Saturday, July 28, 2012

Nexus All models Factory images released..


So now, you can get your phones updated to Jelly Beans (If you haven't got yourself updated yet) with official images.

Official Images also comes handy if you have screwed up your phone by putting in some nasty custom roms.

To Install the factory images there are some small BABY STEPS that you need to take.

I have already posted the method to install the factory image for 4.0 in my previous post which is here : http://abhinavasblog.blogspot.sg/2012/06/installing-custom-rom-on-galaxy-nexus.html

All you need to do is instead of downloading 4.0 OS build you need to download it for 4.1


The entire list of changes in Jelly Beans from ICS is provided here : http://www.android.com/about/jelly-bean/

Happy Jelly Beans... :)

Friday, July 27, 2012

Google Search


Google today has introduced a new way to search the web for hand held devices..

They have enabled gesture search...

What is Gesture Search.?
Well gesture here refers to handwritten text... Hence, when i say Gesture Search it simply means you can write what you wanna search on the screen... Yepp no typing on the keyboard...

Wao.. so how do I do it?
As already mentioned this facility is only for devices with touch screen.
All you need to do now is

1. Go to Google
2. Click on settings in bottom of screen
3. Click on Enable under Handwriting

4. Save

That's it... now you can write and search ...

And one last thing... you can search in more than 20 languages... :)



Monday, July 16, 2012

Rooting Android 4.1.1 Galaxy Nexus




So.. many of you must be happy with your new awesome Jelly Beans... :) (Ofcrs people who got it)
and many of you will be sad hat you now lost all your rooted power...

Yes you loose root and your custom recoveries as soon as you put official Jelly Beans on your Galaxy devices.

We we have a solution now.. :)


It involves a small trick...


From my previous posts you already know how to root your devices till 4.0 (ICS)

Since we will be doing lot similar stuff here... so lets refresh your memory


  • adb reboot bootloader
  • adb devices 
    • If cannot find your device
      • Add Device
      • Device Manager
      • Right Click on Android 1.0
      • Manually update driver
      • Choose Driver from List
      • Android Usb Devices
      • Samsung USB Composite
  • Fastboot oem unlock

Now this part is all new for Jelly Beans so read carefully and dont miss anything: 



  • Start your phone...
  • Copy CWM SuperSU in sd sdcard
  • Shutdown your phone and restart the phone by holding down to Volume Up+ Volume Down + power
  • Type in fastboot flash recovery <recovery-file.img>
  • By using Volume key navigate to Recovery Mode
  • You will reach to custom recovery
  • Select Install zip from sdcard
  • Select SuperUser zip from sdcard by pressing Power Button.
  • Once installed type following command
    • adb shell
    • cd system
    • mv /system/reboot-from-recovery.p /system/reboot-from-recovery.bak
  • fastboot oem lock


That's it... You have your latest rooted Jelly Beans... :)

Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Android 4.1.1 Update for All GSM Galaxy Nexus


Yeah we all had been waiting for our official release of Jelly Beans...

With the Jelly Beans source floating around it was highly expected that the updates will be coming up super soon.

So here it is ... we just recieved two updates (Official Updates) from Google.

Download



Unfortunately you don't get option to update your device. Well its not same with people who already have patched and have been using 4.1 from my previous posts.

I'll help you get the latest updates with a both the devices. (With the Patches and Without the Patch)

Lets start (For users with nothing fancy in their phone i.e their phone is still running stock ICS)  :

1. You need to install CWM recovery. (Don't worry this will be erased as soon as you update your device to latest version. )
2. Follow the link upto step 2. There is no need to do step 3.
3. Now start your device and copy the relevant zip ion your SD card. (Check in settings to know which zip should you download. )
4. In case you want to change your build version. Please follow this link (We have installed TAKAJU) and then install custom recovery from step 2 again.
5. Now follow these steps



  • Copy the zip to Device.




  • Switch off your device 




  • Start your Phone by pressing Volume Up + Volume Down + Power




  • You device should start in bootloader mode.




  • Use Volume up and Down to navigate for Recovery Mode




  • Press Power button to go into recovery 



  • Select Install zip from Sdcard 
  • 6. Restart the phone.

    Now for the users who already are using Jelly Beans 4.1
    Download the file on your computer. (People who have used my previous posts to update their phones need to use takju-JRO03C-from-JRN84D.)

