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[Nexus 5 General] motoridersd:
No, you need a computer and fastboot for this

No need to relock the bootloader or reset tamper flag. Google doesn't care about bootloader status to install OTAs.

I flashed back to stock (system.img and boot.img) and installed the OTA through TWRP 2.6.3.2 without relocking my bootloader. I restored an old backup that returned my TWPR back to 2.6.3.2, so it's taking forever to erase cache. Probably not needed, but I figured I might get it done since it was not taking this long in the latest version of TWRP.
[Nexus 5 General] magnafunk:
Thanks, camera has gone from the most frustrating I have ever used to one of the best!
[Nexus 5 General] motoridersd:
You can do that. If you already have TWRP or CWM, you can install the OTA zip through there, just make sure you return the system to stock by flashing system.img and boot.img
[Nexus 5 General] HOXnoo8:
I was having radio issues before. Thats why I decided to wipe everything and start over. I just had to unlock all over again to be able to flash this.
[Nexus 5 General] notbrodie:
did you remove the Korean keyboard?

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 General] motoridersd:
Probably non-stock apk. Flash the stock system.img to make sure you are starting from a clean 4.4 KRT16M partition.
[Nexus 5 General] markassbuster:
After the update I opened SU and it complained it couldn't fine the binaries. I then went and re-flashed in ole TWRP and now I'm back in business.
[Nexus 5 General] eman3316@optonline.net:
Not sure if anyone mentioned this yet but.......

WE NOW HAVE VOLUME OUT OF THE SPEAKER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[Nexus 5 General] tmeader:
And you were on 1.80 to begin with? Just wondering, since I'm still on stock recovery, so I'll have to switch over to TWRP after the OTA to re-flash those then looks like. Thought I'd seen that 1.80 got OTA survival working though in 4.3+.
[Nexus 5 General] DigitalUnderground:
Guys... Nearly 70 posts in 1 hour... And 5 thanks for the OP who showed us? Thanks the man! It takes 2 seconds
[Nexus 5 General] markassbuster:
I believe I was on 1.65 before the update. I used some toolkit I found on here to root 4.4 but I just noticed 1.65 on the root my storage so I guess that answers it.
[Nexus 5 General] eman3316@optonline.net:
Sorry, I saw the update from Android Central and came here to report my findings.

My findings are the camera is now Awesome and snaps in an instant and the speaker volume is loud!

My thoughts. The Nexus 5 was pretty damn near perfect. Now with the update it seems to be perfect. There really is nothing else to complain about. Anything else Google gives us will just be gravy!
[Nexus 5 General] jag826:
SuperSU Survival mode kept root while ADB side loading the update with stock recovery.
[Nexus 5 General] minieod:
you know that having more thanks does nothing. right?
[Nexus 5 General] supa2001:
Does flashing the OTA wipe the phone?
[Nexus 5 General] tomei:
Nope only patches files in system and boot.
[Nexus 5 General] P.Mobile:
just flashed this with twrp.. can i flash franco kernel still since on on 4.4.1?? also can i flash a custom rom that 4.4??? or no?
[Nexus 5 General] motoridersd:
Sure you can! You might run into issues, so please let us know if you see any. Part of the camera improvements come from an updated radio, so that might perform good if you flash a new ROM. There are some system and apk changes as well I'm sure, so your results will not be optimal. Make a backup and have a ball.
[Nexus 5 General] Bratag:
Best to wait until Franco updates his kernel - wont take long. Same answer for custom ROM. Why would you flash a 4.4 ROM over your 4.4.1 system?
[Nexus 5 General] mag01:
re-enabling root

No need to flash TWRP/CWM actually. I'm at stock recovery and just did 'fastboot boot openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.4-hammerhead.img' when in bootloader and then simply flashed the SuperSU zip from that and rebooted.

Next time I'll try the SuperSU Survival mode as I forgot to enable it.
[Nexus 5 General] edtiva:
Side loaded on stock. Great camera improvements, thanks team Android for addressing this so quickly! Kudos to OP for posting info.
[Nexus 5 General] Bratag:
Moto-x

Just to confirm you can't flash this over the Moto-X libs. That being said it was the work of 10 minutes to flash the system.img, load the zip via TWRP, have it restore my root and reinstall my Xposed framework (cannot live without that).

