People who have Nexus device in their hands then here is another gift for all those, as they can now install Android 5.1.1 Lollipop on their own Nexus device. Here’s a complete guide to flash Android 5.1.1 Lollipop on Nexus device. This guide has been given for Nexus 5 specifically.
As Google rolled-out the updated Lollipop version Android 5.1.1 to Nexus devices including the Nexus 4, Nexus 5, Nexus 7, Nexus 9 LTE, Nexus 10 and Nexus Player a couple of days back. If anyone own any of the above devices and not getting the OTA update notification, then down here you can find the direct links to download Android 5.1.1 Lollipop factory images and OTA update.
If you’re an Android developer then download the factory Android 5.1.1 image, and if not then you should download the direct OTA update. Down here you can find the direct download links to download Android 5.1.1 factory images and OTA update.
But factory image means an image which just comes out from factory; which implies that there will be no music, no accounts, no files etc. so before getting the factory image make sure that you’ve complete data backup.
Just Before Starting:
- Take a proper backup
- Rooted Nexus device
- Windows PC with USB connection and Nexus 5 drivers already installed on your PC
- Download ADB Tools and unzip this zip file
- Nexus 5 Android 5.1.1 Factory Image save this image into folder of ADB Tools and extract it too
How To Flash Android 5.1.1 Lollipop On Nexus Device:
- Turn-off your Nexus 5 device
- Start your Nexus device in bootloader mode by pressing (Volume Down + Power) buttons together
- Connect the Nexus 5 by using USB cable with the computer
- Now find the unzip Android firmware image file inside the ADB Tools folder
- Now simply double-click the file called flash-all.bat to start things happen
- Your device will reboot and you’ll find that Android 5.1.1 Lollipop will be installed on your device.
In order to carry out the above outlined guide you need to enable your device USB Debugging and secondly you should unlock the device bootloader.
