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[Nexus 5 Android Development] Blac Caesar:
I think he was just telling you where to find your files.. but this won't help bc where your files are, the system cannot read bc "L" doesn't recognize that '/0' folder located in your '/sdcard' folder. You'll need to try the fix stated in the OP

I can tell you, this fix worked perfectly for me and my phone runs like normal.. but I've also seen for some, this didn't help at all. As stated numerous times, this is a Dev Preview, stuff is broken and it may not always flash correctly or set up the partitions like it does in 4.4.x KitKat. You have been warned, friend, this may not work at all for you. But hopefully it does and you can fully enjoy the borked Android "L" Dev Preview! :fingers-crossed:
[Nexus 5 Android Development] Mikeonic:
But what if it's your secondary rom on multi...
[Nexus 5 Android Development] hebjes:
OK thank you so much... Is this doesn't work there is a way to back flashing KK using something like Odin or flashtool? The problem is I can't copy archives to the phone so I don't know what to do
[Nexus 5 Android Development] Tzfardaya:
lovely thing about the nexus...

you can always go back

grab the appropriate image file from here extract once, and run the flash-all.sh (or flash-all.bat if on windows) to wipe, and install a nice, clean, pristine version of the version you downloaded...

<WARNING> flash-all scripts WILL wipe your phone clean... nothing is saved on the device, if you need to keep copies of data, copy them OFF your phone first</WARNING>

Also, carefully read the page I linked as well... it will tell you how you need to configure your system to make use of the scripts
[Nexus 5 Android Development] Blac Caesar:
In order to copy stuff to your phone, the running OS on your phone has to be able to recognize the writable portion of your phone's storage (e.g '/sdcard')... if the system doesn't recognize your user storage, you can't write anything to it. There are always ways to get back to KK; easiest way.. make a NANdroid of KitKat before you flash L; if you find you can't use L, then reboot to recovery wipe everything, then restore your NANdroid. I speak from experience, as I've done this about 3-4x since vomer put together this Dev Preview ROM. If you're one of the unfortunates (forgot to NANdroid KitKat, and you want to get back on 4.4.x KitKat), then you'll have to find stock images of KitKat and fastboot those thru your bootloader.

</WARNING.. PERSONAL OPINION AND CHOICE> I would never recommend using a flashing tool or the like, especially while you're running L. The proper way to install a ROM is with a recovery, like TWRP or CWM or the "Old Faithful" manual way, fastbooting through your bootloader. </WARNING.. PERSONAL OPINION AND CHOICE>
[Nexus 5 Android Development] Tzfardaya:
Eh, guess it's time to put L back on the phone... my nandroid backup of 4.4.4 has some (minor) glitching and should be flash-all'd back on anyways..
[Nexus 5 Android Development] Blac Caesar:
We all knew you wouldn't be able to stay away from the glory of borked n broken Android "L" Dev Preview... you know you love it lol
[Nexus 5 Android Development] Tzfardaya:
<PERSONAL OPINION COUNTER> I disagree, the ONLY way a rom, well, maybe only stock roms, should be flashed is via the flash-all script written FOR THAT EXPRESS PURPOSE and provided by google... :p And Yes, I include this L Dev Prev as a stock rom... but otherwise, I agree, avoid the toolkits and their ilk</PERSONAL OPINION COUNTER>

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Well, since I'm going to be wiping it anyways... And I don't keep anything on my phone that I can't afford to lose (scripts get backed up via dropsync and tasker, tasker even backs up it's own profiles/tasks/etc via dropsync) It's not like it takes forever to reset...

adb reboot bootloader
./flash-all.sh

here I come....

/me waits as phone reboots bootloader several times during install/wipe

probably be a week and I'll get twitchy about not having franciscofranco's kernel installed and wipe back...
[Nexus 5 Android Development] jaron7_11:
ok hellosms working great but i kinda want to use hangouts and i must the battery life is amazing
[Nexus 5 Android Development] Smallsmx3:
Battery was not great for me. Seemed that it was a constant slow drain for me. Not as good as 4.4.4, not sure what it was but misc was high allot in battery status
[Nexus 5 Android Development] Blac Caesar:
<PERSONAL OPINION ACCEPTANCE> Ah touché.. flash-all scripts are nice too lol. </PERSONAL OPINION ACCEPTANCE>

Well hopefully this install of L works for ya.. the very first worked perfectly, I went back to KK.. L got mad n the next flash gave me the 'no SD card' error.. couple fix tries later, still nothing lol. Tried it all one moar time a couple days ago, success, L accepted my apologies.
[Nexus 5 Android Development] Tzfardaya:
we've determined (we think) that the misc battery item is from apps that are incompatible with L at this time and have crashed but are still running bit's and bob's in the background draining battery...