I love Android!
[Nexus 5 General] Tipper554:
Tried to flash from twrp-stock- rooted and a red "failed" after two download atempts. What did I do wrong?.
[Nexus 5 General] kenkiller:
The text in the recovery does tell you what went wrong.
[Nexus 5 General] motoridersd:
Do you have a custom kernel? Rooted is not stock. Flash stock system.img and re-root after applying OTA.
[Nexus 5 General] fix-this!:
*waiting for a flashable radio since im on cm11.
[Nexus 5 General] Tipper554:
No custom kernel, but I have flashed moto x dalvic patch and a volume mod.
[Nexus 5 General] EmperorX:
Does anyone have the stock system image in zip format? I am currently mobile and on a plane.....

I flashed the stock kernel back and just need stock system img I think... Does this include system apps? Because I currently have a modified exchange apk that just needs to be replaced with stock. Thanks
[Nexus 5 General] Sans143:
Radio?

Can someone advise if this software update improves radio connection to your mobile carrier?
[Nexus 5 General] yo2boy:
Won't flash in TWRP. Stock ROM, Stock kernel (never flashed a custom kernel), rooted. http://i.imgur.com/zAyawUM.jpg
[Nexus 5 General] kenkiller:
Any form of edits to SystemUI? Like xposed framework/modules?
[Nexus 5 General] nrap:
looks awesome!

question

can i just drop this in my old adb and fastboot folder from my old phone and then use stock recover to update from adb?
[Nexus 5 General] Android The Greek:
Anyone who is having problems with adb in recovery go to right click my computer}manage } then find the nexus 5 with yellow explanation point the right click update drivers then brows devices and click adb device interface
[Nexus 5 General] Agrinc95:
I have same problem as him. I had xposed, uninstalled it, and it still doesn't work.
[Nexus 5 General] kenkiller:
Maybe the recovery used? TWRP worked for me after disabling xposed and rebooting.
[Nexus 5 General] Mirage8908:
It is. I flashed it w/ TWRP while unlocked and rooted stock 4.4 stock kernel.

Have to reroot after.
[Nexus 5 General] yo2boy:
You know what? It might be SoftKeyZ (edits Navigation Buttons). It's gotta be that.
[Nexus 5 General] motoridersd:
Guys, if you get any error about unexpected contents on an APK, it means an app or a mod you installed made a change. If you uninstalled the mod or app, the uninstall process did not leave the files back in their stock condition.

If everything has been restored to the best of your knowledge, grab the full stock 4.4 image and flash system.img with fastboot. You won't lose your data and it's the quickest, easiest and most dependable way to get back to stock to allow the OTA to install.
[Nexus 5 General] Agrinc95:
I just reflashed system.img and it seems to be working.
[Nexus 5 General] EmperorX:
I need the stock email and exchange files... In zip format that will put them back into system apps... I'm currently on a plane and can't fastboot...
[Nexus 5 General] MMontanez347:
I have the same issue but the only difference is except for SystemUI, mines is GoogleEarth. I download the apk from the playstore (i deleted it the day i rooted my N5), i put the apk in the system app folder, changed the premissons, rebooted but I still get the same error when trying to flash. Anyone know what I gotta do?
[Nexus 5 General] treIII:
I'm getting faired updating binaries. Stock rooted stock kernel
[Nexus 5 General] AndroidKills:
I'm on the go, curious if there's another way to flash the system.img without a pc?
[Nexus 5 General] kenkiller:
Flash system.img from stock image? Most probably the Earth apk from Store is different from the /system version.
[Nexus 5 General] MMontanez347:
where do I find that and how do I flash it, i have a custom recovery TWRP
[Nexus 5 General] jcsww:
I get the .apk error also. The only thing I have outside of custom recovery and root is a center clock mod. My guess is that is what is causing the issue for me. Hopefully a work around for it will pop up soon.

Restoring the clock back to its normal state witht he files didn't help. Specifically, I get: "/system/app/Drive.apk has unexpected contents."
[Nexus 5 General] EmperorX:
I've asked for a zip in like 5 threads... Zero responses.

I'm currently on a plane so I guess I'm SOL
[Nexus 5 General] edtiva:
Not everyone might know how. If it is easy and there are instructions just post them and someone will help.
[Nexus 5 General] sparhawk6:
I was on stock rooted. I flashed the OTA zip and then SuperSU 1.80. It worked just fine, and I retained root.

