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[Nexus 5 General] madphone:
Is someone, who ualready updated, able to upload GoogleCamera.apk and GalleryGoogle.apk, please?
[Nexus 5 General] Dan1909:
What's your question?

If you flashed back to a 4.4 ROM... You'd be running a 4.4 ROM again.
[Nexus 5 General] mr mystery:
Side load the OTA with ADB, you'll lose root though
[Nexus 5 General] mokee92:
aite how do i get root back though?
[Nexus 5 General] 5hadz:
Wasn't this supposed to be pushed auto?

From the Settings menu at update, I still get absolutely nothing. Am I the only one because from the comments, everyone's trying to flash something. I don't have a rooted Nexus 5 nor do I want to root it. It's too early for that. Has anyone received an auto update?
[Nexus 5 General] bubbleguuum:
- FLAC bug fixed (was using much cpu and generating audio stutter)

- black notifcation bug fixed when expanded then screen on/off

- Sharing in apps fixed (sometimes, the last selected app was starting automatically)

- bottoms of WiFi, reception level and battery notifcation icons now are aligned
[Nexus 5 General] ohmimpotence:
delete..
[Nexus 5 General] Synyster06Gates:
More than likely you lost your custom recovery. You'll need to flash a new recovery via ADB and then re root by flashing SuperSU from recovery.
[Nexus 5 General] whelmar:
I side loaded... Didn't lose root. Made sure I set supersu in survival mode before update... Worked like a charm. I paid for the pro version a year ago to support Chainfire... Glad I did. ☺
[Nexus 5 General] emerica243:
For everyone trying to flash this and having problems. Heres what i did.

I run stock 4.4, Faux kernel, volume mod patch, and ive renamed a few apk's in system to remove them.

I downloaded 4.4.1 zip, and revert volume mod to stock zip, saved to phone.

Made TWRP backup

reflashed the stock kernel via fastboot

fixed my renamed files in /system/app

Made sure SuperSU survival mode was enabled

booted into TWRP, flashed 4.4.1 zip

Phone rebooted and i have 4.4.1 with sustained root.

Reflashed faux kernel via twrp

What ive noticed, camera is faster and overall better.

Speaker volume definitely increased, no more need for FauxSound or the Volume Mod.
[Nexus 5 General] Cirkustanz:
Can you elaborate on this? The most common thing I use my phone for is bluetooth audio (not to speakers though, just a headset dongle that I plug regular headphones into).

If you're experiencing volume bugs, I'm sure I would to. Really hoping this is just temporary!
[Nexus 5 General] ohmimpotence:
Would you happen to have a link describing how I can flash a new recovery via ADB?
[Nexus 5 General] Synyster06Gates:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2507905

Very simple thing to do :)
[Nexus 5 General] ljesh:
Am I wrong or the radio kinda... sucks... on 4.4.1?

I used to get full bars on this same location, now I get 2-3.
[Nexus 5 General] ohmimpotence:
Thanks, I've managed to do so much being an Android noob but I still get confused, there's so much conflicting info when I google stuff and I'm just weirded out how I had to be rooted to install CWM originally but now it appears I need CWM to re-root? .. very simple process though indeed
[Nexus 5 General] TurkzZ:
not yet (UK)
[Nexus 5 General] Synyster06Gates:
Correct. You probably did CF Auto root last time? That way you could use flashify to flash CWM. This way, you are just using recovery to flash the root files instead of flashify.
[Nexus 5 General] ohmimpotence:
Indeed, I believe it was CF Auto root. For CWM I used ROM Manager.. possibly not the most recommended method? I'll be sure to keep all of this in mind for the next OTA. Everything is working great again, got Xposed re-installed and all my junk is back to normal. Take care
[Nexus 5 General] Synyster06Gates:
Glad to hear it!
[Nexus 5 General] Jsparta26:
Hey guys. Just sideloaded the ota now. I have to say the vibration feedback is better, the camera definetly focuses better and snaps photos 2 seconds faster than before. Haven't tested audio yet but so far most of the bugs have been ironed out. :D

