{"id":881,"date":"2012-03-22T08:30:14","date_gmt":"2012-03-21T19:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.c2s.co.nz\/blog\/?p=881"},"modified":"2012-04-10T15:21:34","modified_gmt":"2012-04-10T03:21:34","slug":"miui-on-the-galaxy-nexus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.c2s.co.nz\/blog\/miui-on-the-galaxy-nexus\/","title":{"rendered":"MIUI on the Galaxy Nexus"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"8781ca4f97038dd0d58a1ad8af045721\" data-index=\"3\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"ca-pub-6411751809866006\";\r\n\/* BlogHorizontalSlim *\/\r\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"6442664612\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 468;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 60;\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>After the success of the Galaxy S tutorials I wrote back when I had one, I figured now I&#8217;ve had my Galaxy Nexus for coming up to two months that I should do likewise.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.c2s.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Screenshot_2012-03-22-09-49-15.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-897\" title=\"Screenshot_2012-03-22-09-49-15\" src=\"http:\/\/www.c2s.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Screenshot_2012-03-22-09-49-15-168x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"168\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.c2s.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Screenshot_2012-03-22-09-49-15-168x300.png 168w, http:\/\/www.c2s.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Screenshot_2012-03-22-09-49-15-576x1024.png 576w, http:\/\/www.c2s.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Screenshot_2012-03-22-09-49-15.png 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 168px) 100vw, 168px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been taking a bit of a hiatus from MIUI since I got the Galaxy Nexus in late January 2012, but knew that the MIUI team (I&#8217;m talking specifically at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.miuiandroid.com\">miuiandroid.com<\/a>) had been working on it. I&#8217;ve not tried any of the other builds that are available out there, but figured I&#8217;d just dive right in and give MIUI a whirl.<\/p>\n<p>Turns out it&#8217;s quick and painless, far less effort than the Galaxy S was, which is nice for a change. Now, I&#8217;m looking forward to the weekly updates that come from MIUI!<\/p>\n<p>So, lets get started, we&#8217;ll begin with backing up your device first.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>To start with, you&#8217;ll probably want your SMS messages backed up so you can restore them once you&#8217;re in MIUI.<\/p>\n<p>Grab this app and do a backup:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.riteshsahu.SMSBackupRestore\">https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.riteshsahu.SMSBackupRestore<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Next, grab yourself ROM Manager from the Marketplace, it makes things a little easier getting in to Recovery Mode, though this step isn&#8217;t essential:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.koushikdutta.rommanager\">https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.koushikdutta.rommanager<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now fire up ROM Manager and make sure you have ClockworkMod Recovery installed (If you&#8217;ve already got it, skip this step, naturally).<\/p>\n<p>It should show that you have ClockworkMod Recovery installed. If not, you can install it from the app if you have root access.<\/p>\n<p>If you don&#8217;t have root access, start with\u00a0GnexRootToolkit.v1.3.sfx.exe, this page ought to help:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/androidcommunity.com\/forums\/archive\/index.php\/t-102062.html\">http:\/\/androidcommunity.com\/forums\/archive\/index.php\/t-102062.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.c2s.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Screenshot_2012-03-22-07-56-35.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-892\" title=\"Screenshot_2012-03-22-07-56-35\" src=\"http:\/\/www.c2s.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Screenshot_2012-03-22-07-56-35-168x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"168\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.c2s.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Screenshot_2012-03-22-07-56-35-168x300.png 168w, http:\/\/www.c2s.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Screenshot_2012-03-22-07-56-35-576x1024.png 576w, http:\/\/www.c2s.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Screenshot_2012-03-22-07-56-35.png 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 168px) 100vw, 168px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So, you should have ClockworkMod Recovery installed. Go ahead and from ROM Manager hit the &#8220;Backup Current ROM&#8221; button. You may need to scroll down a little to see it.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;ll reboot, the whole process will take 5-10 minutes as it backs everything up, maybe longer if you&#8217;ve got a *ton* of things on your phone.<\/p>\n<p>Your phone will reboot back in to Android when it&#8217;s done. Now is your chance to do a final backup of anything crucial. Worst-case scenario and everything goes belly-up, lets pretend you lose 100% of what&#8217;s on your phone. It&#8217;s not likely, but worse things have happened, so copy off anything that you&#8217;d be pissed if you lost.<\/p>\n<p>So now we&#8217;re going to grab MIUI and copy the file across. You can grab the current version at write-time from here:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/miuiandroid.com\/community\/threads\/miui-rom-2-3-16-ics-gb-roms-uploaded.15733\/\">http:\/\/miuiandroid.com\/community\/threads\/miui-rom-2-3-16-ics-gb-roms-uploaded.15733\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Once you&#8217;ve saved miuiandroid_GNEX-2.3.16.zip, you need to copy it across to your phone. Don&#8217;t extract it, just copy the single file across in to &#8220;Internal Storage&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.c2s.