The camera does seem a lot better, but the real testing will be tonight when I record my kids up close (on the previous build it would NEVER focus correctly). Also, the speaker is indeed so much louder! Awesome!
[Nexus 5 General] titans1187:
I flashed the ZIP through CWM and had no errors at all. I am stock, rooted. I thought I may have edited something within the system to get wifi hotspot working on sprint but it must have not been a system file. It flashed just fine it seems. No errors at all. Only thing I had to do was download SuperSU from the play store. I flashed the SuperSU zip in recovery right after the OTA installed with no reboot inbetween and the app was missing. It didn't affect the phone being rooted at all.
[Nexus 5 General] CNLiberal:
I was rooted with XPosed on stock. I uninstalled xposed, rebooted. I then grabbed the zip from this thread. I reboot into TWRP 2.6.3.4 and try to flash the zip. I get this error:

E: Zip signature verification failed: 1

Error flashing zip '/sdcard/Download/7ed504f678

FAILED.

I then decided to flash system.img via fastboot. I did have the modified EMAIL.APK in /system, but after flashing system.img that should be gone. I can't even setup my work email account any more. I tried downloading it again. Rebooting into TWRP and trying to flash again is producing the same error. What am I missing? Thanks!

EDIT: In TWRP, I disabled the ZIP verification and the update is applying now. Not sure what affect that will have.
[Nexus 5 General] 4I-I:
Can i not just simply use the 4.4.1 camera apk on 4.4.0 and stay on the custom rom im using?

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[Nexus 5 General] Synyster06Gates:
The new update included a radio and kernel which would change the way the camera works... I don't know that you could just take the apk.
[Nexus 5 General] yo2boy:
Where did you find the system.img?

-EDIT- The System image is available from Google at the Nexus 5 factory image site. 400mb download.
[Nexus 5 General] RussianBear:
Anyone having issues with video camera record button not working, by any chance? I've wiped cache already - no dice.
[Nexus 5 General] Android The Greek:
Is it just me or can we no longer delete email accounts on email app

Edit: could only delete email accounts in account area of settings
[Nexus 5 General] LNJ:
For those having issues, first flash the stock odex rom from here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2507861

and if you flashed a different radio, flash back to stock radio and try flashing the OTA zip again.
[Nexus 5 General] iboj007:
I just flashed via adb sideload and before i rebooted, i attempted to clear davlik cache. It froze there so I restarted it and now it appears that none of my apps are working correctly. I cant seem to access storage, backup files, take screenshots, etc.

What to do?
[Nexus 5 General] Cirkustanz:
omg so excited!

I'm on stock rooted but with twrp and I had installed 2 system apps (well 1, cerberus...and the other is something I MOVED to a system app) so I am pretty sure I need to go back to the stock image first, but I am SOOOOOO doing this tomorrow. Improvements to the camera sound awesome.
[Nexus 5 General] RussianBear:
try clearing it again. twrp took a minute to clear my regular cache also. i almost rebooted it, but decided to let it do its thing.
[Nexus 5 General] iboj007:
OK I think i Borked it. Its saying:

E: Failed to mount /cache (invalid argument)

E:Can't mount /cache/recovery/log

Thanks in advance
[Nexus 5 General] yo2boy:
What happens if I clear dalvik cache if I'm running ART?
[Nexus 5 General] RussianBear:
weird. what happens if you clear regular cache? Are you running ART run-time?

No idea, man. I haven't been running that run-time.
[Nexus 5 General] iboj007:
Nope, running Davlik. are there any commands to mount the cache partition?
[Nexus 5 General] shamu11:
I can't seem to record on the new camera...however I can take pictures...any fixes?
[Nexus 5 General] TurkzZ:
yet to receive the update on my Nexus 5 in UK. Will there be any diff between the version posted at the start of this thread and one on a UK nexus?

Also i haven't rooted etc , can I use this guide to install? http://www.technostall.com/nexus-7-android-43-update/#
[Nexus 5 General] RussianBear:
Not that I know of, man. Might as well start fresh at this point. Helps to have Titanium Pro just for these occasions :)

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I am also having the same issue here.
[Nexus 5 General] iboj007:
RussianBear. Thanks for your help. I tried clearing cachse from recovery again and it took about 10 minutes after it gave me the cannot find cache message and then it finally completed. Booted into Android and everything works fine again.

Thanks given!
[Nexus 5 General] RussianBear:
No probs!
[Nexus 5 General] imablackhat:
This happened to me. I copied systemui.apk from system apps to system privapps and it worked. I guess it was missing the apk from privapps folder. Maybe my xposed did something at some point.
[Nexus 5 General] cas8180:
Working flawlessly for me recorded video also seems smoother and not as Skippy/jumpy as before especially when panning while.recording.
[Nexus 5 General] Android The Greek:
No issues here can even take pictures while recording
[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
[Nexus 5 General] ljesh:
Boot up then boot in recovery again and clear cache again but this time wait for it to complete the process.