I got misc items if I tried to run franco.kernel-updater or busybox (neither of which run on L as yet)

a reboot, and uninstalling the apps that don't work fixed that drain.

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I've noticed that the no sdcard seem to occur only to those who use zips through recovery... never through flash-all... :p

and to those who try to keep their data and avoid wiping...
[Nexus 5 Android Development] Smallsmx3:
Ah. I had busybox running. Maybe that was it. At first MMS seemed to work OK. Then I started getting group MMS and I couldn't read them. I've read most of this thread and it just seems wonky. Otherwise it's a great experience
[Nexus 5 Android Development] hebjes:
OK guys you have been very supportive I really appreciated that.. Thank you so much, now I'm like scared, its my first Nexus device, I have experience with other android Samsung and Sony and there using flashtool or Odin I was flashing firmware and fixing problems easily, but now I don't really know how to do it so I have to read what you have writing. I hope he first steps works for me. And now sorry for asking to much but now just for be sure..

The mount and unmount options are on tpwr I never have used that.

The ROM that I have to install again is the L zip seem?

When needa to reboot phone and flash super su where I get that? My phone can download anything or is because after do the first things the SD problem is resolved?

Thanks again... I'm still pretty scared xD
[Nexus 5 Android Development] Tzfardaya:
okay, first set of questions...

are you trying to save data that is already on your device? are you trying to multirom?

how comfortable are you using the command line on your computer?
[Nexus 5 Android Development] hebjes:
I can't save anything no captures or copy files from PC. Also I don't know what is multirom

I study msdos and some like that in highschool I don't really feel I can know about it
[Nexus 5 Android Development] ZhenMing:
I did fastbooting 2 days ago and my phone get sdcard empty content issue this morning. I had to fastbooting again to solve it. Restore good image from TWRP won't help the issue.

If it happen again, I will try the way mention before by restore a kk version, boot up and confirm the sdcard works, then restore back the Android L.

Sent from my Nexus 5 with Android L.
[Nexus 5 Android Development] Tzfardaya:
no, I was asking id there was anything on your phone that you didn't want to lose.

okay, my advice then, is if you're not comfortable with the command line, and you're not absolutely certain how to flash this zip (it's more complex than most others) then i would hold off on testing L until you're more familiar with the nexus way of things

I'm not saying you can't, I'm not saying we won't try to help you if you do, I'm just saying you should hang out on xda, read up on modifying your system, installing custom roms (like mahdi, pa, cm, slim, etc, etc,etc) and play around with that stuff first.

Although, if you still want to flash L to try, you really should follow the directions from this site, this is the developer.android.com website, where vomer got the initial files to convert to his zip that everyone (most) in this thread used. If you use the directions from this site, also a developer site, it will show you how to set your computer up so you can use adb and fastboot (two VERY useful tools for dealing with many issues that can occur while messing around with your phone)
[Nexus 5 Android Development] dspcap:
I am running very minimal apps on my device with Android L, only ones that I need to get by in the day and I had incredible battery life yesterday. I think what others are saying is accurate. That a lot of apps aren't ready for Android L and are using up more battery than they should be.
[Nexus 5 Android Development] Blac Caesar:
Out of thanks... so thanks lol. I was in the middle of typing n saw your post :good:
[Nexus 5 Android Development] galakanokis:
For those having the sdcard problem really try and see if you can pull files to your pc over adb. Something went very wrong for me flashing the second time and certain data was either lost or corrupted when I tried to move either in recovery or inside the L ROM. Freaky no rhyme or reason to it. I had backed everything up to my PC so I just fastboot flashed back to 4.4.4 and copied over my pertinent data from there. If you have a nexus learn adb and especially fastboot.

I still think it is twrp related and will try CWM later today but NHL few agency is about to start so it will have to be after that....
[Nexus 5 Android Development] Smallsmx3:
Having issues downloading the ROM... Says failed to start download
[Nexus 5 Android Development] hebjes:
OK thanks.. I don't have anything in the phone now is clean. So I don't care if I lose files.

