UGoogle kunye neSamsung bakhutshwa ngo-2011 yenye yezona zibalaseleyo ze-Nexus kwimbali yeeGoogle smartphones. Esi sixhobo sintsha kwimarike, sisinye seetheminali zokuqala ezazingenamaqhosha omzimba kwiscreen kodwa yonke into yayinamaqhosha okuchukumisa kwaye yayiyiselfowuni yokuqala ene-Android Ice Cream Sandwich, eyokuqala i-Android enike utshintsho kuyilo bekunjani ekuqaleni.
Ngaphezu koko, impumelelo ye-Galaxy Nexus yayintle kakhulu kangangokuba yayiyeyona nto ithengisa kakhulu ngexesha layo. Kude kube ngoku, phakathi kwam endizibandakanya khona, abasebenzisi bonwabele uhlaziyo lwamva nje kwinkqubo yokusebenza kaGoogle, kodwa ngelishwa, abafana abavela kwiNtaba yokuGcina bagqibe kwelokuba banganikeli nkxaso kule terminal, ngoko ke i-Android 5.1 Lollipop ayinakuze ifike.
Nangona kunjalo, indawo yokuphucula inkulu kakhulu kwaye banothando olukhethekileyo kwiGalaxy Nexus, yiyo loo nto enkosi kwiqela labaphuhlisi beCyanogenMod, abasebenzisi abaseneGalaxy Nexus baya kuba nakho ukonwabela iROM phantsi kwe-Android 5.1 Lollipop.
I-Android 5.1 Lollipop yeGalaxy Nexus
I-ROM kuhlobo lobusuku yinguqulelo yemodeli ye-GSM ye-smartphone eyaziwayo, ke abasebenzisi abanenguqulo yeVerizon kuya kufuneka balinde iCyanogenMod ukuze iguqule iROM. Inguqulelo yeVerizon yathengiswa eMelika, ke abathengi abaninzi abasifundayo mhlawumbi banenguqulo ye-GSM.
I-ROM inobunzima malunga ne-248 MB, ngoko kusoloko kungcono ukukhuphela ifayile equlethe i-Wi-Fi ROM. Ukuyifaka kufuneka ulandele amanyathelo afanayo naxa ufaka nayiphi na enye i-ROM, ukhuphele kwaye uyifake Inguqulelo ehambelana ne-CM 12.1 GAPPS kaGoogle, ukuze ube nakho ukonwabela iinkonzo zikaGoogle kunye neVenkile yokudlala. Nokuba ungobuchwephesha ekukhanyiseni ii-smartphones okanye hayi, kufuneka kuthiwe iinguqulelo zasebusuku zeROM azithathwa njengeenguqulelo ezizinzileyo, ke itheminali ayinakusebenza ngokugqibeleleyo.
Kukho konke oku kufuneka songeze ukuba i-Hardware yayo ineminyaka emi-5 ubudala, ke kuyinto eqhelekileyo ukuba xa ufaka uhlobo lwe-Android olucela izixhobo ezingaphezulu kunye nokulayishwa kwezicelo ezahlukileyo ayisiyonto ilungileyo kwaye sibona okunye ukushiyeka phakathi utshintsho kwisicelo. Nokuba yeyiphi na, enkosi kubaphuhlisi, i-Galaxy Nexus iphila kwakhona kwaye njengoko besitsho: »Endala ayifi.