Yes you did read that correctly. Gingerbread has been ported over and is available for flashing to the Google Nexus One, thanks to an absolutely amazing developer named Chris Soyars. He has managed to get the full AOSP file packed up into a handy little ZIP file for your enjoyment.
Now before you proceed, there is something I should make you all aware of. There currently are no Google apps available, also known as gapps in the community. So yes this is a working version of Gingerbread, but you won’t have any of the usual frills of Google built into it, such as market access. There have been reports of them working for some but not everyone. There are a number of ways to bypass the Google apps, although that is sort of the point of Android.
Feel free to give it a trial run yourself if you just can’t wait to see what Gingerbread will offer.
- Download the Gingerbread build from Mr. Soyars. (link) Copy it to your Nexus One’s SD card.
- (If you have custom recovery already, skip to No. 5.) If you’re running a stock Nexus One, you’ll need a custom recovery to flash the Gingerbread build. Easiest thing to do is to download Amon Ra’s recovery (link), then copy it to the /tools folder in your Android SDK directory. (You’ve already downloaded that, right?)
- Reboot the phone into the bootloader (turn off, hold trackball and power) and plug into your computer. Make sure your hboot verison is 35.0017. (If you have the latest OTA, you should be good. But double-check.)
- Type fastboot flash recovery xxxxxxxxxxxx (where xxxxxxxx is the exact filename of the recovery image, including extension).
- Now enter the recovery (from choose “bootloader,” then “recovery”).
- Wipe data and cache (always a good practice)
- Flash gingerbread_passion.ctso.zip
- Reboot
Here is a quick video of Gingerbread on the Nexus One to help you decide if you want to give this a go or not.
Good luck to everyone and of course we are not responsible for any damages you may cause by following the above instructions. All flashing and modifications are done at your own risk. Read the sources for additional information as well. Also just to make sure we are on the same page, this is ONLY for the NEXUS ONE with hboot v35.0017. Don’t go and try this on your T-Mobile Vibrant.
Source: Androidcentral and ctso