I was thinking to trying to make the SD works with that steeps I was reading before

I think he was just telling you where to find your files.. but this won't help bc where your files are, the system cannot read bc "L" doesn't recognize that '/0' folder located in your '/sdcard' folder. You'll need to try the fix stated in the OP

Quote:

Got "No SDCard" error?*

This is because 4.4.x seems to point to: storage/emulated/0 & L points to: data/media/0*

Solution:

- Mount system in TWRP/CWM

- Wipe system, dalvik, data, cache

- Unmount system

- Install ROM

- Factory reset

- Reboot

- Go back to recovery & flash SuperSU (link above).

- Reboot

Still not resolved? back everything up and flash the userdata.img (erases your SD card)

And then is this works well don't move anything more, until how you see I read more about it.

But I'm more confused now. As I said I don't know how to get back to KK, I have to read what you have told me first.. I don't know what its easier :good:
[Nexus 5 Android Development] Tzfardaya:
download from where? links in op or actual image from developer.android.com?
[Nexus 5 Android Development] Smallsmx3:
Sorry. From the op....I'm at work and a flashable zip is all I can do right now.
[Nexus 5 Android Development] hebjes:
At this point as I feel scared I just wanting to do the safes thing to my phone
[Nexus 5 Android Development] galakanokis:
I highly recommend that you read up on how to install the sdk and get adb and especially fastboot working. It will (has for me several times) save your butt. This should be priority #1.

If not, [MENTION=1363323]vomer[/MENTION] has flashable files for 4.4.4.
[Nexus 5 Android Development] Roll3r:
Oh wish that were true! Got SD error manually flashing imgs (including userdata), then tried flashall (letting it wipe userdata).

Ended up formatting system and userdata, wiping data in stock recovery (which formats data. Was giving me an error trying to do that in fastboot), then flashing imgs.
[Nexus 5 Android Development] Tzfardaya:
safest thing is to not flash until you're more confident about the process...

second safest thing is to use those 2 sites I linked you before, one to set up your computer for fastboot and adb, the other to get the image file that is pretty much the only bombproof way to flash it

but again, I would recommend not flashing L to your phone yet.

Right now L is not ready for prime time, you WILL encounter issues, wait until it's a public release, not just a developers (alpha stage software) demo version
[Nexus 5 Android Development] galakanokis:
Pretty sure he is already on L and looking to get back to KK.
[Nexus 5 Android Development] Tzfardaya:
damn, was hoping we caught him before he tried L...

[MENTION=4605405]hebjes[/MENTION]

in that case, the safest way is following the directions on THIS site..

follow the directions on how to set up adb and fastboot (you will need them in your future life of learning about messing with your nexus)

download the latest kitkat image from that same site (make sure it's for the nexus 5) or right here if you're feeling lazy and use the flash-all script included in that tarball

(I would ignore the fastboot oem lock at the end of the instructions, you still want to be able to play with your phone, right)
[Nexus 5 Android Development] :
Double post
[Nexus 5 Android Development] dcdttu:
Google promises 22 months of support for Nexus. 2 months shy of getting two major versions worth of updates. Kinda lame.
[Nexus 5 Android Development] the.emilio:
You mad bro??? Root fix thanks to [MENTION=4316709]savoca[/MENTION] http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=53704549&postcount=765

[MENTION=1363323]vomer[/MENTION] you might want to link that post so users can find how to root L
[Nexus 5 Android Development] :
I don't know. I'm kinda busy now, sorry.
[Nexus 5 Android Development] kunalwanvari:
Yes. Now sell your phone and stop whining -_- . Patience !
[Nexus 5 Android Development] nikhil007mmus:
Anyone got new Android L apps ???? I have Gallery missing and no latest apps
[Nexus 5 Android Development] kunalwanvari:
The preview has no gapps
[Nexus 5 Android Development] vomer:
Found the issue. I'll reupload once I reach home ...sorry guys. Thanks for helping as usual
[Nexus 5 Android Development] mojna37:
Faild with TWRP
[Nexus 5 Android Development] snappycg1996:
Thank you so much, Vomer. Once again, back at your amazing work I see! ^.^

I know the original to flash would wipe all internal storage, videos, pics, etc. This doesn't do that right? ((: if that's the case, I can finally try it! I didn't want to back EVERYTHING up and restore 28 gigs later 8D
[Nexus 5 Android Development] Kill3rmonk:
You can use the Photo app as the Gallery for now. It picks everything up it looks like.
[Nexus 5 Android Development] vomer:
Thanks! Perhaps pre rooted? ;)
[Nexus 5 Android Development] PunkOz:
You were able to boot into L with this zip?
[Nexus 5 Android Development] the.emilio:
Perhaps... :highfive:
[Nexus 5 Android Development] blinqipa:
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh :(

Will it take that long you to go to home?

