In the Android ecosystem, the Samsung Galaxy Nexus is still considered by many of our smartphone-crazed brethren as the best handset you can get your hands on because of the fact that it already runs Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich for its operating system. If you’d remember, this handset was released late last year to coincide with Google’s unveiling of the latest version of its mobile operating system and since then, the handset has earned glowing reviews from pundits and critics alike with only the camera department of the Samsung Galaxy Nexus coming under heavy fire because of the apparent sub-par specifications of the two shooters found in the device.
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If you happen to rock the GSM or unlocked version of the handset for your mobile weapon of choice, there is a big chance that you’ll be waking up this morning with a notification on your handset letting you know about the apparent availability of a software update for the handset. And if there is notification on your handset, manually checking for the update will definitely let you know about its availability.
The said software update for the current Google flagship handset leaves its software version to Android 4.0.4 but will crank up its build number from the old IMM76D to the newer IMM76I. For the power users and the developers out there, the baseband of the handset remains as it is but includes a fresh kernel in it. Although the update is seen as a minor one, it still is relatively an important update to be taken advantage once it becomes available because it brings a bug fix to the Samsung Galaxy Nexus that takes care of the signal loss issue that some of its users are experiencing. Looking back, this intermittent loss of signal issue is associated with the IMM76D build of the handset so you might want have this update applied as soon as you can once it becomes available for download.
In addition to the fix for the signal loss issue, the said software update will also take care of smaller issues experienced on the GSM version of the Samsung Galaxy Nexus such as the lock screen lag that users experience when the handset’s automatic brightness feature is activated. That being said, if the notification hasn’t come up on your device yet or if manually checking for the update didn’t turn up anything, you also have the option of searching and manually grabbing the update file and flashing it onto your Samsung Galaxy Nexus. However, your handset should already be rooted with stock recovery to be able to pull this off. If you didn’t tinker with your device, the only option is for the software update to hit your device via OTA but it you are using ClockworkMod, you are well advised to wait until a compatible version surfaces. Buy the Samsung Galaxy Nexus 4G for Verizon starting at $49.
