lol, i am one of those crazy people that chased that crazy trail, it was a rush man. when we first saw the g+ post, there were like only 3 posts, and there were too many people trying to help but not really helping as the steps are in wrong order, and gave some links to setup stuffs that were not necessary.and we had to go to IRC and mute everyone. getting that system image extracted was a sweet victory!

will i flash it? no, not without the new bootloader and the new radio, which we'll probably extract tomorrow, if Jeff is free.

TBH, I won't upgrade to 4.3 until the code is pushed to AOSP master, and CM can merge them. Too comfortable with my current setup to go back to stock just to try 4.3
Artem of Android Police is dissecting parts of it now, he might still be in IRC, but expect Ron of AP to dissect more and you'll probably see a detailed changelog tomorrow or the day after.

btw, if any of you guys want the system dump, it is already mirrored at AP, otherwise you can dowload via torrent here

it is legit, the files are md5sum the same as the one i got from the original dropbox, it was gravufo/albert that uplaoded the torrent.

have fun! 

I'm on official 4.2.2 unrooted and every now and then, both WiFi or Bluetooth will die. Can't turn on. Have to do a hard reboot then only ok. What gives? Apart from that, it is a good phone. Sadly the camera sucks!

Those N4 users are like Malaysian chasing minions now. Leaked 4.3 posts are everywhere in web. Well, I will wait for another week for official release.

Edit: Do review if anyone tried. Any micro stuttering or fixed? And mic gain fixed? Everyone can't hear me when they call me. Sucks.

The IRC went crazy man. Tried with TWRP first but it didn't work, then all sort of people went it they keep on talking about some general guides on how to get adb fastboot working etc. Then we had to mute all of the people.

Then we tried with cwm, no good, tried again to enable adb, no gooding, so one last try, TWRP, and bloody he'll it worked!

Dude mirrored link, checked the md5sum to see that it is legit, got torrent uploaded and bam. It is widespread now. Kekeke

Tomorrow will try to extract the bootloader radios and what not.

Even efrant from xda came in to help, and intersect raven, the kernel dev, who went mia for three months since he got a GF now

If you guys want the torrent, it is here. Damn it can't post from N4,later I open my laptop and share. So you guys can dig around if you want

I'm still wondering why the CWM failed to extract the system files.You guys tried contacting Koush?
Maybe I'll take a look at the IRC log to see what happened
But I get why you guys had to mute some people. Usually majority of the users aren't very well versed with the technical details.They just want the rom files.Sometimes their "instruction" just derail the entire discussion.
I had my fair share of experience in MeeGo IRC.

Jeff on holiday tomorrow.He'll probably extract the bootloader & baseband files tomorrow.
Even with those files I'll probably wait till CM release CM 10.2 to upgrade my device.From what I'm seeing there isn't much functionality changes in 4.3.

Custom rom will solve the bluetooth issue..
My bluetooth keeps DC, when i'm on stock ROM.

seem havoc there... sound like u just wanna dump the system? what's wrong with "dd" ?

after i rooted can i put custom kernel only instead of custom rom?

Of course you can! Some MODs require deodexed ROM (stock is odexed) so you might not be able to get them to work.

With custom kernel only (without custom ROM), you have the exact experience you have now but you now gain control to Root, limit/under/over clock, undervoltage, tune colour etc.

With Custom ROM then you can do something like changing the tiles in quick settings, adding moreeeeeeee tiles(about... 25~30 max? Depends on ROM)

You can also do things like long press on navigation bar to launch an app or to mute volume adjust sound and shutter sound (shutter sound can be removed if you have root access without a custom ROM).

A hell lot more you can do with custom ROM

Have fun, dive in!

Can I download and install custom rom by using rom manager apps?

Can I download and install custom rom by using rom manager apps?

People flash manually because sometimes, flashing the zips via app can be unreliable. With manually selecting them in recovery, you'll be in more control.

Adb was not accessible. Jeff was using a mac, but we did a trial run with another user with N4 and Mac, followed the same steps, and it worked fine for the other user. Not sure why.

+1. Sometimes when the flashing failed you still have to go to adb recovery mode.

Also regarding adb,(I've repeated this multiple time) always learn how to install adb manually.It's not hard to install the adb.All you need is the latest adb & Koush's universal adb driver.You can dump the system image from the sdk if you don't plan to use the emulator.

I thought you can install both adb driver and adb both from android SDK? Well that's my way, do not need universal adb driver

hey guys, anyone here came across not being able send or receive sms before??

i dont usually send text messages, and it didnt occur to me that i hadnt receive any sms lately, till today when i wanted to sms someone.

i'm on Umobile, data works just fine. i can make and receive calls just fine.

i've tried googling around, and some pointed out to the SMSC thingy in the phone info via *#*#4636#*#*, i've tried that to no avail.
even tried switching to a blackberry, just to save the sms settings(which had the SMSC settings there).

cant restore from back up too, since i'm a hero, malas to make backup when flashing stuff.

any suggestions?