Verizon Galaxy Nexus welcomed back into the AOSP fold, Sprint shunned by Google

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Slowly but surely Google is bringing CDMA devices back into the AOSP fold after giving them the boot [in February][3] over driver issues. The Nexus S 4G was [welcomed back][4] last week and now the [Verizon Galaxy Nexus][5] is joining it over at the Android open source site. Head on over to the developer portal and you'll find binaries for [Android version 4.1.1][6]. The LTE GNex isn't quite a full-fledged member of the family yet though, driver support is currently considered "experimental." So, don't be shocked if there's a bunch of bugs. Unfortunately, we have bad news for Sprint fans. Google apparently has no intention of adding the carrier's LTE Nexus to the list of supported developer devices. Jean-Baptiste Queru, lead of the AOSP, told the Android Building Google group that there were no plans to bring custom builds of the open source OS to the [Toroplus][7].

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