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Internal_storage.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-882\" title=\"Internal_storage\" src=\"http:\/\/www.c2s.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Internal_storage.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"548\" height=\"192\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.c2s.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Internal_storage.png 548w, http:\/\/www.c2s.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Internal_storage-300x105.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 548px) 100vw, 548px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Excellent, now crunch time!<\/p>\n<p>Fire up ROM Manager and choose &#8220;Reboot into Recovery&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.c2s.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Galaxy_Nexus_CWM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-883\" title=\"Galaxy_Nexus_CWM\" src=\"http:\/\/www.c2s.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Galaxy_Nexus_CWM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"516\" height=\"411\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.c2s.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Galaxy_Nexus_CWM.png 516w, http:\/\/www.c2s.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Galaxy_Nexus_CWM-300x238.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 516px) 100vw, 516px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Once in ClockworkMod Recovery, go to &#8220;install zip from sdcard&#8221; using the Volume Down key. Press the Power button to select the current line.<\/p>\n<p>Then, select &#8220;choose zip from sdcard&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Press Volume Up a couple of times (It&#8217;s usually faster with the list of folders being there) and select &#8220;miuiandroid_GNEX-2.3.16.zip&#8221; by pressing the power button again.<\/p>\n<p>Confirm you want to flash it, then sit back and relax for a minute.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, when that&#8217;s done, go to &#8220;wipe data\/factory reset&#8221;. Confirm it and you&#8217;re done! Time to reboot, so select &#8220;reboot system now&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Give it a minute or two to fire up, the first boot always takes the longest.<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations, you&#8217;ve now got MIUI on your phone!<\/p>\n<p>Now you&#8217;re going to want to grab a few essentials on your phone:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.riteshsahu.SMSBackupRestore\">SMS Backup and Restore<\/a>\u00a0(So you can restore your earlier backup of SMS messages)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.koushikdutta.rommanager\">ROM Manager<\/a>\u00a0(In case you need to upgrade or anything manually)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.google.android.apps.plus\">Google+<\/a> (Doesn&#8217;t come with MIUI??)<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s still the occasional bug, it&#8217;s a little rough around the edges in a few places, but overall MIUI is pretty slick, bringing the interface we all know and love from Gingerbread now to Ice Cream Sandwich, and they&#8217;ve done a real good job of it too!<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a few screenshots I took after my initial boot-up (Click for a larger image):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.c2s.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Screenshot_2012-03-22-07-44-14.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-884\" title=\"Screenshot_2012-03-22-07-44-14\" src=\"http:\/\/www.c2s.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Screenshot_2012-03-22-07-44-14-168x300.png\" alt=\"What you're greeted with upon first boot\" width=\"168\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.c2s.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Screenshot_2012-03-22-07-44-14-168x300.png 168w, http:\/\/www.c2s.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Screenshot_2012-03-22-07-44-14-576x1024.png 576w, http:\/\/www.c2s.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Screenshot_2012-03-22-07-44-14.png 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 168px) 100vw, 168px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.c2s.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Screenshot_2012-03-22-07-44-31.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-885\" title=\"Screenshot_2012-03-22-07-44-31\" src=\"http:\/\/www.c2s.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Screenshot_2012-03-22-07-44-31-168x300.png\" alt=\"The notification bar\" width=\"168\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.c2s.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Screenshot_2012-03-22-07-44-31-168x300.png 168w, http:\/\/www.c2s.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Screenshot_2012-03-22-07-44-31-576x1024.png 576w, http:\/\/www.c2s.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Screenshot_2012-03-22-07-44-31.png 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 168px) 100vw, 168px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.c2s.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Screenshot_2012-03-22-07-44-56.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-886\" title=\"Screenshot_2012-03-22-07-44-56\" src=\"http:\/\/www.c2s.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Screenshot_2012-03-22-07-44-56-168x300.png\" alt=\"MIUI Home screen\" width=\"168\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.c2s.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Screenshot_2012-03-22-07-44-56-168x300.png 168w, http:\/\/www.c2s.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Screenshot_2012-03-22-07-44-56-576x1024.png 576w, http:\/\/www.c2s.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Screenshot_2012-03-22-07-44-56.png 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 168px) 100vw, 168px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.c2s.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Screenshot_2012-03-22-07-45-40.