Android 4.3 made for Nexus Details

Build JWR66N has made its way out into the
wild for the LG-made Nexus
A few weeks after Android 4.3 leaked for the the
Google Play edition Galaxy S4 , today we're seeing
the same pre-release build — JWR66N — leaking
out online for the Nexus 4. The unofficial firmware
comes to us from Jeff Williams on Google+, who
bought his Nexus 4 on Craigslist from a Googler,
only to find it running the pre-release software.
With a little help from the Google+ community,
IRC users and XDA , Jeff was able to create a
system dump and backup of the ROM. Currently
the radio and bootloader are missing from this
package — word on the forums is that they'll be
provided at a later date.
The files can be restored through TWRP ​
(TeamWin recovery) if you know what you're
doing, giving you a working version of Android 4.3
ahead of the official release. Though with any
leaked pre-release firmware of unknown origins,
we'd advise caution if you decide to put this
firmware on your own device , as unknown bugs
and other nasties may be lurking. (What's more,
the official 4.3 launch is probably less than a
week away .)
We've successfully restored the firmware to our
own Nexus 4, and we've found it to be much like
the leaked 4.3 build for the GPe Galaxy S4 . That
is to say it's almost identical to 4.2 to the
untrained eye, but new developer settings and
other subtle changes give this away as the
genuine article. For more on the behind-the-
scenes changes in Android 4.3, check out our
hands-on feature .
With Android 4.3 now having leaked not once but
twice, it's likely we won't have too much longer
to wait before this new version of Android
becomes official. Google's got an event scheduled
for next Wednesday, July 24, and we'll be
covering the day's announcements live.