Good news, everyone! The Nexus 4 Android 4.2.2 OTA (JDQ39) is finally here, surprisingly late in the update cycle, following the Nexus 10 and older Nexus devices, such as both variants of the Nexus 7 and both variants of the Galaxy Nexus. Chances are you probably don't have the coveted update notification just yet, but who wants to wait if you can sideload it manually? Rooted, unrooted, stock or custom recovery - it matters not.
What's New?
Android 4.2.2 is out, and while an OCD-fueled 4.2.2 edition of Getting To Know Android is on the way, we figured it would be a good idea to highlight the big user facing changes that came with this release. We already covered the new ADB Whitelist and posted the raw developer changelog, so this should be the last of the important stuff.
New Download Notifications
First up is the new notification for in-progress app downloads, which now shows the percentage and an estimated time remaining for your app downloads while they are happening. Or, if you want to be technical about it:
Calculate speed of in-progress downloads and estimate time remaining
until completion. Uses a moving average that is weighted 1:1 with
the most recent 500ms sample. Funnels timing data to notifications
through DownloadHandler.
That's the way Google put it in the commit for this change, which you can find right here.
Quick Settings Toggles
The second change is a tweak to Quick Settings. You can now long press on the Bluetooth and Wi-Fi squares to use them as actual toggles. This is, of course, different from how every other set of power controls works (it's normally press to toggle and long press for settings), but, still, it's progress.
That sad part is that this means Google has introduced another wacky rule to keep track of when dealing with Quick Settings. Airplane Mode is still a single press toggle, and it's still the only one. So some of these are single press toggles, some are long press toggles, and some will only take you directly to a settings screen. Good luck keeping track of that.
New Sounds
There are also a few new sounds. The first is for Wireless Charging, which until now, made no sound at all. I had actually rigged up a Tasker profile to make my Nexus 4 make a sound whenever it was wirelessly charging, so I'm glad to see this.
There is also a new low battery sound, which replaces the horrible "farty" noise Android used to make. This version is much more pleasant.
That's it for the big stuff in 4.2.2. I'll be back later with all the little details as soon as I get 4.2.2 up and running on something I actually own. (Come on, Nexus 4 update!)
Prerequisites
Your device should be running build JOP40D before trying to install the update manually. If you for some reason don't have JOP40D, Google has it available in factory image form here.
For those ready to download and install manually, the process is easy. If you
- have a custom recovery, just download the zip (linked below), move it to your device, and flash as usual
- have the stock recovery or a custom recovery that supports sideloading, keep the zip file on your computer and follow a few easy instructions below
Manual Instructions
Step 1.
Reboot your Nexus 4, holding the Volume Down button while it boots up. Once you see the fastboot menu and "Start," press Volume Up to navigate to "Recovery" and press the power button. Once you see an Android with a red exclamation point icon, hold Power and press Volume Up a few times, which will bring you to a new menu. Navigate to "apply update from adb."
Step 2.
Connect your Nexus 4 to your computer with a USB cable.
Make sure you have a recent version of adb that supports the sideload command (if you don't, download the latest Android SDK to ensure your adb is up-to-date).
Open up a command prompt (cmd in Windows, regular shell in Linux and Mac) in the same directory as the zip file you've downloaded.
Type in the following:
adb sideload de8b8d101614.signed-occam-JDQ39-from-JOP40D.de8b8d10.zip
You should see a progress bar, which will eventually hit 100%. At this point, your device is installing the update.
Step 3.
Reboot and enjoy! You are now running Android 4.2.2 on your Nexus 4.
Download
Here's the OTA, hosted on Google's servers: build JDQ39.
MD5: 1c752738f65acfd48f2d3b6e6e11a654
File size: 51.0 MB (53,529,568 bytes)
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