yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Nexus 5 General] adiliyo:
bootloader-hammerhead-hhz11k.img

radio-hammerhead-m8974a-2.0.50.2.08.img

image-hammerhead-lpv79.zip

all i did was go into the bootloader and then run "fastboot flash radio radio-hammerhead-m8974a-2.0.50.2.08.img" and then reboot

seems to be working okay so far, at least when not on wifi and using hello sms. might try to switch back to hangouts since it lets you not auto download mms so i can d/c from wifi and get the messages.
[Nexus 5 General] randalldeflagg:
Saw somewhere someone said dropbox isn't working.

Working fine here. can upload and download.

Had the no sd card error earlier. About the same time I was messing with supersu and the modified boot.img. so I just reflashed everything and seems to be working smoothly. HDR+ is extremly slow. Video recording work with both front and rear cameras.

ES File manager can see and access the sdcard with out issues. I do not have root installed at the moment so I can't confirm if it can access other areas or not.

I've been plugged into usb all morning/afternoon messing around so I also can't say as to how the battery life is. That will come tomorrow.

i'm on Spring and I see that the ugly MMS not working has reared its head yet again. The Sprint APN fix doesnt work. all the settings are correct in the phone and in the hidden *#*#DATA#*#* area as well.

Other than that. not finding any major issues.
[Nexus 5 General] jsgraphicart:
I think the trick is, like you said, is to get all your APN settings matched up and toggle airplane mode to reconnect to the right network. When I first tried sending an MMS it sent fine. But then I did start having trouble with a second one never getting sent. I changed the APN settings in hangouts and toggled airplane mode and just tried sending a picture again and it went straight through.
[Nexus 5 General] jordanyork:
Oh man you are a life saver! This didn't fix MMS in Hangouts for me but I can MMS with Hello no problems now. :) I really wanted to keep using L but no MMS could have been a deal breaker. Lots of other little bugs and app crashes but it's so pretty. :) thanks again, man!
[Nexus 5 General] the Doctor:
Per my previous post, I already did.
[Nexus 5 General] adiliyo:
just to clarify, you're okay sending/receiving when on data, and not wifi correct?

i think that's the next hurdle to cross, but at least with hangouts and apps like textra/evolve, you can set it to not auto download so you are able to d/c from wifi to get the mms, so this is def an okay solution for me at least.
[Nexus 5 General] Damian2013:
So I've tried a search. Nothing came up. Anyone know what the Nu Player is in the dev options?
[Nexus 5 General] bogdan_wrc:
Remember that everyone uses different apps and perhaps your truth si different. Why should i lie?
[Nexus 5 General] jsgraphicart:
I'm at work right now and not on WiFi. I'll see how it does on WiFi later tonight.
[Nexus 5 General] tomh1979:
you sir are a god, or his helper, i finally have roots back :)
[Nexus 5 General] Smoosh1:
Just received an update for busybox to version 13. The changelog says "Added support for Android L!"
[Nexus 5 General] jsgraphicart:
I don't know if this is any different that the other SuperUser zips but I saw this post and it says 100% working. I don't know if that means it's more of a root than the other ones that don't have Titanium Backup and other apps working right.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=53715043&postcount=267

This was actually posted in a Nexus 5 thread also.
[Nexus 5 General] Damian2013:
We've had root where have you been?
[Nexus 5 General] tomh1979:
about a day behind, lol, i haven't been able to keep up with this thread, so i started reading from last page towards the first and found that post.
[Nexus 5 General] ghettopops:
Anyone got Csat Screen working? My Chromecast doesn't get picked up by the phone. Netflix does.
[Nexus 5 General] jumper62:
Will Google update this developer preview and improve it before it come out of other devices?
[Nexus 5 General] jsgraphicart:
That doesnt work yet. Chromecast has to be updated first.
[Nexus 5 General] bogdan_wrc:
The next update will it be OTA or also flash factory images?
[Nexus 5 General] adiliyo:
there has been no statement one way or another, but since apple and msft both give updates to their dev previews, i'd imagine google will as well
[Nexus 5 General] jsgraphicart:
To answer this question (again), we don't know. We have never gotten a preview build before from Google.
[Nexus 5 General] jparnell:
Just asked one of the Android Developers on Google+ and his reply was 'nothing to announce' so he's not saying either way, but i'm assuming yes as he didn't rule it out ;)
[Nexus 5 General] Damian2013:
It was posted in the same place you found your flashable zip, bro.
[Nexus 5 General] RayLovesick:
Don't enable it. It will most certainly break the camera when you take a picture. Not sure what it does.
[Nexus 5 General] casonswag:
Titanium will only work with a update right? No work arounds?
[Nexus 5 General] stevenschemers:
I flashed SuperSU and the boot.img you provided and root checker still says that I do not have root access.. Could you maybe provide more information or links to su? I flashed SuperSu from the latest twrp.