Edit: The audio seems to be tuned better. I can hear all the clicks and unlock sounds much better now.
[Nexus 5 General] maxpower7:
The camera is night and day. It's HUGELY improved in basically every way. I even noticed that color temperature is much better in flash photos. Before they came out overly blue; now they look more natural. Shutter speed is basically nonexistent now, and autofocus is much faster. I've also noticed that haptic feedback is less "mushy" now, for lack of a better way to put it.
[Nexus 5 General] emerica243:
Do you really think they revamped the radio and made it worse? Maybe you have a bad flash, do a full factory reset and clean flash. All i know is mine is showing same db levels as 4.4
[Nexus 5 General] mr mystery:
SuperSu survival mode worked for me. Was still rooted

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Ditto here, I was posting with assumption most don't buy the paid version
[Nexus 5 General] maxpower7:
I just flashed the update via TWRP and then flashed Super SU right away while I was still in recovery. Took about 10 extra seconds.
[Nexus 5 General] iboj007:
Anyone else notice that 4.4.1 isn't using the "Gallery" app by default when you swipe out of a picture from the Camera? Also, I noticed that my pictures in the Gallery seemed to be out of order with the newest pictures taken being placed somewhere in the middle of the "Camera" album.
[Nexus 5 General] AndroidKills:
Guess we can say, the commercials make sense now :D
[Nexus 5 General] Android The Greek:
Looks like gallery will be phased out for Google photo
[Nexus 5 General] alipairon:
Looking for recovery-flashable system.api!

I am on stock+root+Franco+mod_dalvik+xposed

So I guess my steps are:

1. Rename thermal-engine-hh-bak

2. Flash stock kernel

3. Remove xposed + reboot

3. Flash default system.api

4. Flash OTA

5. Flash supersu

6. Flash franco

7. Install xposed

8. .....

9. PROFIT!

Did I forgot something?

I actually can do everything without PC, except system.api.
[Nexus 5 General] davwman:
Flashed stock ROM.zip flashed update converted to art and OH MY GOD!!!!!! I'll be staying stock. Fast isn't even the word. Also I notice the lock and unlock sounds are different, camera is much faster, speaker actually makes noise, I'm a happy camper
[Nexus 5 General] Scared27:
Q. Can you send photos via NFC using the Photo's app? I tried to do this N5 4.4 to GNex 4.3 and it wouldn't work.
[Nexus 5 General] emerica243:
My video recording seems broke now,. Pressing the red button doesnt do anything within the camera app any ideas? Cleared cache dalvik and camera app data. Photos are working fine however
[Nexus 5 General] davwman:
Also was able to flash super su in cwm directly afyer
[Nexus 5 General] maidenboston:
worked for me, using same two phones.

cm roms on both...
[Nexus 5 General] danieljordanmaddux:
Yeah every time I've tried it, it just opens Google+ on the receiving device.
[Nexus 5 General] coolguy949:
Auto brightness seems less erratic for me. However, it does seem to take longer to auto adjust brightness down. Anyone else noticing this?
[Nexus 5 General] PsychDrummer:
I think it has to be the same app.
[Nexus 5 General] TokedUp:
Can someone pull the camera and gallery apk for us to try?
[Nexus 5 General] danieljordanmaddux:
Well both devices had Google+ installed at the time I tried it. But I just tried again with my Nexus 5 and my Nexus 7 and you can send both pictures stored on the device and on Google severs with NFC in the Google photos app. Awesome!! The one thing that kept me from disabling the gallery app!
[Nexus 5 General] Raistlin1:
My video camera recording is working.
[Nexus 5 General] t.h.i:
I restored my stock buckup(stock kernel,stock img)with twrp 2.6.3.4 and was rooted.i flashed the OTA via twrp 2.6.3.4 and.....succses:D:D:D:D:thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:
[Nexus 5 General] Raistlin1:
I paid to support that great dev also and I completely forgot about survival mode... Oh wel, re-rooting was simple enough
[Nexus 5 General] teambestyrandy:
Did the color get whiter? Or is this some kind of trick my eyes are playing on me cause the colors looks not washed out anymore :0
[Nexus 5 General] Ketzal:
Changes in 4.4.1

