Tips to try if your Samsung Galaxy Nexus on Sprint hasn’t gotten the Jelly Bean update yet

Late last week, reports started coming in that the Samsung Galaxy Nexus on Sprint, along with the Nexus S, was finally getting the much-anticipated update to Android 4.1, Jelly Bean. However, for lots of people, the update never appeared, and still hasn’t today. (This is actually the exact situation that plagues a Galaxy Nexus in my house.)

All hope is not lost, though. Here are some tricks to try and force the OTA update on your Sprint Galaxy Nexus, just in case you’ve been checking for updates to no avail. Please note: you should be running the most recent OTA software update (Android 4.0.4; build number and base band should both end in FG01).

Trick 1

1. Go to your settings menu, and select Apps > All > Google Services Framework.
2. Press Clear data, and select OK. Then, press Force stop.
3. Return to your main settings menu, and select About phone > System updates. If you successfully cleared the data in the previous step, your phone should read: “Last checked for update on 12/31/1969.”
4. Press Check now.

Trick 2

1. Repeat steps 1 and 2 in Trick 1.
2. Wait at least two minutes before proceeding to step 3.
3. Go to your phone dialer, and press *#*#2432546#*#*
4. You should see a message appear in your notifications that reads, “checkin succeeded.”
5. Return to your main settings menu, and select About phone > System updates. Press Check now.

Other tips

Some people are still reporting problems receiving the update, even after trying these steps. Based on what I’ve read in several forums and in the comments on YouTube, here are some tips that might help:

• Turn off WiFi, so that your phone is connected to Sprint’s mobile network.
• Try Trick 1 repeatedly (some people say four times in a row).
• Wait longer before clearing the data of Google Services Framework and checking for the update – sometimes up to 10 minutes.

If this still doesn’t work, you can also try downloading the flashing the update manually. The update can be downloaded directly from Google’s servers, and this thread at XDA has instructions for basically all phone setups: custom and stock recoveries, locked and unlocked bootloaders, root access and no root access.

It has certainly been a rocky release to say the least, but once Jelly Bean is on all of our Galaxy Nexuses (Galaxy Nexi?), I’m sure we’ll all be very happy.

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