How to manually update your Nexus One without waiting for the OTA update

Full instructions and links on how to manually update the Nexus One with the OTA update but without actually waiting for the OTA to occur are here http://androidcommunity.com/guide-to...-one-20100202/

Doing this will not prevent you receiving future OTA updates. It is quite safe to do this manually. But the usual caveats apply ...

This update requires the Nexus One to be running Build number ERD79 and will update it to ERE27. You can check which build you are by going to Settings, About phone and scroll to the bottom of the page.