'All contacts' in settings of the dialer...is that new? I remember looking for that option. Or I could be losing it.
[Nexus 5 General] Android The Greek:
That was there before
[Nexus 5 General] david23c:
My eyes might be playing tricks on me also after looking at your post but it does seem less yellow-y.
[Nexus 5 General] Ketzal:
Losing it then...
[Nexus 5 General] joshcrumley100:
My Bluetooth speaker has no volume controls of its own. It relies on controls of the device (phone). Before the update volume was excellent. Now, with the phone at max volume, I can barely hear the audio. Confirmed its the update cuz I tried on my dads phone and it works fine.
[Nexus 5 General] teambestyrandy:
I don't think our eyes are deceiving us, I just read that the 4.4.1 update fixed the color too :)
[Nexus 5 General] Android The Greek:
Did you forget the device and repair?
[Nexus 5 General] aeox:
You can use the volume rocker to take pictures now!
[Nexus 5 General] Android The Greek:
That worked on 4.4 also
[Nexus 5 General] aeox:
Oh. I never tried. I was pressing buttons and it snapped a pic.
[Nexus 5 General] uh60james:
Because the lowest volume was way too loud for many users of stereo headphones. There were only like 4 steps all loud as hell for the HBS-730 for example.
[Nexus 5 General] jbdan:
It took them on 4.4 as well
[Nexus 5 General] pifsworld:
This is something they should of done with this update but I bet they haven't.
[Nexus 5 General] jcgtreize:
boot-insecure-kot49h-hammerhead

Just made the update and I want to root the device again.

Do you know where I can find the following file : "boot-insecure-kot49h-hammerhead" ?

Thanks in advance for your time.
[Nexus 5 General] joshcrumley100:
Indeed I did. Seems they've removed the feature of device controlling volume via Bluetooth as confirmed by a comment on androidpolice.
[Nexus 5 General] kenkiller:
I don't care either way, but given that it's part of their announcement for 4.4, it's interesting that they would revert it so quietly....egg on face? :D

http://developer.android.com/about/versions/kitkat.html
[Nexus 5 General] CoronaDelux:
I just sideloaded the update, and HDR+ still seems slow in low-light situations. I think the status circle lets you know it's doing something, but the speed is about the same.

I'll check how it works in daylight tomorrow though
[Nexus 5 General] Synyster06Gates:
HDR is always going to be slower in low light. The long shutter speed + 3 different pictures at different exposures.
[Nexus 5 General] OptimusVDarwin:
How do you sideload and what are the benefits?
[Nexus 5 General] Synyster06Gates:
It didn't break anything, that's what it was designed to do.

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Side loading is just doing it through ADB. It doesn't require root.
[Nexus 5 General] jkimbro:
Sideloaded here as well... The loss of signal problems I was having seem to be gone (knocking on wood). The sound is definitely louder than before. All in all pretty happy camper here.
[Nexus 5 General] OptimusVDarwin:
By break I mean unrooted and uninstalled twrp
[Nexus 5 General] CatThief:
Just finished sideloading and re-rooting. I'm so happy with the camera fix. Such a noticeable difference!
[Nexus 5 General] ravenwood27:
How's hdr+ focus in low light situation ?
[Nexus 5 General] Candy[MAN]:
The only bug I have found is that they broke the date format setting. No matter what you set it as, the lock screen and calendar app keeps the 31/12/2013 format.

Prior to update, lock screen would read:

THU, DECEMBER 5

Now it reads:

THU 5 DECEMBER

UPDATE: Noticed that the update changed my language to English (UK). Changed it back to English (US) and now the date is shown correctly for me.
[Nexus 5 General] CoronaDelux:
I thought they said they improved the speed all around, but it doesn't look to be the case in low light situations.

