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[Nexus 6  General] SilkyJohnson:
P.S. I think any proper Nexus owner should always have the latest stock image downloaded to their computer. If you ever need to save your ass it's just a click away. Plus, come downgrade time you're ready to go when you get off work ?

P.P.S. use Google Remote Desktop and leave your home computer on the developer page. That's what I did on the N5 when our images got released. That puppy was downloaded and ready to go the second I walked in the door.
[Nexus 6  General] rlh445:
If you have a custom recovery you'll have to do a system wipe before you can flash the OTA.

Sent from my Nexus 6
[Nexus 6  General] SilkyJohnson:
Looks like factory images are starting to go up:

"Update: *And just like that, Android 5.0.1 factory images have gone live for a handful of devices, including the Nexus 9, Nexus 7 (2013) WiFi, and Nexus 10. Basically, we are looking at the WiFi devices. *You can grab individual image fileshere."

-per Droid-Life
[Nexus 6  General] iboj007:
Can we only flash boot.img and System.img? would this fix root and replace any modded system files?
[Nexus 6  General] SilkyJohnson:
Hey, I'd give it a try! In theory I'd say it could.
[Nexus 6  General] crashercarlton:
For Sureeee. It seems i have had a few more issues with this phone in which having the factory images and fastboot have been a godsend.
[Nexus 6  General] SilkyJohnson:
Agreed.

I can't get ADB to work after unlocking, but fastboot works like a champ and that's all I really use. I use ADB to reboot into BL ? I haven't cared or missed it enough to troubleshoot and fix.

Just refreshed the Dev page and it seems everything recent has been updated, minus the N5/6.

I have faith ?
[Nexus 6  General] rlh445:
Yup. I feel like I did when I first got my Galaxy Nexus and updates were fat and furious.

Sent from my Nexus 6
[Nexus 6  General] tee00max:
Right now I am running stock recovery. All I have is the bootloader unlocked and have root access.
[Nexus 6  General] SeanPlunk:
I'll wait for a TWRP flashable zip :fingerscrossed:
[Nexus 6  General] SilkyJohnson:
It'll fail with root now.
[Nexus 6  General] indianajonze:
looks like they're posting wifi only for now
[Nexus 6  General] SilkyJohnson:
Typical Googs.
[Nexus 6  General] dligon:
well this sucks somewhat

http://www.androidpolice.com/2014/1...ay-waits-may-be-longer-based-on-your-carrier/
[Nexus 6  General] jbdan:
For those that choose not to hack yeah I agree. And I could see that coming with the N6's wide distribution through carriers. All about compromise.

But isn't hacking why we (well most of us) buy our neXus's :D
[Nexus 6  General] knitler:
Probably due to Verizon always causing delays.
[Nexus 6  General] dtblair24:
Lol yeah I totally feel like they are talking about Verizon and AT&T. Damn control freaks. Can't wait to see if Verizon can top the death star. Maybe throw two logos on the back along with a boot animation and locked SIM.
[Nexus 6  General] Zenoran:
Anyone run across a change log?
[Nexus 6  General] italia0101:
Yea think this has been blown out of proportion once again, i get a feeling its just for verizon, not sure how my carrier can delay my update on a sim free phone.
[Nexus 6  General] EXT1NCT10N:
Figures. The death star has to figure out a way to put their foot in the door somehow. Smh.
[Nexus 6  General] Pvt WhoOkid:
So we need to revert to stock unrooted in order to apply it? Back in my nexus 4 days peeps would root it so we didn't have to revert back to stock.
[Nexus 6  General] poczynek:
Install the pure shamu custom Rom that is already updated to 5.01
[Nexus 6  General] acheney1990:
Any bugs or issues with that ROM? Is it just like stock?
[Nexus 6  General] Pvt WhoOkid:
After checking I saw they have a bug report where the op mentions the bugs on the ROM. Which I think I'll wait till it matures and faux123 receives his nexus 6.

