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- Android Central Editors' app picks for Dec 17, 2011
- Android 4.0.3 kernel sources pushed
- Android 4.0.3 OTA for T-Mobile Nexus S ported to Nexus S 4G
- App tells you who's updating your Galaxy Nexus, can't tell you whether to care
- How to manually update your GSM Galaxy Nexus with the Android 4.0.2 OTA
- Galaxy Nexus for $150 on Amazon, but backordered
- HTC ThunderBolt's latest update rolling out, brings bugfixes aplenty
| Android Central Editors' app picks for Dec 17, 2011 Posted: 17 Dec 2011 03:26 PM PST Psssst. You, yes you! Hit the break with us and let's check out some applications for you to install because well, who doesn't love new apps?! 
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| Android 4.0.3 kernel sources pushed Posted: 17 Dec 2011 02:09 PM PST We knew this one was coming since the AOSP sources were pushed, and Jean-Baptiste Queru again made it official on the Android Building mailing list. The Linux kernel sources for the Crespo (Samsung Nexus S), the Stingray (Motorola Xoom), and the Tuna (Samsung Galaxy Nexus) are now in the AOSP manifest, with a handy set of links to sync just the sources for those not interested in the full Android source. While Android controls the look, feel and features of a device, the kernel controls the mind. It's where some serious (and seriously cool) work can be done, and Android is full of the right kind of geek to do them. If you're any sort of hacker or flashaholic, and use a GNex, Xoom, or Nexus S, you're in luck. Source: Android Building 
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| Android 4.0.3 OTA for T-Mobile Nexus S ported to Nexus S 4G Posted: 17 Dec 2011 11:45 AM PST
Samsung Nexus S 4G hacker Beezy has done it again, this time porting the Android 4.0.3 OTA update for T-Mobile phones to the Sprint 4G version. There's no Wimax of course, but for the most part everything is working well -- including GPU rendering that we all have been wanting. Hopefully the real OTA for the Nexus S 4G is coming soon, and we can't wait to see what the fellas can do with it when it comes out, but for now you can enjoy the very latest version of Android as it should be on your phone with this ClockworkMod flashable version. Hit the forums thread, grab the zip, and give it a go. Thanks, Beezy!
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| App tells you who's updating your Galaxy Nexus, can't tell you whether to care Posted: 17 Dec 2011 08:32 AM PST Fun fact: There are more versions of the Samsung Galaxy Nexus floating around, software-wise, than you're probably aware of, even when it comes to the GSM version. The basic rule here is that if you have the yakju version of the Galaxy Nexus, it's GSM, and mysid is CDMA/LTE, in the case of the Verizon Galaxy Nexus. But there actually are regional differences as well, so you might see ykjuux in Canada, or there's yakjuxw, or yakjusc. Probably others. Make your head hurt? Mine, too. And with that has come great debate over whether the various verisons are updated directly from Google, or from Samsung, or from some magical neckbearded update gnome deep in the forest. As I've said on Google+, so long as the updates come in a timely manner and aren't borked (not that they should be), I couldn't care less whose servers they come from. But if you are worried about that sort of thing, there's a little tool called "GN Official Update Checker" that makes it easy to figure it out. All it does it check the ro.product.name line in your phone's build.prop file and tell you whether it's updated by Google or not updated by Google. Whether it keeps you up at night is entirely up to you. Update: Turns out the CDMA/LTE mysid variant (that's the Verizon Galaxy Nexus to you and me) does actually get its updates from Google after all, according to Googler Jean-Baptiste Queru. So that's that. JBQ also says that yakjuxw and other yakju variants signed by Samsung have only "really small region-specific tweaks". GN Official Update Checker via The:Unwired 
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| How to manually update your GSM Galaxy Nexus with the Android 4.0.2 OTA Posted: 17 Dec 2011 07:28 AM PST So Android 4.0.2's starting to roll out to the GSM version of the Samsung Galaxy Nexus. But maybe you don't want to wait? (We sure don't.) Here's how to easily flash the update to your phone, same as we did for the volume bug update. Note that this won't erase anything, and it's really no different than if you sat back and waited. Note that this is for stock phones, and for people who want to update without really doing any real hackery but don't mind a little command line work. Nothing we do here is permanent, other than the update itself. If you've already flashed CWM, then you probably already know what you're doing anyway. And with that ... Thanks, Scott, for the OTA location 
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| Galaxy Nexus for $150 on Amazon, but backordered Posted: 17 Dec 2011 06:53 AM PST If you're like me and have yet to actually pick a Galaxy Nexus, Amazon is making it awful hard to resist. Despite the device sitting in backorder status on their site -- the $150 price tag they are offering it for is pretty tempting. That's 50% off Verizons $300 price tag and during the holidays, saving on big ticket items such as the Verizon Galaxy Nexus is a good thing. If you don't like the sound of backorder and want to have your Galaxy Nexus wrapped and sitting under the tree, you can also pick it up from the ShopAndroid Phone Store. Be sure to order by December 20th to have it in time for Christmas. Click here for details. Buy the Verizon Galaxy Nexus from Amazon 
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| HTC ThunderBolt's latest update rolling out, brings bugfixes aplenty Posted: 16 Dec 2011 06:43 PM PST The long day of updates marches on, with the HTC ThunderBolt the latest receipient. Nothing more than bugfixes in Build 2.11.605.9, but they include:
Head into Settings>Software update to snag it now. More: Verizon; ThunderBolt forums 
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