How To’s: manually install the latest Nexus One software update
Google have announced a software update for the Nexus One which they will be gradually pushing out to all handsets via an over-the-air update during the course of this week. Nexus One users will receive a message on their phone’s notification bar which will download and install the new software.
If you’re really impatient and don’t want to wait for the notification to appear, it is possible to jump the queue and manually install the update yourself. The official update is available as a zip file - thanks to Android Forums who discovered this link. It’s the same file that will be downloaded and installed by the automatic notification and update system.
- Download the , rename the file to update.zip (or just update if you’re running Windows) and copy it to the phone’s SD Card.
- Reboot into the bootloader (Turn the phone off. Hold down the trackball and press the power button to boot into a white screen with skating Android robots. Select bootloader from the on-screen prompt).
- Select Recovery. The phone will reboot, giving a picture of an Android robot and an exclamation mark inside a triangle.
- Hold down the power button and then press the volume-up button.
- Use the trackball to choose the ”Apply sdcard:update.zip” option and let the install run its course.
We’d only recommend this route for users who are comfortable using the bootloader on their phone by the way. If you’re not familiar with this level of access to the Nexus One internals we’d recommend waiting until you receive the update via the notification system from Google. And be sure to let us know what you think of the new features.
