Comments on: Ubuntu Developer Preview to Arrive February 21 for Galaxy Nexus and Nexus 4

By: itznfb

itznfb — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 17:30:00 +0000

There shouldn’t be any reason you couldn’t flash it onto a VZW Gnex. It’ll most likely turn it into a small WiFi tablet though. That’s IF the WiFi still works. I’m not sure if it shares the same hardware with the GSM version. Either way…. I’m sure the dev community will get a port working.

By: Aaron

Aaron — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 00:02:00 +0000

Probably, but Ubuntu is still looking more innovative than the “me too” BB10 and more attractive than those boxy live tiles on WP8.

By: michael arazan

michael arazan — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 11:26:00 +0000

You can probably get it to work on the Gnex for vzw, but it probably won’t get phone or data connection afterwards, maybe wifi. If you have a second device it would be worth a try.

By: Pedro

Pedro — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 23:46:00 +0000

Now I have a use for my retired Gnex!
Test Ubuntu and decide if it’s worthy of my true Nexus 4.

By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 23:03:00 +0000

If you’ve ever restored the factory image, you will notice that it sets up the partitions during that process. Like I said, I have experience with the Ubuntu build for the Nexus 7, and that is how it works in that case.

By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 23:01:00 +0000

The JVM is loaded by the OS layer, the bootloader is only necessary to boot the kernel, which is Linux in both cases. At that point, the kernel takes over.

By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 23:00:00 +0000

It should work just like Ubuntu for the Nexus 7, which leaves the bootloader untouched. You simply use the factory image to flash back to Android.

By: Otto Dieffenbach

Otto Dieffenbach — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 22:56:00 +0000

Then we’ll have to wait nine months till October for the official release.

By: Otto Dieffenbach

Otto Dieffenbach — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 22:53:00 +0000

I’m hoping they noticed the way that vzw is treating their nexus like a bastard son instead of what could have been the second coming of the OG and at least put some work into the LTE radios and differences in hardware.

By: David Wanless

David Wanless — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 22:41:00 +0000

hopefully someone can make a VZW galaxy nexus rom out of this

By: brando56894

brando56894 — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 22:05:00 +0000

I want to try it on my VZW Gnex also, it shouldn’t be that hard to port the RIL considering it’s commonly done today in Android.

By: brando56894

brando56894 — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 22:04:00 +0000

You’ll always be able to get Android back, you just have to flash the factory image from your PC.

By: Akshay Sharma

Akshay Sharma — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 22:01:00 +0000

Awww.. now that’s the news i was waiting for!!

By: brkshr

brkshr — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 21:30:00 +0000

That’s kinda what I was thinking.

By: Tony Allen

Tony Allen — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 21:13:00 +0000

I’m wondering if you’ll be able to flash for the VZW GNex anyway, just minus phone functions, to get an idea for the OS with the hardware. Similar to the way I can flash Wingray and Stingray ROMs on my Wi-Fi Xoom and it works no matter what.

Would be a blast to tinker with this on my VZW Nexus now that my Note II is my fulltime device.