Thanks.
[Nexus 5 General] tomh1979:
yes i know, i found that zip by reading this thread a few pages backwards, just a litttle bit ago, which i found a link to that zip a few pages back from this one.
[Nexus 5 General] sewer56lol:
Hence people are complaining about busybox should I just provide a flashable zip for you people?
[Nexus 5 General] jsgraphicart:
You probably missed the post I just made. Maybe try it out and see if its any better. I don't know if its any different that the other superuser zips though and I havent tried it yet.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=53715043&postcount=267
[Nexus 5 General] sewer56lol:
Anyway thus far only problem I couldn't solve is the changes in SELinux which make some root apps misfunction/not work.

Currently personslly also the only app to behave abnormally for me is Summoners War : Sky Arena, the main menu prompting to download data doesn't detect touch input on this android version, guessing it may be webview related.

For those with empty SD card problem there is a simple enough solution anyway which takes less than 10-15 mins. Simply your entire data/media/0 folder you can rename (e.g Temp) and put outside of media in TWRP (Personally I put it in data/temp). Then delete data/media.

Reboot into system so the system recreates the folder.

Go back to TWRP and individually move the folders and files from your temp folder into the new created 0 folder, remove the temp folder and reboot. Problem solved.
[Nexus 5 General] bikeracer4487:
Huh, I wish I knew why you had different results. Like you, the MMS thing is a deal breaker for you, but I've otherwise really enjoyed the developer preview, even with its many bugs. I followed the instructions to the letter and even installed Hello SMS (I had been trying to use evolveSMS and Hangouts before). But even with all that and with wifi turned off, I can send but the MMS downloads always fail.
[Nexus 5 General] jordanyork:
100

Yeah, not working on WiFi when sending. Works fine on data now after changing the APN's but only in Hello, not Hangouts.
[Nexus 5 General] szucsgf:
Miscellaneous is quite high. But Android OS and Android System are quite low. Normally Android OS and Android System are very high for a day or two after a clean flash. I hypothesize that Miscellaneous is just a new name for some of the things that used to be under Android OS and/or Android System and that it will decrease or disappear after the ROM settles.
[Nexus 5 General] jordanyork:
Well you may not be entirely alone. I haven't been able to verify that I can receive them. It wasn't working in Hangouts at all when trying to receive. It just said Tap to Download and would download to infinity and never display. Since doing the above steps, I can now send but need to borrow my wife's phone to see if I can receive them.
[Nexus 5 General] FormerlyMQ:
gallery app

Is the gallery app still in the mix or do we think they will finally replace it with photos app?
[Nexus 5 General] jsgraphicart:
It's gone. Just Photos
[Nexus 5 General] krash69:
failed

I tried to install the l preview via fastboot and got

failed to allocate 699970328 bytes

error : update package missing system. Img
[Nexus 5 General] jsgraphicart:
You tried what? You need to elaborate if you want help.
[Nexus 5 General] bikeracer4487:
Hmm, well, let me know, when you get a chance to test. Right now it seems to have improved the MMS, as in, now my phone starts to download almost immediately after it's sent (as opposed to taking 20 minutes), but the downloads all still fail. Sending pictures seems to work fine, though.
[Nexus 5 General] farangutan:
It just takes a while to display the info. I noticed it also works on the qi chargers.
[Nexus 5 General] jsgraphicart:
I saw it once on my qi charger. Maybe it just needs to get a little info before displaying it. Like it has to determine how fast the phone is charging for example.
[Nexus 5 General] krash69:
Photos[/QUOTE]

I tried to install l preview with add as per instructions
[Nexus 5 General] MilkyJoePD:
Miscellaneous battery use could be uninstalled apps. I uninstalled some and now it's the highest.
[Nexus 5 General] RayLovesick:
How long have you been running the preview? I've had it going for about a day now, and I think you may be onto something. Might be "calibrating" the battery to make better predictions on run time, or something to that effect. My miscellaneous usage has been going lower and lower over time. Even after I re-enabled location.
[Nexus 5 General] gpvecchi:
Nice. Not available in Italy...
[Nexus 5 General] szucsgf:
Running L about 6 hours. Had to reflash today since the original L flash yesterday. Thanks for corroborating.
[Nexus 5 General] jordanyork:
Well I made some progress with Hangouts. I've had 100% success so far sending, haven't tried receiving yet.