I did the same thing (didn't wait for cache to format) and then had the same issues.
[Nexus 5 General] h20wakebum:
So i tried sideloading from CWM... it succesfully loaded but when it goes to install and is verifying system apps... it barks at Youtube.apk... then fails to update.

/system/app/Youtube.apk has unexpected contents. E error in /tmp/update.zip

status 7

install aborted.

I even uninstalled youtube and still get the error.

Anyone else?

WTF?

P.S.- I'm on stock rooted with CWM recovery... should the OTA update show up for me?

Thanks,

RR
[Nexus 5 General] Kristi-Tech:
Finally CAMERA and AUDIO are so much better! :D :good:
[Nexus 5 General] Tony_YYZ:
This is the strangest thing. I'm trying to flash the update on my Nexus 5 and Keep getting the error:

"/system/app/GoogleEars.apk" has unexpected contents. E:/Error in /tmp/update.zip

Status 7

Installation Aborted

Any ideas? I tried both TWRP and the stock recovery/ADB sideload
[Nexus 5 General] RussianBear:
whatever that app is, it's not stock. you need to either flash a stock ears(?) app or delete this one altogether if it's not a stock system app.
[Nexus 5 General] h20wakebum:
Same type of error for me only mine errored out on youtube...

WTF
[Nexus 5 General] Kristi-Tech:
No issues here, everything works just fine!
[Nexus 5 General] 4I-I:
I tried using the camera and gallery apks from the 4.4.1 zip from the OP, on slimkat, by naming them camera2 and gallery2 and putting them in the system app folder.

It booted fine but i cant see either app... Might be that its because slimkat is deodexed (is it?) or because they need other parts of the 4.4.1 system.

I just restored and ill wait for an update...

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[Nexus 5 General] Tony_YYZ:
Do you or anyone else happen to have the stock GoogleEars.apk that you can upload?
[Nexus 5 General] Kristi-Tech:
I have noticed that when you are on camera in landscape touching and swiping up wont bring you the camera setting arc. This is a good because lot of option where off screen previously :)

Watch HERE -> http://youtu.be/qSDI4u2Yq7g?t=43m57s
[Nexus 5 General] RussianBear:
try this thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2012857

do you remember doing anything with that app? are you on a stock-rooted rom?
[Nexus 5 General] Kristi-Tech:
Flash the system.img from the stock firmware and then install the OTA update on custom recovery. I did this way and it went without problem.
[Nexus 5 General] h20wakebum:
Can you post the system.img

Will I lose root?
[Nexus 5 General] yo2boy:
Finally! Running 4.4.1 now. TWRP actually prompted to install SuperSU for me which was nice.

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It's a really big file. Get it from https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images#hammerheadkrt16m extract and it should be in image-hammerhead-krt16m.zip. Copy it from that archive, boot into bootloader and use fastboot to flash it.

fastboot flash system system.img
[Nexus 5 General] _MetalHead_:
Every time I try to flash it either through TWRP or CWM, it fails telling me my modem has unexpected contents. I flashed the radio from the stock system image and it is still giving me that error. Any advice?
[Nexus 5 General] Kristi-Tech:
Its like 650Mb or more. Yes, you will lose root but flashing SuperSU-v1.80.zip will root your phone ;)

I didn't lost any data during the process. Also have custom recovery + root with 4.4.1 update :)
[Nexus 5 General] h20wakebum:
I guess the biggest issue/question I have is... why is it not just showing up naturally? I am rooted stock with custom recovery.

Shouldn't it still show up as an ota?
[Nexus 5 General] Tony_YYZ:
I'm stock rooted. Google Sound Search comes frozen by default in Canada. I unfroze it with TiBu when I first got the phone then there was an update from the Play Store. I'm guessing that's what caused it.
[Nexus 5 General] AHomelessGuy:
used the Nexus root toolkit to flash back to recovery and installed the OTA, works good. Time to test the camera.

Just tested the dialer...screen turns off and power button wont unlock it during a call
[Nexus 5 General] lyall29:
Google rolls out the update in stages. It could take days for you to get it from Google.
[Nexus 5 General] Tony_YYZ:
*Update*

I got a copy of the GoogleEars.apk from another user but now the ADB process complains about GoogleEars.odex. I need to get that too it seems.
[Nexus 5 General] coolguy949:
Here's what I did in case someone has a similar setup as me (stock, rooted, TWRP, headphone boost):

- Download OTA from this thread and put it in SD card root

- Download stock volume levels zip from headphone boost thread

- Boot in to TWRP

- Flash stock volume levels zip

- Clear dalvik + cache

- Flash OTA from sd card root

- Reboot, wait for android to update apps for 4.4.1

- Reboot again in to TWRP

- Flash SuperSU from when I originally rooted

- Reboot

- Re-install SuperSU from play store, open app, choose Normal installation

- Reboot

- Enjoy 4.4.1
[Nexus 5 General] Sniff658:
Here's one I don't understand....