I'm planning whether to sleep or not LOL!!!
[Nexus 5 Android Development] pwrmedia:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2796019
[Nexus 5 Android Development] chipwizz:
Just open zip and correct few lines in updater-script as mentioned in previous posts, zip it again to have working ROM. You should have a working rom zip. It will save some $$$ in 4G cost and time in downloading again. Obviously some $$ can makes its way to OP if you wish . :)

Regards

Chippy
[Nexus 5 Android Development] wad3g:
If this second build flashes correctly I can upload a mirror on RapidGator if you'd like. Just let me know and I'll start uploading it.
[Nexus 5 Android Development] vomer:
About an hour... Trust me it bugs me more than you lol.
[Nexus 5 Android Development] hebjes:
Yes thanks I can live with SD storage some weeks while I read all about that.

Some problem that I have is my mother language is Spanish and like now that I don't really know specifics what is have to look for I unsure the how what I have to find.
[Nexus 5 Android Development] :
both works great
[Nexus 5 Android Development] Tzfardaya:
try this one then

I fed the nexus image page through google translate, so I'm not sure how accurate it is
[Nexus 5 Android Development] galakanokis:
I'd be surprised if there wasn't a Spanish version of the Google development pages or use translate on the page. Read it over, should only take an hour or so to get up and running. Of course not everybody has a holiday today like us Canadians.
[Nexus 5 Android Development] hebjes:
thank you so much I will read later and please stay tuned

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No holidays and so much busy this final weeks in school bit I will find time to fix it. Thanks and congratulations whatever are you celebrating
[Nexus 5 Android Development] Tzfardaya:
It's Canada Day today here, much like the American Fourth of July, where we are celebrating the founding of our nation... (drink beer, eat maple flavoured products and watch fireworks....)
[Nexus 5 Android Development] g2uzer:
I had the same issue, what i did since im not a pro, i used wugfresh tool kit, there was a option to flash a zip from the computer, so i downloaded a KITKAT 4.4 ROM for the nexus 5 in the developers section as well as Gapps, Did a full wipe on my phone( user, data, cache,) Flash them both thru the tool kit, i was able to boot up after that.

As always tool kits are not recommended but thats what worked for me. (at least being able to Boot on KItkat)
[Nexus 5 Android Development] hebjes:
I understand thank you for the information

I will read first and then what can I do
[Nexus 5 Android Development] daeshawn:
Happy Canada Day!
[Nexus 5 Android Development] hebjes:
nice, here is September 16 Mexico's days and is nice too.. Fireworks and eat a lot
[Nexus 5 Android Development] Tzfardaya:
wug makes a good toolkit for the n5, and while I normally don't recommend toolkits, as this is a bit of an emergency situation, yes, go grab it and use that, does a similar job to the flash-all I've been trying to get you to use... requires less configurations, and the wug toolkit does most of the needed configuration anyways... I'm sure if you search xda for wug toolkit nexus 5 you'll find it...

(in fact, before I forced myself to get comfortable with adb and fastboot, I used wug too)
[Nexus 5 Android Development] vomer:
I have added adb and fastboot setup instructions to op for both windows and mac/linux users
[Nexus 5 Android Development] hebjes:
OK I will have some time in afternoon to read it and see what means, I hope I can understand what to do
[Nexus 5 Android Development] Tzfardaya:
wug is pretty straight forward... install it, run it, allow it to install drivers if need be, then pick what you want to do...
[Nexus 5 Android Development] net.cat:
Hi guys,actually I have some problems with Wi-Fi . it turns on but it's not able to connect to the network. Do you have any clue?
[Nexus 5 Android Development] Tzfardaya:
you mean you're making me go back to the op and check your work again... :p

you missed one little (but very important bit) wrt to adb... adding the installed path to the system PATH

directions are here

I haven't checked that that link offer the correct directions (not on a windows box atm, none in the near vicinity)

You want to put the install path to adb and fastboot in the system PATH so you can run those commands from any location on the command line.