Thanks for the ROM suggestion though.
[Nexus 6  General] URPREY:
I flashed only the factory system.img and vendor.img files via fastboot (extracted from the 5.0.1 factory image) then booted into TWRP, reflashed the SuperSU zip, and I still have root. I didn't have to go back to stock unrooted.
[Nexus 6  General] SilkyJohnson:
Where did you get the 5.0.1 factory image? I just checked this morning and it wasn't there yet.
[Nexus 6  General] MichaelMcEntire:
I was wondering the same.
[Nexus 6  General] SilkyJohnson:
I just checked and it isn't there, so I'm not sure what he's talking about.
[Nexus 6  General] tsy87:
Well since verizon hasn't officially recognized the phone, I don't have any bloat and would hope the updates would still come direct from google. It's as if the nexus 6 doesn't exist in verizons mind.
[Nexus 6  General] URPREY:
Sorry I was talking about my Nexus 9. The same will apply when the Nexus 6 factory image is available though
[Nexus 6  General] Mudavo:
Running it now. So far so good for me.
[Nexus 6  General] Mistertac:
Another reason I left Verizon right here. They're just ridiculous. Probably taking forever to get any in stock to sell because they are trying to lock them down.

Imagine if that ended up happening??
[Nexus 6  General] b.huss2:
does this method mess with userdata? just wondering if it's a factory reset either way. seems like this would be similar to an OTA so maybe no reset required. What did you do?
[Nexus 6  General] URPREY:
Not if you manually flash those pieces. If you run the script that comes with the factory image, it runs a fastboot - w update update.zip and does wipe/factory reset your device.

If you extract the update.zip file (name varies by device) then manually flash using fastboot flash system system.img then it does not.
[Nexus 6  General] EABonney:
I just got mine yesterday from Sprint and the first thing I did was unlock and root the phone. Then while it was busy setting up my software and accounts from my Nexus 5 I noticed that an update was available. I tried to install it after all was done but it failed. Now I know why. I have the ability on my phone but guess I need to reflash original images I downloaded last night and then wait for the update to come back to my phone? I think I will just wait for it at this point, I haven't read anything that says this update is anything great as of right now.
[Nexus 6  General] djkinetic:
Theres a reason why Nexus 6 doesnt have the 5.0.1 image or ota, looking at what was changed/merged nothing of significance has anything to do with shamu, there were about 10 commits.
[Nexus 6  General] b.huss2:
That's what I was thinking. Thanks.
[Nexus 6  General] ohhdavid:
Actually there were changes beyond those affecting mantaray, volantis and razor (for example). Obviously the changes are minor tweaks and bugfixes but still.
[Nexus 6  General] Jsunn:
So I am unlocked and turned off Forced Encryption, I am not rooted. What can I expect when the OTA comes through?

My understanding is that I will lose my decryption if I flash from OTA?

Will I need to wait for the 5.0.1 version of the "boot_noforceencrypt.img"? Will I lose all of my data and have to re-setup my phone?

Thanks,

-Jason
[Nexus 6  General] SilkyJohnson:
As of Lollipop, if you're rooted it will fail. It checks to see if anything is different in system files. You can't take an OTA rooted anymore.
[Nexus 6  General] SilkyJohnson:
I would do the latter. Or, you can fastboot the stock boot.img and take the OTA.

Here's what I would do:

1) backup data ONLY in TWRP

2) move entire 'BACKUPS' folder onto computer

3) restore stock boot.img and format data

4) take OTA

5) fastboot the unencrypted boot image

6) fastboot TWRP

7) do a backup of cache. This will recreate the proper folder structure of TWRP.

8) boot into android and move your data backup into it's proper location

9) restore data

10) have a beer

11) play Destiny
[Nexus 6  General] joshua.justice:
Have they been posted for the nexus 6?
[Nexus 6  General] nyijedi:
Android Police has the link for the OTA for the Nexus 6 posted. Would one be able to download the OTA .zip file manually, unroot using SuperSu's unroot tool, fastboot to TWRP (assuming one didn't flash TWRP), and then install the OTA zip file from there? Are OTA .zip files only installable using stock recovery? This is probably a stupid question, but I'm still a little confused at where exactly installing the OTA fails once rooted.

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What if you're rooted and never flashed a custom recovery?
[Nexus 6  General] mr pnut:
All you need to do is use nexus tools 1.9.9 and restore backup everything all in one.
[Nexus 6  General] EmperorX:
Don't think you're are looking at the right thing, unless I'm blind. All I see there is the original LRX21O ota that we got out of the box.
[Nexus 6  General] Smallsmx3:
What does faux have to do with pure shamu? The rom is above and beyond the stock rom in terms of almost everything.... Don't think faux had anything to do with it
[Nexus 6  General] nextelbuddy:
This is what I do every time there is an OTA and I dont want to lose my userdata.