To send MMS from Hangouts EVEN IF ON WIFI: Just select the photo you want to send and tap send > toggle airplane mode on and back off > within a few seconds, it has sent with me EVERY time, both on and off WiFi.

Maybe this will be of help to someone to make it a bit more usable. :)

Try it out and me know if it works for you.
[Nexus 5 General] krash69:
Never text and drive lol

I tried to install l preview with adb as per instructions and got the can't allocate error message
[Nexus 5 General] niv3d:
Is there a workaround for the MMS issue?
[Nexus 5 General] jordanyork:
In hangouts, hit send to send the pic, then toggle airplane mode on and off. The pic should send within a few seconds after that. I just discovered this on mine and have had 100 percent success. Let me know if it works for you. :)
[Nexus 5 General] hungmung:
There's no more dalvik. Art is the replacement

Sent from my Keurig...
[Nexus 5 General] gtg465x:
I didn't uninstall any and it was the highest for me as well.
[Nexus 5 General] jsgraphicart:
What instructions did you follow, since the OP has none. Did you download the factory image, extract it all. put your phone in fastboot mode and hit the flash-all.bat?
[Nexus 5 General] FilipSehovic:
Does anybody know when will be able and how to install custumized apps such as gmail and other apps we sow on I/0 ?
[Nexus 5 General] frozenhotchocolate:
Busy box just got updated and works now
[Nexus 5 General] IRX120:
Sorry, I know this has been asked a lot, but what's the deal with root? I understand it doesn't work but why not?
[Nexus 5 General] jsgraphicart:
When Google updates them.
[Nexus 5 General] jm77:
Short answer - there's /system write access and root, but apps need to be updated with the appropriate SELinux security contexts in order to function.

For example - Root Explorer works perfectly, because it's been updated with these contexts. Titanium Backup does not work, because it's not been updated.

http://su.chainfire.eu/#selinux
[Nexus 5 General] jaxbierley:
It works and read thru the thread and explained several times.
[Nexus 5 General] DrexelDragon:
Has anyone got the hack to enable Ok Google everywhere to work? With the UnleashtheGoogle.apk and force closing Google Search? Threw me into a bootloop but I got out of it. Am I missing something?
[Nexus 5 General] krash69:
http://xdaforums.com/google-nexus-5/general/android-l-developer-preview-install-13-t2796207

I followed instructions here with flash-based. Bat as well as instructions for manual commands that were given in 4th or 5th post, downloaded 3 times
[Nexus 5 General] francescobabbaro:
For me, root explorer doesn't mount /system folder...
[Nexus 5 General] ghettopops:
I followed at thread that have instructions and mine works from any screen
[Nexus 5 General] adiliyo:
it needs to be enabled for your account server side from what i understand. just have to sit tight
[Nexus 5 General] jsgraphicart:
Just followed the instructions I said in my last post. lol

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I have been trying to get people to test this one out and see if its any better. I can't right now since I am at work but I will try it when I get home. Looking in the zip, it places the root stuff in different directories that, if I read right, is part of the problem.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=53715043&postcount=267
[Nexus 5 General] Koopa777:
You're complaining about benchmarks on a preview OS. The OS is literally broken, unfinished, and technically no one other than a developer should even be running it. Like, a bunch of apps straight up crash the phone(again, Preview OS), but you're worrying about benchmarks.......

For real though, be glad Antutu runs at all...
[Nexus 5 General] rakshit.sherwoodian:
How did you do that .. Any link ?
[Nexus 5 General] :
Now just mount your system partition now like this

u0_a77@hammerhead:/ $ su

root@hammerhead:/ # mount | grep system

root@hammerhead:/#mount

/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/system

root@hammerhead:/ # mount | grep system
[Nexus 5 General] Koopa777:
Screw Tapatalk. Why the hell doesn't it open to the last page? But yeah, point still stands.
[Nexus 5 General] pikachukaki:
Btw i think miscellaneous( i will never learn to write this word) is all other drains other than that its showend...something like an early BBS on battery settings without being able to show what apps are exacly...

