Merry Christmas! Here's Your ICS Android Update :)

If any of you are Google Nexus S owners eagerly awaiting the Ice Cream Sandwich update, wait no further. You can manually update it using Google's update file instead of waiting for Google's slow roll-out system to find your phone and update it. This works on the Google Nexus S, but I don't know if it works on the Galaxy S (which is the Sprint variant, I think).

I use a Nexus S (GSM) and performed the update successfully.

How to install:
Grab the OTA package here http://android.clients.google.com/pa...o/VQ8PQk_V.zip (make sure you click "download as" and name it "update.zip." Don't download it and allow your computer to unzip it for you. It doesn't work if you try to rezip the contents)
Update 4.0.3 from the google servers (128mb download)

Rename it to update.zip. 

Copy it over to the internal storage on your Nexus S.

Power off, then hold volume up and power to reboot to the bootloader.

Using the volume key to navigate, select recovery, then use the power button to confirm

When you see the warning triangle and arrow, hold the power button and tap volume up. You'll see a menu.

From the menu, select "apply update from /sdcard", and choose update.zip from the list.

Let it update, and voila you have Ice Cream Sandwich! 

Happy Holidays! Enjoy your Ice Cream Sandwich.

-Nick