Help Time to Update to 4.0.4

[maltexx]

I received the notification to update to 4.0.4 this morning (the pop-up that says Install now, Install later, Not Now). I clicked install now and another pop up says that the system has to reboot. The system automatically reboots and the white Google appears on the black background, but its been like that for 15-20 minutes now. I'm entirely stock but I was wondering how long its taken other people for the installation or what's going on with my phone right now.

I have a gut feeling something is going wrong, but I don't know whether its downloading/installing at this point or if I should pull the battery.

Thanks for any help!

 

[Idunno]

Mine took a minute for initial start up. If it's been more than 20+ mins i'd say just pull the battery and try again if it's unresponsive. What else can you do? It will run out of battery eventually and just turn off.

 

[iowabowtech]

Any update on this? I'd be scared to death to pull the battery during an update but yeah eventually there's not much choice in the matter. My fear is pulling the battery while it's updating the bootloader in the background. That kind of timing would be just my luck and could end poorly IMO.

 

[Deleted User]

I just updated morning. It took about 15 minutes and rebooted twice. I don't know if this will help or not, but my screen never went dark when I looked at it. The Google screen stayed on for a couple minutes for me.

 

[capulinflicker]

I got the notification this morning, so I accepted and went about getting ready for work. I'm at the office now and it's still at the Google start-up screen. It's been over an hour. I'm in the same boat, I want to pull the battery but not sure if I should

 

[Idunno]

hmm, I forced the update so maybe that's why mine worked differently. Honestly I think you guys are good to go on a battery pull... that doesn't mean i'm going to buy you a new one if it bricks but if it were me, i would pull the battery.

To repeat: I'm not responsible for what happens to your phone, but if I were you I would pull the battery and try again if its been more than 20+ mins. My $.02

 

[capulinflicker]

hmm, I forced the update so maybe that's why mine worked differently. Honestly I think you guys are good to go on a battery pull... that doesn't mean i'm going to buy you a new one if it bricks but if it were me, i would pull the battery.

To repeat: I'm not responsible for what happens to your phone, but if I were you I would pull the battery and try again if its been more than 20+ mins. My $.02

Dude, I took your advice and pulled the battery. Shortly thereafter the phone exploded. Thanks a lot!!! I'll expect full reimbursement, I'll PM you for details.

That whole fiasco drained it down to 32%. As my luck would have it I forgot my charger at home, so I don't think the phone's gonna be lasting through the day.

 

[maltexx]

I ended up doing a battery pull and was able to boot into 4.0.2, which at this point is fine.

I found this on a different msg board and its about the GSM version of the nexus (I have the LTE) and it implies that a botched installation of 4.0.2 made it so a working recovery image was never created.

[SOLVED] Completely stock GSM Galaxy Nexus -- 4.0.4 update stuck at Google screen - xda-developers

I'll be the first to admit that I know very little about the inner workings of this phone, so I don't know if this is total BS.

So if anyone has any advise on how to get around this issue please let me know. My only limitation is I can't root because I need to use the phone for my work email and the admins block that.

Thanks

 

[Idunno]

Fully charge your battery, then follow this guide http://androidforums.com/samsung-galaxy-nexus/558352-just-forced-ota-update-my-phone-heres-how.html to force the update. I did it on data with wifi disabled and it worked the first time... but it might take a few. See if a fresh download works for you. Otherwise use the nexus toolkit and give it a fresh stock flash then try to force the update. Do be sure to back up your contacts onto your computer first.