Btw the battery life its pretty normal .... i used to get 2.30h SOT i get it again now..
[Nexus 5 General] bozzykid:
Because there is a long list of things we know don't work (location settings, lockscreen cover art, broken apps, can't dismiss multiple notifications, etc). No way an alpha build is "perfect".
[Nexus 5 General] francescobabbaro:
It give me an error:

Usage: mount [-r] [-w] [-o options] [-t type] device directory
[Nexus 5 General] :
Update busybox first

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mount -o rw,remount /dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/system
[Nexus 5 General] sewer56lol:
I'm quite sure you should be using fastboot unless you made a flashable zip and are side loading it in recovery.
[Nexus 5 General] krash69:
tried all 3

tried this firstly http://www.androidbeat.com/2014/06/install-android-l-developer-preview-nexus5-nexus7/

i will try your link next thanks for your help
[Nexus 5 General] ConMcCRay:
If anyone finds a working custom kernel for L please tell us!!
[Nexus 5 General] krash69:
after install

that link is for rooting L, i havent got it installed yet, odd that it installs radio, reboots loader and wont find system.img, they are all in same folder
[Nexus 5 General] jsgraphicart:
The link is for a root method I wanted people to try. In order to install the preview, all you have to do is download the factory image, extract it all, hook your phone up into your computer, reboot into fastboot and hit the flash-all.bat that came in the factory image. Its the most simplest thing to do. Assuming you have all the right drivers and the SDK on your computer.
[Nexus 5 General] krash69:
yes fastboot sorry

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im rooted and running liquid smooth with elementalx kernel, conservative governor tweaked and oldest radio, my drivers are good im using same puter,cable and ports as usuall, although i dont understand everything, i have rooted 6 different phiones and countless roms, i followed instructions exactly
[Nexus 5 General] ghettopops:
Don't want to install zip?
[Nexus 5 General] krash69:
try again

I will try that method again, fresh unzip etc, thanks for your patience
[Nexus 5 General] dspcap:
Hi, I have two questions and it didn't seem like the Q&A discussion, they would be able to answer.

1. I thought there was a way to get the battery icon to be a percentage in Android L?

2. I also thought you could get the Pin lock for lockscreen to unlock when near a bluetooth or wifi, where is that setting?

Thanks
[Nexus 5 General] bloot:
Android L features new camera API at last

http://www.androidpolice.com/2014/0...bles-burst-mode-thorough-control-photos-much/

If anyone wants to try:

https://github.com/googlesamples/android-Camera2Basic

https://github.com/googlesamples/android-Camera2Video
[Nexus 5 General] pathtologos:
Hey all. I don't know what I'm doing or if I'm just lucky as hell but this L build has been working phenomenally well for me. No hiccups, slow downs, nothing. Also, I turned off my GPS and in the last 2 to 3 hours I only lost 2% of my battery! Freaking awesome!!!

So what's the link above me? New camera API? Is that link to a whole new L build our just a camera apk?

Thanks to everyone who worked on bringing this to us!
[Nexus 5 General] adiliyo:
battery % has not been implemented into this build.

i heard the trusted device thing works after you pair something, but it also may not be in this build
[Nexus 5 General] The-Droidster:
All that on the nexus 5? Or is it generic?

Hammered from my Hammerhead!
[Nexus 5 General] Far_SighT:
Is there any way to get Android L on a non nexus device?
[Nexus 5 General] bloot:
Generic I guess.
[Nexus 5 General] pikachukaki:
Im trying to find how to use historian.par file to see the wakelocks just out of curiosity...i Install sdk but i can't find the historian.par file under tools folder..im on windows any help???﻿
[Nexus 5 General] krash69:
Grr

im sure it has something to do with the error allocating, everything else sends and reboots etc
[Nexus 5 General] krash69:
im wondering if i can use fastboot to individualy flash each item in the zip seperately
[Nexus 5 General] monkeypaws:
The flash-all.sh command didn't work on my Mac. I even followed the correct syntax of ./ before the fastboot command. But I did unzip the image file and had to flash the bootloader, image, system, etc separately and fully wiped and its been running super since yesterday. You must wipe completely. Dirty flashing creates those issues like SD card not reading and camera not working , etc. As long as people follow instructions it works
[Nexus 5 General] frozenhotchocolate:
Only on nexus 5 and 2013 nexus 7
[Nexus 5 General] fratzi:
I reflashed (with -w) again, now everything is ok. Maybe TWRP messed something up.
[Nexus 5 General] PsychDrummer:
Sorry if this sounds dumb. Is there anyway to activate these features? Are they just "dormant" in this build?
[Nexus 5 General] bloot:
I'm trying to build them.
[Nexus 5 General] jsgraphicart:
Ok, I may have missed the post that explains how to flash a custom recovery. I tried the normal way with fastboot and both CWM and TWRP didn't stick. I remember when people were obtaining root, there was a boot.img that was modified. Is that needed for custom recoveries too? I'll search some more but if anyone can give me a quick response before I find it, I'd appreciate it.
[Nexus 5 General] krash69:
failed