im rooted, unlocked and decrypted right now. when the OTA is available im going ot flash the stock SYSTEM.IMG for my CURRENT firmware over my device and leave my userdata alone. this will put my system back to default stock but leave all my apps and userdata installed. Then I will wait for someone to modify the boot.img to not force encryption and then download the OTA ZIP replace the boot.img with the no force encrpt boot.img and then apply the OTA file via ADB sideload.
[Nexus 6  General] SilkyJohnson:
I prefer manual in everything I do ☺
[Nexus 6  General] tee00max:
I wish someone would make either a detailed writeup of this process or make a video. This is always a main question I have and never have successfully pulled it off with taking a OTA while being rooted.
[Nexus 6  General] mr pnut:
If you ever get the official update and your rooted just download the update but don't install until later, and with root explore you will find the update in the FOTA folder and you can grab it from there.
[Nexus 6  General] tee00max:
I thought when your rooted it automatically blocks the OTA update process? Guess I will just have to see when it officially drops, I'm sure there will be videos and write ups.
[Nexus 6  General] Pvt WhoOkid:
Where did I mention faux having anything to do with that ROM? I simply said I'll let the ROM mature more and once faux comes into the nexus 6 scene I'll consider installing a custom ROM along with faux123 kernel.
[Nexus 6  General] SilkyJohnson:
My guess is it'll fail when it reboots into recovery and does it's file integrity check.
[Nexus 6  General] iboj007:
So this should un-root/restore system but keep all apps, user data etc.?
[Nexus 6  General] nyijedi:
Whoops, my bad. Sorry about that. You're right. I forgot about that initial out-of-the-box update.
[Nexus 6  General] Pvt WhoOkid:
Bro your username is awesome! Lol
[Nexus 6  General] SilkyJohnson:
Earned it at the Player Hater's Ball
[Nexus 6  General] EmperorX:
Hate hate hate hate!
[Nexus 6  General] lkhafra:
Lmao Rosie O'Donnell wears draws with **** holes in em.
[Nexus 6  General] KB112:
LMFAO Damn, haven't heard that in a minute.
[Nexus 6  General] md1008:
I am not sure I like where the Nexus is going. Still better than the alternative but it really does appear that Nexus is losing it's ways. I know this is an incremental update that most users including majority of us wouldn't know the difference but I still it appears Google is giving more power to carriers. I have a feeling this plan is to make updates to OEMS better. Who knows what is in store, maybe the ultimate goal is that one day all major OEMS (Samsung, LG, HTC, Moto etc) will have updates at around the same time...we shall see where this goes
[Nexus 6  General] indianajonze:
i dont follow at all what you're saying. nexus updates are pushed as needed, at least gsm, which is all i care about. you either wait for them to come to you ota or you get them and sideload. every other phone in the world has to wait for carriers to push. so what does this have to do with nexus losing its way?
[Nexus 6  General] md1008:
I guess the fact that 5.0.1 hasn't been pushed for phones, and Google apparently sent out an update stating that ota maybe delayed due to carrier. Allowing carriers like att to install a different bootscreen and automatically install updates.

Not the end of the world, thankfully these apps don't use data, and can be installed. This is great for people buying Samsung and HTC if this means intrusive bloat won't be installed to system partition.

I may not be a developer but I am familiar with flashing roms, and no how to use adb/fastboot. This phone is surprisingly stock none root. Boot loader unlocked just in case I do want to flash a ROM.
[Nexus 6  General] Smallsmx3:
OK. And most of us on XDA had that update installed installed on our phone's within hours of googles release. On another note some are saying that it's minor and specifically nothing for the nexus 6 is even in that update. I have a nexus phone because we get new software fast. When Google announced android L last year I had the Dev preview on my nexus 5 that night..... You tell me how the nexus is changing
[Nexus 6  General] Skripka:
There's only 10 commits and only 2 of them really apply. 5.0.1s only end user noticeable change is the version number.
[Nexus 6  General] md1008:
You can't deny that Google is making some changes not specifically to the Nexus we are affected. Now these changes aren't necessarily bad so it's not like I am saying OMG EF you Google I am buying iPhone. Some changes are allowing carriers to install apps OTA. This is an inconvenience to Nexus users but at least they can be uninstalled. This is great for people buying Samsung or HTC phones as they can not only disable the apps but uninstall them all together. Some speculate that this will speed up updates as well. Allowing ATT to install bootscreen that remains untouched by flashing factory image is stupid no good can come out of that. Another change which is nothing but positive is allowing users to flash a Dev preview of lollipop. That has never been done before. As a result it appears OEMS are updating flagship devices quicker. There are even 5.0 leaks for Samsung phones.

