How to manually install the Nexus One Update NOW February 3, 2010
Posted by hodulo in Nexus One.Tags: android2.1-update1, download, ERD79, locked, manual, multi touch, Nexus One, Update
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I just updated my Nexus One manually and multi touch works just fine.
The update adds Multi Touch to Maps, Gallery and the Internet Browser. It also brings favorites for Maps, and Night Mode for Navigation with Google Maps and it is supposed to fix issues with bad 3G connections.
If like me you don’t want to wait for the update to spread via the mobile network, here is the tutorial that I followed to update my locked(!) phone:
Originally Posted by FLT
FIRST: make sure you have enough battery, this update can brick your device since it overwrites the radio!!SECOND: this method is for devices with LOCKED bootloader!
- Get the update from Google: http://android.clients.go…7-from-ERD79.a487b405.zip
- Put the update on your SD card & rename it to update.zip
- Boot in recovery mode (hold down trackball + power)
- Go to bootloader -> recovery
- Now there’s a picture of a droid with a triangle
- Press the power button + volume up
- Apply sdcard:update.zip
- Updating
- Reboot system now
- Enjoy the multitouch
Hope I’ve helped some people who do not want to wait any longer for the OTA!
When you click on the download link you might see a security warning which can be ignored safely. You are downloading the file from a official google server, they probably just didn’t sign the certificate, yet.
Use ‘Volume + and -’ to navigate through the menu once you are in your Nexus One’s recovery mode.
It’s up to you how you place the update.zip file on your Micro SD card. I used “adb push update.zip /sdcard” on my Ubuntu system in the Android development environment. You might download the file directly with your phone and use file manager to rename the file or you can just put the SD-Card in your PC’s card reader.
The update took less than 5 minutes for me and I had no problems at all. Just be patient, when everything is finished the phone boots automatically when you tell it to do so. After the update this is what your phone information will show you:
Firmware Version 2.1-update1
Baseband Version 32.24.00.22U_4.03.00.21_2
Kernel Version 2.6.29-01117-g4bc62c2 android-build@apa26 #1
Build Number ERE27
-Stefan
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