tried that, i got an error stating failed (remote: partition table doesnt exist
[Nexus 5 General] jsgraphicart:
Well it says the system.img is missing. Is it in the folder with all the other img files?
[Nexus 5 General] david279:
There's is file in /system/ called recovery-from-boot.p that regenerates and flashes the stock recovery on every boot. You need to remove that to keep your custom recovery.
[Nexus 5 General] krash69:
yes it is, i have also tried to flash that seperately

and this

fastboot flash bootloader bootloader-hammerhead-hhz11k.img

fastboot reboot-bootloader

fastboot flash radio radio-hammerhead-m8974a-2.0.50.2.08.img

fastboot reboot-bootloader

fastboot -w update image-hammerhead-lpv79.zip
[Nexus 5 General] PsychDrummer:
Awesome! So would this just be an apk? I was going to revert back to 4.4.4 tomorrow but I would love to stay on L in order to test this out.
[Nexus 5 General] lotherius:
Better than a dead battery. If you think it's slow, then charge your damn battery.
[Nexus 5 General] Cheater912:
The white notification cards are terrible on the eyes =/
[Nexus 5 General] biggiephat:
Agreed. Should be a way to switch it to dark mode :) im sure when custom roms come out much later once this is officially released its going to look sick in black.
[Nexus 5 General] bloot:
I guess, will share when finished. :good:
[Nexus 5 General] jsgraphicart:
So when and how should I remove that? Since I don't have root at the moment and thats a system file, is there a command I use in fastboot to get rid of that? Or do I just install recovery as usual then remove it after reboot?

EDIT: Never mind I think I got it. Thank you.

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Hmm. I don't know what to tell you. It doesnt seem like you are doing anything wrong. Are you able to do the same thing with 4.4.4 successfully?
[Nexus 5 General] Koragg618:
I don't understand? I thought Android always ignored .nomedia files.
[Nexus 5 General] bbedward:
I think they should have different levels of battery saver really. I wouldn't be surprised if we saw something like that come fall tbh.
[Nexus 5 General] 1ManWolfePack:
I kind of like it ?

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It's their first attempt at it, so I'm sure it'll get better. Sense 6.0 has battery saver options down pretty good. You can pick what gets throttled.

And I'll say it again - Google was definitely inspired by Sense 6.0. I came from a One M8 and I see it everywhere.
[Nexus 5 General] krash69:
i tried it on stock 4.4.4 and same error msg, I see others having same allocation isue guess i wait to see what happens, thanks again
[Nexus 5 General] jsgraphicart:
I dont know if its the custom recovery that's causing issues or if the OS just doesnt like me making changes to system files. I replaced some UI sound files, changed permissions and rebooted. It would then go into a constant reboot, boot animation the turn on for a few seconds and repeat. I read others have had this issue but don't know the exact cause. I just flashed the cache.img again and rebooted and it was fine. But every time I did something like that, I would get the same result.
[Nexus 5 General] Brushstroke:
Running the L Preview with MultiROM. Working very well! I noticed something kind of funny though. They forgot to change the Mobile Networks menu in Settings. :p
[Nexus 5 General] bloot:
OK I built the camera2video and the camera2basic samples, executed them through adb because I couldn't generate a signed APK, and that's what came up... there're no options to play with, just press and shot, the same to the video sample, I guess there's more code to implement in those projects, my skills are limited so I give up.
[Nexus 5 General] Koragg618:
Oh well at least you tried :) Guess we have to wait till either L release or a developer to cook something up!

Also are there any commands you can run through ADB that can for example change the ISO or exposure?
[Nexus 5 General] bloot:
Not that I have seen at least.
[Nexus 5 General] dakalter:
Twitter now works with the latest update on the beta channel
[Nexus 5 General] krash69:
allocation error

maybe this is a clue

http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-nexus/help/fastboot-load-img-t1452031
[Nexus 5 General] Pyro96:
Can you post the apk for download?