(I.E, inside the folder holding the flash-all scripts, as they make use of fastboot)

*goes back to reinstalling and reconfiguring his L based n5 again*
[Nexus 5 Android Development] vomer:
good call on the PATH links :) my steps just force people to use the adb folder they extract things too but this is definitely useful. I will add it in too.
[Nexus 5 Android Development] Tzfardaya:
yeah, I have both fastboot and adb set in my path and run them where ever I need to.. usually from whatever folder I'm going to adb push from or adb pull to, or the folder that has the files I want to fastboot with.. in which case I adb reboot bootloader from that same folder
[Nexus 5 Android Development] nmushkin:
Reverting

So will this not replace my currently installed CWM recovery? Will I still be able to boot into CWM recovery and restore a backup after following the instructions in this thread?

Thanks
[Nexus 5 Android Development] crash087:
they came out with a patch to fix the MMS issue already? if thats working now im going back to L. 4.4.4 seems so boring now that ive played with L haha
[Nexus 5 Android Development] Tzfardaya:
depends on the set of instructions...

if you're running vomer's zip, then no, it shouldn't...

if you're following my suggestions and using the flash-all script included in google's packaged L files... It WILL (along with erasing everything on your phone)
[Nexus 5 Android Development] jackie_jagger:
Is there a way to back up my data usage in 4.4.4 and bring it over to L. I Know I can do that backing up Data Usage (Policy & Stats) in TB but seeing as TB isn't working, is there an alternate method?
[Nexus 5 Android Development] Danrarbc:
Arstechnica has tested the preview's battery life.

36% improvement over 4.4
[Nexus 5 Android Development] MaRc0z:
Yes there is, look for an app called "DataSync"

This app will allow you to back up your applications data and it works on Android L. If you have problems to get or update data just set the limit of uploads/downloads at a time (under settings) to 1. I guess many people will do this now :p have lucks

Oh and I would recommend of backing everything up with TB and then make an "Update.zip" which you can flash in recovery, so you will get your apps and then run DataSync and voila!
[Nexus 5 Android Development] Philly Jim:
I must say I've been running this for the past 24 hrs and Love it the only problem I'm having is root for TB but that's no biggie Thanks OP ...:D:D:good:
[Nexus 5 Android Development] fredphoesh:
Personally I'm not that impressed and have returned to 4.4. The recent apps thing is ok, not an improvement. The notification HUD is good but not as good as ios8 as you have to open the app to respond, sms for example. Battery was no different and many apps did not work. Camera froze often and phone had to be rebooted to get camera working again. I'm sure it'll get better, but it's not ready for daily use, not for me!
[Nexus 5 Android Development] bradhoschar:
In the OP, where is the file for:

C:\adb>fastboot flash userdata userdata.img (note: wipes SD Card - optional)

located at?
[Nexus 5 Android Development] Smallsmx3:
So for those that have working MMS it just doesn't work with WiFi on correct?
[Nexus 5 Android Development] jordirpz:
[MENTION=1363323]vomer[/MENTION], hi (all), can you upload stock L.zip without modified kernel? Because with the last supersu isnt necessary.? thanks

Enviado desde mi Nexus 7 mediante Tapatalk
[Nexus 5 Android Development] markwebb:
Absolutely! Try doing that on a Samsung Galaxy S4/S5 Dev Edition....which one can't.:p
[Nexus 5 Android Development] Chochiwpg:
Koush just created a clear all notifications button for Android L. Source here. https://github.com/koush/Clear
[Nexus 5 Android Development] markwebb:
Whoopee! One of my minor gripes of lack of a clear all.

Thanks!
[Nexus 5 Android Development] vyruz1986:
OK can someone try to help me out with multirom and backups?

I have 4.4.4 stock running in primary slot, working fine.

I had L running in secondary slot, also working fine --> Created a backup of this slot.

Then I borked by L-slot by messing around, so I want to restore the backup mentioned above.

I boot into recovery, go to Advanced > Multrom > Add rom > From backup, and choose previously created backup.

Everything goes fine according to onscreen log of TWRP.

I reboot, in bootloader I select to boot the new rom created from backup, however at this point the phone reboots, shows the black 'Google' screen for 3 minutes, then reboots into recovery.

Is there any working way to restore a backup to a secondary slot?

If I install a new rom as per OP instructions in secondary slot everything works fine...
[Nexus 5 Android Development] vomer:
It is stock
[Nexus 5 Android Development] vomer:
Download the full l package. Its in there.