I-Google ihlangene ne-Samsung ikhishwe ngo-2011 enye yeNexus ehamba phambili emlandweni wama-smartphones e-Google. Le divayisi emakethe, iba ngenye yamatheminali okuqala angenazo izinkinobho zomzimba esikrinini kodwa ukuthi konke bekunezinkinobho zokuthinta nokuthi bekuyiselula yokuqala ene-Android Ice Cream Sandwich, i-Android yokuqala enikeze ushintsho lwedizayini ukuthi kwakunjani ekuqaleni.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, impumelelo ye-Galaxy Nexus yayinkulu kangangokuba kwakuyi-smartphone ethengiswa kakhulu ngesikhathi sayo. Kuze kube manje, lapho ngifaka phakathi kwami, abasebenzisi bajabulele izibuyekezo zakamuva ohlelweni olusebenzayo lweGoogle, kodwa ngeshwa, abafana baseMountain View banqume ukungasekeli kakhulu kulesi siginali, ngakho-ke i-Android 5.1 Lollipop ayisoze yafika.
Kodwa-ke, umphakathi wonjiniyela mkhulu kakhulu futhi banothando olukhethekile lwe-Galaxy Nexus, yingakho sibonga iqembu lonjiniyela beCyanogenMod, abasebenzisi abasene-Galaxy Nexus bazokwazi ukujabulela i-ROM ngaphansi kwe-Android 5.1 Lollipop.
I-Android 5.1 Lollipop ye-Galaxy Nexus
I-ROM enguqulweni yasebusuku inguqulo yemodeli ye-GSM ye-smartphone eyaziwayo, ngakho-ke abasebenzisi abanenguqulo yeVerizon kuzodingeka balinde iCyanogenMod ukuze ivumelane neROM. Uhlobo lweVerizon luthengiswe eMelika, ngakho-ke abathengi abaningi abasifundayo, banayo inguqulo ye-GSM.
I-ROM inesisindo esingaba ngu-248 MB, ngakho-ke kuba ngcono ngaso sonke isikhathi ukulanda ifayela eliqukethe i-Wi-Fi ROM. Ukuyifaka kufanele ulandele izinyathelo ezifanayo nalezo lapho ufaka noma iyiphi enye i-ROM, ulande futhi ufake i- uhlobo oluhambelana ne-CM 12.1 we-GAPPS ye-Google, ukuze ujabulele izinsiza ze-Google ne-Google Play Isitolo. Akunandaba noma ngabe uchwepheshe wokukhanyisa ama-smartphones noma cha, kufanele kuthiwe izinhlobo zasebusuku zeROM azibhekwa njengezinguqulo ezizinzile, ngakho-ke i-terminal kungenzeka ingasebenzi kahle.
Kukho konke lokhu kufanele sengeze ukuthi i-Hardware yayo ineminyaka engu-5 ubudala, ngakho-ke kuyinto ejwayelekile ukuthi lapho ufaka inguqulo ye-Android ecela izinsizakusebenza eziningi kanye nokulayishwa kwezicelo ezahlukahlukene akuyona engcono kakhulu futhi sibona okunye okusalile phakathi ukuguqulwa kwesicelo. Noma kunjalo, ngenxa yabathuthukisi, i-Galaxy Nexus ibuye iphile futhi njengoba besho: »Okudala akusoze kwafa«.