You sideload using adb commands in recovery mode. The benefit is you can get the OS update now, instead of waiting for the OTA.
[Nexus 5 General] tom1807:
Launcher was also updated to version 0.10.1.920880, previously 0.9.6.886092.

Will check whether can install on my N4
[Nexus 5 General] bahnburner:
Looks like the echoy audio bug in Google Music is gone now too. Sweet action.
[Nexus 5 General] k3mik4l:
Can't for the life of me get this to install via TWRP .. Stock rooted, flashed stock kernel over faux, uninstalled xposed and no dice .. Am I missing something?

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 General] bahnburner:
I downloaded the factory image and fastboot flashed the System.img and the update worked fine after that. Stock kernel + flashing system.img should work.
[Nexus 5 General] bozzykid:
You have to have longer exposure in low light. There is no way around that unless you don't want to be able to take pictures in low light.
[Nexus 5 General] Kipp34:
Does the 4.4.1 update address the static/hissing that occurs when recording video?
[Nexus 5 General] CatThief:
It's much better. Naturally slower than with HDR+ disabled, but focus is faster and picture quality is amazing.
[Nexus 5 General] garyHal:
Still waiting on my stock N5 to show available update...
[Nexus 5 General] ajaffarali:
Where can I find System.img from? I'm having the same issues- update not installing through TWRP.
[Nexus 5 General] bahnburner:
https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images

Unzip hammerhead-krt16m-factory-bd9c39de.tgz then unzip image-hammerhead-krt16m.zip. You'll need to fastboot flash system.img.
[Nexus 5 General] jdawg0024:
Just sideloaded it through ADB. Everything went smoothly and the camera is much better now. I am 100% stock
[Nexus 5 General] ravenwood27:
Thanks.

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How's the noise level ?
[Nexus 5 General] jdawg0024:
Haven't recorded anything yet will give it a go in a minute

Here is a test Video I just shot https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o25LuO4omas

The audio is better than it was, but when recording in a quiet room with not sound I still get a low hiss on the video.. The video appears very smooth while recording on the phone, but the video file still shows 29.97 fps in the media info.
[Nexus 5 General] alexnaoumi:
Decided to go completely stock for the update and I'm absolutely pleased! The phone seems for snappier and responsive (and it was already flawless) and the camera app is definitely much quicker. The volume is louder, which is always good and the vibration seems a little different...better, but different
[Nexus 5 General] Ben36:
Has anyone made a flashable zip yet for twrp?
[Nexus 5 General] xybur:
I had a scare flashing the new OTA. I tried to wipe cache/dalvik after successfully upgrading, and it got stuck. So I freaked and forced my nexus to restart. That wasn't the best idea. It basically caused the cache to corrupt and killed my phones data connection, and killed my ability to access my mountable storage.

After a few hours of poking at the thing, I decided to download the stock image, and pull out the cache.img portion of the phone. I fastboot flashed it, and then everything worked. More importantly, all of my files are intact and fine.

SO now that I've been able to actually USE the camera, its awesome! Always using HDR? There isn't a reason not to. And it snaps so much quicker than before, its kind of crazy the improvement. It's on par or better than my previous phone, so I'm content.

But really, I had no idea that the cache affected so many parts of the functionality of the phone.
[Nexus 5 General] Saliciouscrumbs:
So I'm on stock, rooted and TWRP.

Can somebody confirm what I''m supposed to do?

1. Download 4.4.1

2. Download SuperSU zip.

3. Make backup inside TWRP.

4. Flash 4.4.1 zip.

5. Flash SuperSU zip.

That's about it, right?

ALso, how come the 4.4.1 file is only 54 MB large? Is it because 4.4.1 is just an update, and not the entire thing?
[Nexus 5 General] joweedeame:
HI Guys,

Those who updated to 4.4.1 and using PULSE reader app. Did you notice that the viewing changed? THe articles no longer fit the screen. Is it just me or what?

I cleared PULSE data and still the same.

