Install Android 2.3.4 Gingerbread On Nexus One Manually

 

After Google (Samsung) Nexus S, it’s time for the Google Nexus One to get the Gingerbread feast. Google has started rolling out the official Android 2.3.4 Gingerbread update for the Nexus One. It should hit your device in couple of days.

For the impatient, there is always a work-around. Here is how you can manually download and install the Android 2.3.4 Gingerbread update on your Nexus One.



MANUAL UPDATE INSTRUCTIONS

1. Download Android 2.3.4 update for Nexus One (GRJ22-from-GRI40.zip) to your computer.

2. Rename it to update.zip. Make sure it’s not ‘update.zip.zip’!

2. Connect your Nexus One to computer via USB cable.

3. Copy the update.zip to phone’s internal SD Card at root level. Don’t unzip the contents.

4. Disconnect USB connection and power off the phone.

5. Reboot the phone into ‘Recovery mode’. To do it, press and hold “Volume Down” key and “Power” button simultaneously for few seconds and release it.

6. In the Recovery mode, use volume button to navigate through “Recovery” and press “Power” button to select it.

7. You will see the “!” symbol. Then hold the “Power” button and then press the “Volume Up” button.

8. In the recovery options, choose ““apply update from /sdcard” option.

9. Select the update.zip file on your sdcard and then press the “Power” button to flash it.

10. Wait for the Android 2.3.4 upgrade process to complete.

After a automatic reboot, you have successfully upgraded the Nexus One to Android 2.3.4 Gingerbread.