Fixing a Soft-bricked Samsung Galaxy Nexus

- Jeff Mulkey  Jul. 10, 2012 at 13:30

Like many a mobotnik, you've just rooted your shiny new Samsung Galaxy Nexus and flashed TWRP's latest touch recovery. You race to your local Android forum, pick out the latest custom Jelly Bean ROM and flash it. The device's screen glows with the light of the Google emblem and nothing happens. You wait for several minutes hoping to see the boot screen, but the device reboots itself. Having forgotten to run a nandroid backup, you are now stuck between a rock and a hard place.

You pull the battery and then rerun TWRP. You wipe system, data, cache, and even the battery stats, hoping that with a reflash your Galaxy Nexus will reboot into the comforting glow of the Jelly Bean home screen. Sadly, the device just remains on the Google emblem, doomed to be forever stuck there. Your device is now what is known as soft bricked. This is definitely a problem that can be fixed, however, your options are limited: you can try and flash the stock ROM images from Verizon Wireless and hope that none of the partitions are corrupted or you can take the safe, guaranteed route: ODIN.

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Samsung Galaxy Nexus returns to Google Play

- Lewis Curdie  Jul. 9, 2012 at 12:00

The Samsung Galaxy Nexus was recently served a preliminary injunction, effectively banning sales of the smartphone in the US. However, last week it was listed as “coming soon” on Google Play.

How soon is “soon”? Pretty freakin’ soon. The Samsung Galaxy Nexus reappeared on Google Play over the weekend. Sort of.

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Galaxy Nexus set to return to Google Play next week

- Lewis Curdie  Jul. 6, 2012 at 11:00

Last week, Apple scored a preliminary injunction against the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, effectively rendering sale of the phone in the US illegal. Bad times.

However, the Samsung Galaxy Nexus is currently listed as “coming soon” on Google Play, and Mountain View is confident it’ll be back next week.

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Banned Samsung Galaxy Nexus 'coming soon' to Google Play

- Lewis Curdie  Jul. 5, 2012 at 12:00

Last week, we heard that Apple had scored a preliminary injunction against the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, ultimately meaning it’d disappear from shelves across the Atlantic.

Well, the Samsung Galaxy Nexus is no longer for sale on Google Play’s US site, but is currently listed – somewhat bizarrely – as “coming soon”.

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Judge Koh denies Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 injunction stay

- Lewis Curdie  Jul. 4, 2012 at 11:00

The Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 was recently served a preliminary injunction in the US, thanks to Judge Lucy Koh.

As we heard a few days ago, there was potential for a stay pending Samsung’s appeal, but it’s been emphatically denied, presumably with a big swing of the gavel.

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Samsung and HTC to talk Jelly Bean soon

- Lewis Curdie  Jul. 1, 2012 at 11:00

As always happens when Google lifts the lid on the latest version of its thriving OS, we’re hearing thousands of Androidians screaming: “WAH, when will I get it?!”

Well, what could be better than actual news, than the vague news that there might be specific news soon - from HTC and Samsung? It’s official statement time, baby.

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Apple scores preliminary ban against Samsung Galaxy Nexus

- Lewis Curdie  Jun. 30, 2012 at 14:00

Team Cupertino suffered a pretty disheartening courtroom loss to Motorola the other week, when the last of 15 patent complaints was emphatically dismissed by Judge Possner.

But Apple has struck back this week with not one but two fairly major patent victories against Samsung. This time it’s the Samsung Galaxy Nexus suffering a preliminary injunction.

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Jelly Bean officially confirmed as Android 4.1

- Lewis Curdie  Jun. 22, 2012 at 14:00

We’ve been speculating about the next version of Android for freakin’ ages, man, even before Ice Cream Sandwich (Android 4.0) touched down. For examples, check this out from last September.

Google teased Jelly Bean at Mobile World Congress in February, and now we have apparently official confirmation.

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Google’s 2006 prototype phone revealed, looks pretty rubbish

- Lewis Curdie  Apr. 26, 2012 at 12:00

Y’know, sometimes it’s the phones that don’t make it to market that make for the most interesting viewing, either because they dare to be different, or because they’re just a bit naff. Or both.

One such example is Google’s prototype phone from 2006, recently revealed in yet another courtroom drama (sigh). It looks… interesting.

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Samsung Galaxy Nexus for $399 in the States

- Lewis Curdie  Apr. 25, 2012 at 14:00

The Wall Street Journal recently suggested that Google was about to go down the Apple route, with SIM free and unlocked devices available directly from its online store.

Well, Google has thrown a sexy curveball with the first smartphone to appear on the Devices section of Google Play. It’s crazy cheap.

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