Galaxy Nexus i515 smartphone from the house of Verizon Wireless gets an all new update of of IMM76K which is here to fix all the issues related to network. Over a period of this article we will be checking out on how you can apply this update. If you are any of the custom Rom firmwares then you can easily apply this update and just in case if you are on any of the stock or official firmware, then you shall get this update OTA from Verizon Wireless very soon. Please note that this is the official firmware version which is released by Verizon Wireless. Very soon we are hearing that an all new update will be pushed to Galaxy Nexus devices and will be dubbed as 4.0.5 update.
Disclaimer: Neither we, nor developer should be held responsible for any damage happened to your device in the process of following the instructions mentioned in this article. It’s very unlikely that there will be any issues but just in case if at all there are any issues then we are committed to help you in solving the same.
Change Log of ICS 4.0.4 IMM76K or Galaxy Nexus:
Pros:
- Time Lag in application shift has been considerably reduced,
- Battery is now optimized more than before,
- Camera bug related to shutter lag has been fixed,
- Camera now from lock screen loads faster,
- 3D apps now render faster than before,
- Animation issues with some apps has been addressed,
- User Interface is much more fluidic,
Cons:
- Ringtones are the same as which were for earlier version,
- Kernel has been updated but the version is old one,
- Some applications like launcher and Games still lags
Essential Pre Requisites:
- Data present in you Galaxy Nexus should be backed up so that just in case if the data gets lost or corrupted, the same can be easily restored with the help of below mentioned steps. If you are on the stock firmware then you can also backup the data using the PC Suite tools.
SMS – Use “SMS Backup & Restore app”,
Contacts – Sync with the Gmail application,
Call Log – Call Log and Restore
Images, Songs, Videos, Files – Copy to internal / External SD Card,
APN and MMS Settings – Note down from the path “Applications > Settings > Wireless and Network > Mobile Networks > Access Point Names”
- Minimum charge left in the phone should be 60% so as to ensure that the phone doesn’t get turned Off in the middle of firmware update. (If you don’t follow this step then the chances are more that your phone may get DEAD for which we should not be responsible).
- Disable all the security suites installed in your computer and uninstall all antivirus tools in your computer so as to ensure that the firmware update is not interrupted in the middle of the process.
- Enable the USB debugging in your phone from the path “Settings > Applications > Development > USB debugging”. The USB Debugging option should be ticked. USB Debugging Mode can only be enabled once you disconnect the phone from computer. USB Debugging should be ticked.
Assuming that you have followed all the above mentioned instructions, you can now proceed to the next page where we have summed up a detailed list of instructions to update your Samsung Galaxy Nexus powered by Verizon Wireless.
