HOW TO: Easy manual update without PC

[Guest Iggy82]

For all users wishing to update who are still waiting for the official OTA update and cannot wait any longer, do not despair! There is another way, follow these instructions! No computer required!

Note: These instructions are for users with stock ROM and stock recovery ROM (I.e. anyone who hasn't tried rooting their phone! See this page for update instructions if you have rooted your Nexus already.)

1. Go to Android Market and search for AndroZip, Download & Install
   
2. Open your browser and type in http://tinyurl.com/ylj5bhv to open this page from your phone (if your not reading this from your phone already!) then click one of the following links to download the update:
   https://android.clients.google.com/updates/...79.a487b405.zip
   OR THIS (Same file, different server)
   http://loadbalancing.modaco.com/download.p...mf/?z3xdle4iwxm
   
   
3. Open AndroZip from the Apps menu (Do not open the ZIP directly from downloads menu)
   
4. From AndroZip, go to the ./sdcard/download folder
   
5. Hold down on the zip file you just downloaded until a menu appears, select 'Rename'
   
6. Rename the file to update.zip, press OK
   
7. Hold down on the zip file again, this time select 'Move'
   
8. Navigate to the ./sdcard folder (Root of SD Card) and press OK to move the file
   
9. Switch off phone, now hold the volume down key whilst pressing the On button, the Google Recovery menu should appear
   
10. Use up/down arrow keys and select 'Recovery' by pressing power key to select
    
11. Wait until a warning triangle appears then hold the volume UP key and the power key until another small menu fills the top of the screen
    
12. Select 'Apply update.zip', press the trackball to select this time
    
13. Wait a couple of minutes until it asks you to reboot, select the reboot option (radio ROM now updates)
    
14. The phone will restart and take longer than usual to boot, once it has, the update is complete!
    

Edited June 7, 2011 by Paul