I am not sure if it is a PULSE incompatibility issue with 4.4.1 or there is a bug in 4.4.1.

thanks
[Nexus 5 General] Thalion1974:
It has already been mentioned that the problem is caused because of Franco Kernel.

To summarize:

Flash back STOCK KERNEL

Rename /system/lib/hw/power.msm8974.so.bak to /system/lib/hw/power.msm8974.so

Rename /system/bin/thermal-engine-hh-bak to /system/bin/thermal-engine-hh

Install OTA ZIP again
[Nexus 5 General] :
Hard to verify just setup my account again for push. WOrks so far but will take 1-2 days until i can say whether it is fixed or not. BUT the version number of the Email apk changed from 50058 to 50060 which indicates they did some changes at least.
[Nexus 5 General] carlese:
Up :)
[Nexus 5 General] Cirkustanz:
OMG, I don't know if this is just because of the 4.4.1 update, or if Focal updated their own stuff from when I last tried it...but it works now!

I'm stoked!
[Nexus 5 General] ascarda:
yes, it is

Inviato dal mio Nexus 5 utilizzando Tapatalk
[Nexus 5 General] kifac:
Updated using ADB on stock Unrooted locked bootloader. Working perfectly!

Sounds/notifs seem much louder now
[Nexus 5 General] :
Jupp, noticed that also. Now 3 clicks below max is as loud as max before.
[Nexus 5 General] kifac:
Agreed!

Although the sound for the screen lock sounds awfully weird so i removed it.
[Nexus 5 General] Tqpolo:
Anybody else has a weird background image in the notification center when using Notification Toggles and PowerAmp after 4.4.1?
[Nexus 5 General] @home:
I'm on stock rom and stock recovery but rooted, should I expect to get the OTA update or do I need to unroot?
[Nexus 5 General] LBTaylor1984:
Just woke up in the UK, still nothing, at this rate I'll side load when I get to work.
[Nexus 5 General] hallucynogenyc:
Was on stock rom, just TWRP and SuperSu Pro.

Flashing the update via TWRP failed. Downloaded this and applied it via TWRP, then the update again and it worked.

Can someone explain to me at which point installing TWRP or SuperSu modified the stock kernel?
[Nexus 5 General] F4M0U569:
It doesn''t
[Nexus 5 General] hallucynogenyc:
Then what happened?
[Nexus 5 General] ralph9994:
The camera improvements are good and all but I am unable to save any photos taken with the camera. How do i fix this?
[Nexus 5 General] kenkiller:
Something else you did but forgot changed the kernel.
[Nexus 5 General] hallucynogenyc:
What kind of thing besides flashing a kernel can mess with the kernel? I didn't know such thing was possible.
[Nexus 5 General] kifac:
You should still be able to receive the OTA. When you do get it and you update...you will lose root.

If you dont want to wait for the OTA you can follow this...

Thanks to El Daddy

NOTE:Make sure you have the latest version of adb. It seems people are having issues with older versions.

1) Download the OTA.zip on your PC, rename the file update.zip, then place file in the same directory as adb.

2) Make sure you have USB Debugging checking in the Developer Options, then connect your phone.

3) Open the command prompt from the directory above on your PC and type the command: 'adb reboot recovery'

4) When in recovery, you’ll see an android laying down. Press power then immediately press volume up and release. The menu will appear. Select “apply update from adb”

5) Using the command prompt type: 'adb sideload update.zip' The file will load and the update will begin.

6) When completed, select reboot.
[Nexus 5 General] rodeo2:
You will get the update but will it install successfully is questionable. Depends on how you rooted. If its just by installing superSU, update might install well.

I was in the same situation, just rooted and everything untouched. Simply used wugs nrt and flashed the zip. No problems. Root will be gone but you can root again using the tool.
[Nexus 5 General] tvBilly:
For those of you having volume problems with previously paired speakers, try removing the speaker from your bluetooth list, and then re-pair it.

