Cellular data fix for the Sprint Samsung Galaxy Nexus about to hit the airwaves

The Samsung Galaxy Nexus is seen by the more purist of our smartphone-crazed brethren as the best handset in the Android ecosystem given the fact that it already came with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich as its default operating system when it was released late last year. However, Verizon was the only carrier in US shores to capitalize on the seeming popularity of the handset. Sprint however followed suit and have added the Google flagship device to its lineup of Android smartphones and launching the device last April 22.

Buy the Samsung Galaxy Nexus for Sprint starting at $149.

The Sprint version of the Samsung Galaxy Nexus however was reported to have an issue in acquiring cellular data connection which prompted some early adopters of the handset to have their problematic devices in brick and mortar stores of the wireless provider. A Sprint representative came forward and announced that both Samsung and the carrier are well aware of what is happening and are already in the process of working on an update that will get this issue taken care of. During the announcement, the Sprint rep did not mention any ETA as to when the software update can be expected to hit the airwaves but noted that the update could probably be made available this week.

Following up on its promise of a swift response to the issue plaguing its variant of the Google flagship device, the wireless provider has already posted the pertinent information about the software update on its support forums and has confirmed that the update will get rolled out via OTA to all of the Samsung Galaxy Nexus handsets from its inventory in the next two days. The said software update has a software version of FD02 and is designed specifically to resolve the issue associated with the Samsung Galaxy Nexus wherein its users are unable to get any connection to any data network for that matter. In addition to that, applying the update to your handset will let it display the correct network time after having it activated and will bring updates to the Google Wallet feature of the handset as well.

A caveat though is that your Sprint Samsung Galaxy Nexus should be connected to a Wi-Fi network to be able to receive the said update.  Once the handset is already connected to a Wi-Fi network, the Samsung Galaxy Nexus will automatically download the update in the background and will just prompt you to have it installed so all the issues associated with the device will get sorted out.

With Sprint about to unleash the update within two days’ time, we would like to commend both Samsung and the wireless provider for quickly coming up with a fix for what could turn out to be a deal breaker for most of those who have gotten the Sprint version of the Samsung Galaxy Nexus. This only goes to show the commitment of the carrier to its subscribers and the only thing that is missing in the equation right now is for the LTE network of the carrier to get fired up so we can already use and abuse the Samsung Galaxy Nexus to take advantage of the benefits brought to the table by the said network.  Buy the Samsung Galaxy Nexus for Sprint starting at $149.