All this to me sounds like Google is really trying to unify all androids ateast the big players (Samsung, HTC, Sony, LG Etc) which is mostly good.

To say Nexus isn't changing is not accurate. To say it's all bad is also not accurate. I think Google knows what it's doing
[Nexus 6  General] troyperez:
All i did so far was unlock / root / twrp recovery. So, if i flash the stock recovery this will make all my files original, correct? And if i take the OTA update it should work but, i may loose root. And i would have to root again.

Just downloaded the stock image. Extracted the recovery image. Tried flashing it and when entering the recovery, i got the red triangle. Reflashed twrp and now the recovery is working. Not sure what went wrong with the stock recovery.
[Nexus 6  General] indianajonze:
sorry if i missed it, but has there been a changelog posted anywhere yet? it seems the wifi versions were released and then...radio silence..
[Nexus 6  General] Evo_Shift:
Root installs files to the system which is what breaks updating now even if your recovery is stock.
[Nexus 6  General] troyperez:
So if i flash the factory image off of Googles site and lock my phone i will be good to go.
[Nexus 6  General] stumpy352:
Just to clarify, yes nexus updates are released as needed, but that does not mean that your carrier will allow you to install the ota. We have just had this problem in Australia with certain carriers blocking updates to nexus devices despite those devices being purchased from other sources, including play store.

The carriers have always had the right to delay an update for "testing" purposes. But this wasn't clear until recently when Telstra users started asking why they weren't getting the lollipop ota. This is why google has now added this new message on it's site regarding possible delays due to carrier. And yes, this applies to U.S. carriers also, so expect delays from CDMA carriers at least.

Telstra customers were rightly outraged by this, considering they didn't even buy the device through Telstra, but if there is a Telstra sim in the phone, they won't get the ota for months.

They were able to switch to a cheap prepaid sim from another network and get the update immediately.

Myself included.
[Nexus 6  General] md1008:
I was unaware that carriers delayed updates in the past...guess nothing new I guess...
[Nexus 6  General] garyd9:
If they were nexus devices, was there something preventing you from just downloading the image (or OTA) and flashing it on your phone manually? I've seen SIM block preventing the OTA from downloading, but I've never seen a SIM block actually prevent manual installation...

Thanks

Gary
[Nexus 6  General] stumpy352:
No, of course there was nothing stopping anyone from flashing manually.

But what everyone here has to realise is that not everyone that owns a nexus unlocks their boot loader or roots their device. In fact, you'll find that the majority of device "users", including nexus users are just that. Users. They want high end specs & stock android, sure. But most don't root or customize their phones. They wait for ota updates, and they shouldn't have to wait for their carrier to approve their updates. Especially on a device that wasn't bought through the carrier.
[Nexus 6  General] michmeister:
Why get vanilla android phone like nexus6 then root. You won't be able to get OTA
[Nexus 6  General] nyijedi:
Didn't mean to give a thanks for this.....I don't understand your comment. What does having vanilla Android have to do with rooting which gives you the ability to run many apps and get a lot of extra functionality that doesn't work without root, all while keeping vanilla Android?

Maybe you meant to say what's the point of getting vanilla Android and installing custom roms? That I get. But that's very different from rooting.
[Nexus 6  General] tbird302:
So HTC beet google to the punch on the update. I think that google is going to make there handsets pointless by sleeping with carriers again.
[Nexus 6  General] AntonyStark:
This is not the first time a Minor update has hit older devices (which now includes GPE) first, and won't be the last. The only difference is some of those phones are not called Nexus.
[Nexus 6  General] AmesCell:
Has anyone tried to unroot using SuperSu's unroot option and then take the OTA (or manually apply update from adb)?
[Nexus 6  General] bigkevbosky:
To block ads maybe? To use pie controls? To back up your apps and data so you can restore any time you need to?