I didn't have any problems after the 4.4.1 update with my JBL, but it's been reported that re-pairing fixes the low volume from external bluetooth speakers problem.

Worth a try...
[Nexus 5 General] xtremev1:
Will this work if you deleted some system apk?
[Nexus 5 General] Gaffadin:
No it won't. I'm unable to update for that reason.

Hopefully someone will modify the OTA update and strip out the checks.
[Nexus 5 General] thegr8anand:
Can anyone please provide me stock 'libart.so'? I used the whatsapp fix for at and now can't update to 4.4.1 because of modified libart.so.
[Nexus 5 General] xtremev1:
Forgot the quote my bad
[Nexus 5 General] kenkiller:
Who knows.....maybe you flashed something but forgot. :D

For example touch control flashes a modified kernel to make it work.
[Nexus 5 General] lwfb:
Thought it was just me... It's definitely 4.4.1 related because I didn't have this issue on 4.4.

Hopefully it's just an incompatibility on Pulse's end. I don't know how a relatively minor software update could affect it like this though.

It sucks though because I use Pulse every day, multiple times a day and now it's pretty unusable and annoying to read articles with it so stretched out and having to scroll sideways.
[Nexus 5 General] abdielol:
You could try Feedly until its fixed.

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 General] @home:
I did put the sound mod from on xda on as well - Will this affect the ota update or will the mod be over written.

Thanks for the reply btw :good:
[Nexus 5 General] kenkiller:
The volume mod? You could flash the revert zip if you're worried about it affecting the ota.
[Nexus 5 General] @home:
Yeah this one....

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2532788
[Nexus 5 General] kenkiller:
I didn't flash back to stock levels and the OTA worked, but like I said, the revert zip is right there if you have problems.
[Nexus 5 General] kimkrrr:
Here is comparison of picture.

left is 4.4 and right is 4.4.1

4.4 shutter speed : 1/15 ISO : 143

4.4.1 shutter speed : 1/30 ISO : 281

Right-click on the new tab is opened, you can see more detail.
[Nexus 5 General] diskostu:
IMO, PhotoSphere stitching also improved a lot. Just tried it inside my office - a tiny room of about 6x5 metres. The N5 produced an almost perfect PhotoSphere. I tried the same before with 4.4 - aweful.

Also, while shooting a video, the autofocus seems to be much more accurate.
[Nexus 5 General] kraven001:
Did anyone notice massive battery drain with 4.4.1.

I can't figure out what's wrong, but last night I lost 60% in 4.5 hours.

Installed Better Battery Stats and CPU Spy and it seems that the phone deep-idles and there isn't anything fishy there (however I am loosing like 1% every 5-10 minutes with the screen off).

Waiting for a full charge now and trying to figure it out. Feedback is welcome :)
[Nexus 5 General] Karmavore:
I don't have any problems with either. I am still using a custom kernel for 4.4 so I can still use dt2w. Only issue I've noticed is video capture doesn't work.
[Nexus 5 General] hallucynogenyc:
I didn't do anything like that. I unlocked the bootloader with fastboot, flashed TWRP and SuperSU. All of that on the first day. Never touched anything again. I'm seriously intrigued by this. Any ideas?
[Nexus 5 General] kenkiller:
Nope, not Sherlock here. :(
[Nexus 5 General] danielvc:
This helped, thanks!
[Nexus 5 General] italia0101:
I checked cpu spy, seems like it's boosting to 1.2ghz instead of 1ghz now.. Anyone confirm?
[Nexus 5 General] rcmc:
Any D821 owner has been offered the OTA yet?
[Nexus 5 General] kraven001:
I sideloaded it :)
[Nexus 5 General] kenkiller:
And to alleviate the fears of the paranoid, the last update before this, both D820 and D821 shared the exact same modem/baseband.

So, no....your LTE won't go kaput. :D
[Nexus 5 General] kraven001:
LTE (4G) still works, so it detects internally all that stuff :)
[Nexus 5 General] meangreenie:
Don't think there's a difference in software, there's only one factory image after all.