I recommend staying on nonefig .41 if u dont want bloatware
Given that the .41 nonefig variant has a different radio (with issues like not providing GPS info), I'd rather switch to retail, after all, there's some reason for location dependent radios, I assume. You might try nonefig with the retail radio, but I'm far from sure whether that's a good idea (or actually works at all).
As of the bloatware, I don't bother, as long as I'm not forced top use it... I disabled the bloat apps, thus it's like they weren't there in the first place (still could physically delete them, of course, but I don't see any need ATM). Of course, that doesn't free up space in the system partition, but I don't need it neither, all I wanted to put there fitted. Besides, the bloat might contain some useful stuff under the hood, like additional services (somewhere these 100+ megs must have gone to...).
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I am already on ICS
676.226.3.xt910.retail.en.EU
do i need to folow all the steps said at first or can i just flash it through recovery?
The OTAs don't contain the actual files but only the recipes on how to build them from the prior version (patches). Therefore it is mandatory that you do have the exact version the OTA looks for. This is checked at the start of the update, thus you'll get an error (and the update aborts) if you have a different version installed, for it wouldn't know how to build the updated files (worse actually, it would convert them to complete gibberish).
It's also important you don't have any system files modified, for the same reason. This might or not be checked for (I think it is, but ain't sure).
So, yes, you have to do the whole OP procedure, which, by the way, is very well described and easy to follow (thank you tons, pilot!).
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