Absolutely No Machete Juggling

I purchased the Android phone from Google not too long ago. I plan on posting a detailed review of it someday soon, but I wanted to post this now in case anyone needed it.

Just recently Google started pushing new firmware to the phone with a bunch of new features. My phone suddenly popped up a screen asking if I wanted to install the update, but I was in the middle of something so I said “Update Later.” The screen vanished, and when I finished what I was doing I was unable to find a way to make the phone check for updates and try again.

Here is how to do it if you do the same thing I did.

1. First, have AnyCut installed if you don’t already
2. Next, Create a new shortcut on your phone’s desktop. Select “AnyCut” and then select “Activity”
3. Select “Device Info” as your activity. I can’t find any other way to get to this activity on the phone
4. Press the new shortcut icon you have created.
5. Scroll to the bottom and find the “Check for Updates” button. Click it. You may have to a few times for it to succeed.
6. Once the “checkin” has succeeded, exit back to your home screen and you will be prompted to install the update.

That’s it!