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-888\" title=\"Screenshot_2012-03-22-07-45-40\" src=\"http:\/\/www.c2s.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Screenshot_2012-03-22-07-45-40-168x300.png\" alt=\"A folder that I quickly made for the Mapping apps\" width=\"168\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.c2s.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Screenshot_2012-03-22-07-45-40-168x300.png 168w, http:\/\/www.c2s.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Screenshot_2012-03-22-07-45-40-576x1024.png 576w, http:\/\/www.c2s.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Screenshot_2012-03-22-07-45-40.png 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 168px) 100vw, 168px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.c2s.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Screenshot_2012-03-22-07-46-51.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-890\" title=\"Screenshot_2012-03-22-07-46-51\" src=\"http:\/\/www.c2s.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Screenshot_2012-03-22-07-46-51-168x300.png\" alt=\"Thought this was a useful notification if you're on a limited data plan!\" width=\"168\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.c2s.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Screenshot_2012-03-22-07-46-51-168x300.png 168w, http:\/\/www.c2s.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Screenshot_2012-03-22-07-46-51-576x1024.png 576w, http:\/\/www.c2s.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Screenshot_2012-03-22-07-46-51.png 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 168px) 100vw, 168px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.c2s.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Screenshot_2012-03-22-07-50-57.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-891\" title=\"Screenshot_2012-03-22-07-50-57\" src=\"http:\/\/www.c2s.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Screenshot_2012-03-22-07-50-57-168x300.png\" alt=\"Lockscreen still not quite perfect\" width=\"168\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.c2s.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Screenshot_2012-03-22-07-50-57-168x300.png 168w, http:\/\/www.c2s.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Screenshot_2012-03-22-07-50-57-576x1024.png 576w, http:\/\/www.c2s.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Screenshot_2012-03-22-07-50-57.png 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 168px) 100vw, 168px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.c2s.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Screenshot_2012-03-22-08-02-38.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-893\" title=\"Screenshot_2012-03-22-08-02-38\" src=\"http:\/\/www.c2s.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Screenshot_2012-03-22-08-02-38-168x300.png\" alt=\"4-point unlock in MIUI!\" width=\"168\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.c2s.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Screenshot_2012-03-22-08-02-38-168x300.png 168w, http:\/\/www.c2s.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Screenshot_2012-03-22-08-02-38-576x1024.png 576w, http:\/\/www.c2s.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Screenshot_2012-03-22-08-02-38.png 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 168px) 100vw, 168px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.c2s.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Screenshot_2012-03-22-08-10-26.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-894\" title=\"Screenshot_2012-03-22-08-10-26\" src=\"http:\/\/www.c2s.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Screenshot_2012-03-22-08-10-26-168x300.png\" alt=\"The new task switcher\" width=\"168\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.c2s.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Screenshot_2012-03-22-08-10-26-168x300.png 168w, http:\/\/www.c2s.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Screenshot_2012-03-22-08-10-26-576x1024.png 576w, http:\/\/www.c2s.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Screenshot_2012-03-22-08-10-26.png 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 168px) 100vw, 168px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thanks, and feel free to leave some feedback \/ comments \/ questions. Don&#8217;t forget to check out the miuiandroid.com forums over here:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/miuiandroid.com\/community\/forums\/galaxy-nexus.61\/\">http:\/\/miuiandroid.com\/community\/forums\/galaxy-nexus.61\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After the success of the Galaxy S tutorials I wrote back when I had one, I figured now I&#8217;ve had my Galaxy Nexus for coming up to two months that I should do likewise. I&#8217;ve been taking a bit of a hiatus from MIUI since I got the Galaxy Nexus in late January 2012, but [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4],"tags":[14,347,400,399,287,401],"class_list":["post-881","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-how-tos-guides-tech-info","tag-android","tag-gingerbread","tag-ice-cream-sandwhich","tag-ics","tag-miui","tag-miuiandroid"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pWi3e-ed","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.c2s.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/881","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.c2s.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.c2s.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.c2s.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.c2s.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=881"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.c2s.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/881\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":899,"href":"http:\/\/www.c2s.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/881\/revisions\/899"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.c2s.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.c2s.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.c2s.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}