Was rooted, twrp, stock 4.4 with most of the Google apps disabled....

I flashed the original system.img, boot.img, and recovery.img. Rebooted at each step...

I did the side load thing in stock recovery of 4.4.1, updated just fine.....

Rebooted once, installed new twrp and SU.

Rebooted again and checked the About tab, showed stock kernel, and 4.4.1.

Went back in to disable the usual Google apps, and found them already disabled....huh? All settings, location, backup, sync, etc were still intact.... The settings thing I can understand, but the disabled apps?

Anyway, just wondering aloud, certainly not important since the update took....

Thanks again for everyone's help in this thread....
[Nexus 5 General] eviled23:
question

So is it possible to flash the OTA, while stock rooted? Or you must flash system.IMG and boot.IMG(if you have different kernel?) Sorry for asking this stupid question.
[Nexus 5 General] Tony_YYZ:
Had to get the Google Ears library file as well and finally I have success!
[Nexus 5 General] UGator:
Exactly what I did and worked for me also!
[Nexus 5 General] RussianBear:
so... if anyone flashed franco's r17 over this new build, then you might want to look into flashing the stock kernel. franco posted the stock .img and that fixed it for me.
[Nexus 5 General] F4M0U569:
So if I use franco's r17 will I have problems with the recording button? Is there a fix if you are on r17
[Nexus 5 General] RussianBear:
flash it and let me know lol to fix it you'll have to flash the stock 4.4.1 kernel .img that franco posted.
[Nexus 5 General] F4M0U569:
But I don't want the stock kernel. I guess I will wait till Google releases the sources for the new 4.4.1 kernel so franco could update his kernel
[Nexus 5 General] jasona801:
Super easy

I am also stock, rooted, twrp, no mods. First, I went ahead and wiped cache and dalvik in recovery. Then I flashed the zip from this thread, rebooted and waited for app updates and such. After which I returned to recovery and flashed supersu zip. I rebooted and redownloaded supersu app which then rebooted me back into twrp to flash itself and when that rebooted I had 4.4.1 rooted with twrp. Hope this helps someone who is confused.
[Nexus 5 General] DigitalUnderground:
Adb sideloaded ota.zip, flashed in stock recovery, adb pushed supersu, fastboot flashed twrp... Up and running 4.4.1 stock rooted. :)
[Nexus 5 General] nishthecooldude:
I am stock rooted with custom recovery but i flashed camera mod v1.3 from xda...so should i flash ota.zip or 1st flash stock camera apk?
[Nexus 5 General] jj14:
If you are stock rooted (including stock kernel), you can download the update file to your phone, and flash from recovery.

If you have a different kernel, you will need to revert back to stock before you can flash the update file.
[Nexus 5 General] jlevy73:
you need to flash the stock camera app first. I made a backup of stock rooted 4.4 in twrp, I just restored that then flashed the ota in twrp and everything worked fine.
[Nexus 5 General] nolook:
thanks this helped me was definitely getting confused...
[Nexus 5 General] bitbitbit:
Perhaps the information about whether an app is disabled is stored in the data partition which you didn't format/wipe.
[Nexus 5 General] nishthecooldude:
Thanks dude...Flash Stock camera apk...Flashed OTA and SuperSU 1.80 zip and done...

Android 4.4.1 :).....will post usage stats after using it for a day..

Thanks XDA forum rocks :laugh::good:
[Nexus 5 General] Eat it iPhone:
I can confirm too, flashed via TWRP 2.6.3.4, immediately flashed SuperSU 1.80, then rebooted. Update worked and kept root and twrp. Thanks
[Nexus 5 General] eviled23:
how I did it

If people still having problem, then this might help.

If you're stock rooted and have stock kernel(if not then:D revert it to stock kernel), all you have to do is to enable SuperSu survival mode then just wipe dalvik and cache, and then just flash 4.4.1 zip file using TWRP. That's all.
[Nexus 5 General] emerica243:
My record button not working either, I use faux kernel
[Nexus 5 General] RussianBear:
Flash the stock kernel. Franco posted it in his thread.