    Use following commands

    1. adb reboot bootloader
    2. Choose recovery mode
    3. You will see an exclamation mark on screen with android logo press and hold Volume up and Power button for approximately 10 secs.
    4. You will see a recovery screen 
    5. Choose option update using adb
    6. adb sideload Downloads\update_jelly.zip
    That's it. 

    Once done you will be running on 4.1.1 version of Android OS.


    Monday, July 2, 2012

    Jelly Beans on Your Galaxy Nexus

    UPDATE:  GET OFFICIAL GOOGLE JELLY BEANS UPDATE FROM THIS LINK


    So many of you have been waiting to see this :)

    Here is a step by step guide to install latest and greatest of Google Product on your Galaxy Nexus.

    Before you starts with your sleaves up lets walkthrough with stuffs that gonna happen to your phone...



    • Will flash your device and Install Google Takaju 
      • Why you need that? Because the update has been released for this version only...
    • We will Root our device
    • Install the new Update
      • The root access will not be available to you anymore, so you phone will be as good as new.

    So lets start 



    Step 1 Flashing TAKAJU
    Please refer to http://abhinavasblog.blogspot.sg/2012/06/installing-custom-rom-on-galaxy-nexus.html 


    Step 2 Rooting Your Device
    Please refer to http://abhinavasblog.blogspot.sg/2012/07/root-galaxy-nexus-gsm-only.html

    Step 3 Installing Jelly Beans



    • Download the Jelly Beans Update from here
    • Copy it to SD CARD
    • Shutdown your phone
    • Press Volume Up + Volume Down and Power button together
    • Navigate to recovery using Volume buttons
    • Select Recovery using Power Button
    • Select install zip from sdcard
    • choose the downloaded file in sdcard
    • reboot
    That's it.. Now your Phone has latest and Greatest Android 4.1 OS.




    ENJOY :)

    Root The Galaxy Nexus (GSM Only)

    Disclaimer: Neither Abhinavasblog, nor Google Inc. should be held responsible for any damage happened to your device in the process of Rooting your Phone. 

    Rooting your Galaxy Nexus is the easiest thing you will ever know...



    WHY ROOTING?
    Well... there is no single answer for this. So before we talk about "why rooting" lets know "what is rooting".


    WHAT IS ROOTING?
    Android is a Linux based Operating System... (For Non techies: Linux is just another Operating System like Windows and Mac ).

    By default user do not have permission to modify any integral settings of the operating system, this has been implemented to save the OS from Users as they can accidentally perform some awesomely crazy changes.

    This limitation also takes away the power from your phone as some times software need those kind of permissions to work. This permission is known as ROOT PERMISSION.

    Hence the word ROOTING came up.

    So back to our basic question WHY ROOTING?
    In order to get complete access t make modifications and customization of the Operating System you need to root.


    WILL I LOOSE WARRANTY?
    Yes and No..

    Yes if you go with your rooted device to claim warrany and No if you reflash the original os : Please reffer to my previous post to know how to flash original OS.


    ENOUGH TALK LETS FIGHT
    Caution: Please make sure your battery is above 50% of charge. Take Backup as all your data on mobile will be lost.


    Step 1 Unlock Boot loader:

    • adb reboot bootloader
    • adb devices 
      • If cannot find your device
        • Add Device
        • Device Manager
        • Right Click on Android 1.0
        • Manually update driver
        • Choose Driver from List
        • Android Usb Devices
        • Samsung USB Composite
    • Fastboot oem unlock

    Step 2 Install Recovery:
    Recovery is a piece of tool that allows you to install/ update/ replace/ reset your OS. The default recovery that we have in our device has very limited set of capabilities.
    There are several options available to you I personally liked

    Download from Here : http://www.clockworkmod.com/rommanager/
    I myself am using Touch Recovery It is from the same place but specific to Galaxy Nexus GSM.


    • fastboot flash recovery  optimus_prime-touch-v5.5.0.4-6-GSM.img
    • fastboot oem lock
    You have successfully flashed the new Recovery. Restart your phone.

    Step 3 Install Root:
    Download Super User Zip from WGeekz link v0.94


    • Copy the zip to Device.
    • Switch off your device 
    • Start your Phone by pressing Volume Up + Volume Down + Power
    • You device should start in bootloader mode.
    • Use Volume up and Down to navigate for Recovery Mode
    • Press Power button to go into recovery
    • Select Install zip from Sdcard
    • choose the zip file 
    Once these operations are performed its all done..  Choose option to restart your phone.

    Once restarted you should be able to see an application names SU / SuperUser.


    THAT'S IT YOU HAVE SUCCESSFULLY ROOTED YOUR PHONE.