download the update manually ...
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23rd November 2012, 10:58 PM
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go to settings > apps and clear data for google services framework as well as force quit. Then try to update. That should work
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go to settings > apps and clear data for google services framework as well as force quit. Then try to update. That should work
Yeah, I did that exact prices with my nex 7 right when the update came out. This works perfectly.

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23rd November 2012, 11:13 PM
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Yeah, I did that exact prices with my nex 7 right when the update came out. This works perfectly.

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Awesome! Problem solved! I

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Hah. Didn't even think of something that silly. A new 16GB Nexus 4, out of the box, needed that trick to see the new update. Come on, Google

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