Its highly advised that once you get the update, you perform the install over Wi-Fi otherwise you can kiss your data plan goodbye. The update will be pushed to your Nexus S over-the-air (OTA), which means that you don’t have to connect your device to your PC to download the update. Just like what HTC did with their Gingerbread update for the original Desire.
We’re hoping that it will be as good as it is on the Galaxy Nexus, and have our fingers crossed that Google will not chop out some features just to fit ICS on the Nexus S. We can’t say for sure how Ice Cream Sandwich will perform on the Nexus S at this point. Thanks to the mighty hardware on Galaxy Nexus Ice Cream Sandwich rolls like a beast. Its much more stable, it performs well, is very functional and is an eye-candy to look at. We at Redmond Pie luckily own an Ice Cream Sandwich bearing Galaxy Nexus with us and can say with complete content that the update is marvelous over the previous iterations of Android we have ever used to date. Once you’re done, select the ‘reboot system now’ option and you’ll boot into Android 4.0.3 Ice Cream Sandwich. Step 8: Sit back, relax, the rest of the process is automated. Simply select the update from SD card option, select the ‘ update.zip’ file you placed in your Nexus S memory in step 2 and hit the Power button to confirm. Step 7: Bingo, you’re into your Nexus S recovery menu. Step 6: You should be greeted with a scary exclamation mark on the screen, don’t be alarmed when you see it, simply hold down the Power button followed by the Volume up button. Step 5: Using the Volume keys on your Nexus S, navigate to the RECOVERY option and select using the Power button.
Step 4: Power it back on while holding down the Volume Up button, followed by the Power button. Make sure its not inside any folder, it should be out in the open. zip file to the root directory of your Nexus S via USB. Step 1: Download the official Android 4.0.3 ICS zip file from this link and rename it to ‘update.zip’. How To Download and Install Android 4.0.3 ICS on Nexus S (GSM-only) But we don’t to be waiting in lines, right? Well here’s how you can get the official update installed on your device right now! Keeping that in mind, the rollout will indeed be very gradual. If you don’t get the update in the coming days for whatever reason, just relax, it will be rolled out very soon in your region. Starting today, and will continue for a period of one month, Google is going to roll out the Android 4.0.3 Ice Cream Sandwich update to all GSM/UMTS Nexus S owners out there, CDMA users will have to wait.
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