There's tons of reasons to root a stock Android device. I do it for all of the above reasons, and because I delete some of the apps Google tries to force me to use. I don't want to use Hangouts, or Chrome, or Wallet, or Google +.
[Nexus 6  General] thorracing1:
You can still get the ota from Google..... You just have to install manually which is no big deal
[Nexus 6  General] Word_play:
Got the OTA
[Nexus 6  General] GilesK:
Just got mine a min ago also
[Nexus 6  General] jaredcg:
I just got that notification too on my Att nexus 6
[Nexus 6  General] mr dinosaur84:
Got mine too on ATT Nexus 6 but install failed. I'm rooted and only .bak'd the OEM startup file.
[Nexus 6  General] Skripka:
Of course it failed. You are rooted.
[Nexus 6  General] CraigP17:
Got the ota. Stock att. Updated fine.
[Nexus 6  General] unregistered825:
Just updated through Sprint in Chicago. Not rooted, updaed fine.
[Nexus 6  General] SilkyJohnson:
At&t
[Nexus 6  General] mjj7801:
ATT Nexus 6 updated. No issues.
[Nexus 6  General] xTmDarren:
got it.. so far so good :)
[Nexus 6  General] CCL X10:
AT&T Nexus 6 here just updated. Now for root.
[Nexus 6  General] e_nigma1:
I got the update notice on my AT&T Nexus 6 however when I clicked the reset and install button it told me that my battery is too low. After plugging it in the phone and clicking the button the phone now says I'm on the most current software...anyone know if the OTA will become available again? Or will I have to go the side load route now. Thanks.
[Nexus 6  General] EABonney:
I went a head and downloaded the factory images and then followed a guide I found to flash everything without wiping my data. Now have all the latest boot loader, radio and 5.0.1 on my phone and never lost my data. I just need to reroot and good to go. :)
[Nexus 6  General] marc.ientilucci:
Can someone please pull the ota.zip before updating & post (AT&T - not sure if carrier matters) thanks!

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What guide?
[Nexus 6  General] EABonney:
http://www.talkandroid.com/guides/b...-lollipop-factory-image-on-your-nexus-device/

There you go. I had to do the longer one since the flash-all script didn't work.
[Nexus 6  General] Gameraddikted:
Could you give me that link if you have it? I have an AT&T, unlocked and I'm rotted. Thanks in advance.
[Nexus 6  General] EmperorX:
Same here. Lol
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] basilray:
I finally moved back to Android and opted to go w/ the Note 4. While the hardware itself is brilliant, TW is still awful.

My actual problem is this: Every time I power on the screen, it begins "Finding Location" and the notification icon pops up in the tray and the notification bar. This literally happens EVERY time I power the screen back up. It doesn't seem to be affecting battery life, as I'm only using about 25% over a 12hr period (rather impressive, IMO)...but it certainly is annoying. Is this just a by-product of TW?

While I know I can turn off location, I do use a few things that make it optimal to have it on (nav, weather, etc.).

<tangent>

Having had the Note 10.1 for about 2 years, I really thought I could live with TW. I barely scrape things where I see it on the Note 10.1. However, I'm finding myself rather disappointed with just how ugly it is and how much crap they have messed around with in the Settings world. I'd honestly think HTC had Android prettier back in the original Evo days (Sense > TW...IMO). I'm really on the fence about keeping this handset, and may very well go back to my Lumia 928 for now until handsets with Lollipop drop. I actually like Windows Phone (what is wrong with me!?!) and would have gladly stayed there if they had the apps I want/need (Nest and Sonos).

</tangent>
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ssj4gogeta2003:
It is my understanding that the reason for that is the S Health app. Do you still have it enabled?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] basilray:
Interesting. I'm not using it, but I never disabled it either. Let me give that a go!
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] basilray:
I disabled S Health and put the location back to High, and now it never seems to lock in, even after a restart. This makes no sense, as Maps appears to be able to lock in on my exact location quite quickly.

ETA: OH SNAP. I'm such a dolt. Turns out it was a widget looking to pull GPS data for weather EVERY time the screen wakes. I feel like a true idiot.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ssj4gogeta2003:
Ah, I apologize for steering you in the wrong direction. I will make a note of it.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rusty.gh:
Not an idiot at all, and thanks for letting us know. This is the best way to share info and we all learn!

gave you a thanks for letting us know...
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skyx26:
Hi guys:

I have my Xperia PLAY running with DiXperia 3 and LuPuS v12 full.

I have one BIG problem that is caused by apps that use data traffic. When my data plan is off the phone works so fine, but after I switch on my data plan the phone runs SO sluggish. When I check the amount of RAM available I notice I go from 200 MB to about 100 MB.

What is causing that drop is that when I turn on the data plan, apps like WhatsApp, Yahoo Mail, Twitter, start without asking, they just start and when they do they eat my free RAM.

I need advice about a program to stop apps from starting without user activation. I try autostart but it doesn't work...