Just forced the OTA update to my phone.............here's how.

[maineultraclassic]

I read this on another forum, and since I had nothing better to do I gave it a shot...........and it worked.

Home/menu/settings/apps/all/google services framework/

Touch this.

Once it opens clear data and force stop it.

Hit home/settings/about phone/check for updates.

It took me 7-8 times doing it, and then it started downloading the update, installed, and no problems at all. Some of the other people on that forum did it 3 times and it worked, some did it 15 and it worked, and of course some did it a lot and nothing happened.

Nothing is lost by clearing the data and force stopping it, so no fear there.

Give it a shot, you really have nothing to loose but about 10 minutes of time............and you have a lot to gain if it works.

Steve

 

[Crankintopwater69]

I read this on another forum, and since I had nothing better to do I gave it a shot...........and it worked.

Home/menu/settings/apps/all/google services framework/

Touch this.

Once it opens clear data and force stop it.

Hit home/settings/about phone/check for updates.

It took me 7-8 times doing it, and then it started downloading the update, installed, and no problems at all. Some of the other people on that forum did it 3 times and it worked, some did it 15 and it worked, and of course some did it a lot and nothing happened.

Nothing is lost by clearing the data and force stopping it, so no fear there.

Give it a shot, you really have nothing to loose but about 10 minutes of time............and you have a lot to gain if it works.

Steve

Nothin rite now,but will keep tryin it.Thxz for the info

 

[Crankintopwater69]

Mine goes back to 12/31/1969,is that the norm?

 

[maineultraclassic]

Yes, it always goes back to that date............it's something to do with Android or Linux.

Keep trying it, I was amazed when it worked..........but am glad I spent the 10 minutes doing it.

Steve

 

[Crankintopwater69]

Yes, it always goes back to that date............it's something to do with Android or Linux.

Keep trying it, I was amazed when it worked..........but am glad I spent the 10 minutes doing it.

Steve

Cool.It was freakin me out there,my birthday is Jan 14 1969.I said dear God,their(The Goverment) is trackin me

 

[Five-0]

Cool.It was freakin me out there,my birthday is Jan 14 1969.I said dear God,their(The Goverment) is trackin me

Our best trick was convincing you that we weren't tracking you.:icon_ devil:

 

[leatherneck111]

The method does work after 6th try for me up in Rochester, NY

THIS DOES WORK: YOU JUST HAVE TO BE PATIENT! I actually gave up after my 5th try. Then I read all the user comments and decided to keep trying and voila, unbelievably it downloaded the update and as I type I'm installing the update! Giddy UP!

After it installed it shut down and now a screen states "Android is upgrading (Optimizing application ... of 125.)

I've updated on my original Droid it has never said that before, I'm guessing ICS has different update parameters and a different method of "upgrading" as it states..... It just finished upgrading "contacts" and now I'm a live with my Nexus. WOW, I'm getting 3 bars of 4G while just before the update in the same location I was only getting 1 bar. Google chrome seems faster too... Time will tell what else has been improved.

I read this on another forum, and since I had nothing better to do I gave it a shot...........and it worked.

Home/menu/settings/apps/all/google services framework/

Touch this.

Once it opens clear data and force stop it.

Hit home/settings/about phone/check for updates.

It took me 7-8 times doing it, and then it started downloading the update, installed, and no problems at all. Some of the other people on that forum did it 3 times and it worked, some did it 15 and it worked, and of course some did it a lot and nothing happened.

Nothing is lost by clearing the data and force stopping it, so no fear there.

Give it a shot, you really have nothing to loose but about 10 minutes of time............and you have a lot to gain if it works.

Steve

 

[maineultraclassic]

Yeah I kept trying and reading the posts, and I looked at the phone and it was downloading the file.

Great find for the original poster on that other forum.

Steve

 

[alboboy10]

I can't get it done...doesn't work for me. Maybe reboot the phone

 

[DesktopDevin]

I flashed with wugs back to stock and locked last night to see what the update would be like, I also formatted the sd storage to make sure no dust was left untouched.

Was glad to see this thread. It took me about 9 times, but it actually worked.

Hats Off to you sir/maam whoever thought of of this!!

Getting ready to restart now..will get back with results.

 

[JJDH]

Got it. Took about 20 tries.

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[Durania]

Just worked for me!

 

[DesktopDevin]

Posted from an updated nexus!!

 

[Lyrandian]

Just got it!

Forcing the update worked for me too! Took me probably 20-25 times. I thought this was all some sort of sick joke at first!

Just as a reference, the 1969 date that it indicates is the epoch for Android, which is the starting point that android uses as a base reference when calculating time.

 

[Jongbum]

Wow. Took me one try, thanks!

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