Download Android Lollipop 5.0 For Nexus 5

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Nov 15, 2014 Google has announced the rollout of Android 5.0 Lollipop for its Nexus series of smartphones and tablets. Many Nexus users bought the devices because Google said these devices would be the first. Nov 18, 2014  Because it can take a while for over-the-air (OTA) updates to land on phones, we're here to help out. Though the Nexus 4 Android 5.0 Lollipop update should be. May 29, 2016  We are going to share all the detailed and direct links to Download Google Apps (Gapps) For Android Lollipop 5.0 / 5.1 Remember there are three types of devices platform available ARM64 – For 64-bit devices (New Phones). Here you are going to learn how to download and install Android 5.0 Lollipop on Nexus 4. For quite a long time, Nexus 4 users have been enjoying Android KitKat features. The release of Android Lollipop brought completely a new Android version with a new user interface called as material design. As of now, one can take a look at the whole new makeover of the Android 5.0 Lollipop version solely on Nexus 6 and Nexus 9 smartphones. Till date, there are only a few numbers of smartphones that are eligible for receiving Android 5.0 Lollipop update, while the rest of them has to wait for the official announcement from the manufacturers. Nexus 5 Android 5.0 Lollipop update factory images are now available. Download and install right now on your Nexus 5 'Hammerhead' D821 and D820 devices.

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Wooho! We didn’t expect this coming within 24 hours of Android 5.0 preview image release for the Nexus 5. Android 5.0 Lollipop preview image that Google released for Nexus 5 and Nexus 7 2013 just got ported over for the Nexus 4. Google promised Android 5.0 update for the Nexus in first week of November, but there are handful lot of Nexus 4 users literally drooling for the Android 5.0 Lollipop update.

This isn’t any official release, some folks over at android.com.pl forums XDA forums build up the Android 5.0 Lollipop port for Nexus 4 using the preview image released by Google Nexus 5. The build has been tagged alpha for now, which is understandable given the fact that it hasn’t even been 24 hours yet since the release of Android 5.0 final preview images and a port is already available for the Nexus 4.

As we’re writing this, the Android 5.0 port for Nexus 4 is being downloading and unfortunately, our Nexus 4 is totally out on battery so it’s also charging up. We’ll flash and try this on our Nexus 4 soon. If you happen to own a Nexus 4, you can grab the ROM from the download link below just grab the download link below and flash it off on your N4.

icon-download Download Nexus 4 Android 5.0 Lollipop Port (updated)

The above file is a recovery flashable custom ROM zip file that you can flash via CWM/TWRP recovery. Make sure to wipe data/factory reset before you flash this.

Update: Looks like we gave credits to the wrong team before, this is a release from XDA dev percy_g2 and here’s is the link to his original post on XDA.

Via android.com.plXDA developers

Yes Android 5.0 Lollipop official firmware is now available for the Nexus 4 user and you can update you phone with this new official release and enjoy the benefit of your Android 5 on your Nexus 4 android smartphone. The new firmware comes with lots of new improvement and battery life. If you are the Nexus 4 users and looking for the manual way to update you device with the latest firmware, here is the proper guide which you can follow on your device and instal the same in some simple steps. The process is very simple and all you need the official image file and some ADB files to update you phone. The Nexus 4 Android 5.0 Lollipop firmware build is LRX21T, download and install using the instructions given below.

Before following this guide do take the full backup of your phone and read all the instruction very carefully. Your device internal storage will be completely wiped so make sure you backup any/all of your important files on a PC.

Update Nexus 4 With Android 5.0

Step 1.Install the Nexus 4 drivers on your Windows PC here.

Step 2.Unlock the bootloader of your device first, if already done that then read the next step.

Step 3. Now download the Fastboot and ADB files here and extract the folder on your desktop.

Step 4. Download Nexus 4 Android 5.0 Lollipop factory Image here and extract the folder on your desktop. you’ll get a few files:

A radio and bootloader image
flash-all.bat
flash-all.sh
flash-base.sh
image-****-lrx21t.zip

Step 5. Now copy all these files and paste into the ADB folder that you extracted in Step 3.

Step 6. Now enable the USB debugging mode on your Nexus device. On your phone or tablet, head to Settings, and scroll down to About phone at the bottom. Scroll down to Build number and tap it 7 times. This unhides the developer options, which aren’t displayed in Android 4.2 and later. In the Developer options menu, enable USB debugging.

Step 7. Now connect your device to the PC with USB cable.

Step 8. Now open a command prompt window on the ADB folder. Hold Shift button and Right click on the White space of the folder and click on “Open Command Window here”.

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Step 9. Now enter the following command on the windows:

fastboot devices

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This command will list the connected devices. If your phones serial number shows up you are good to go and may continue. If the phone is NOT listed this indicates that your drivers are not installed correctly.

Step10. Now run the following command to boot your device in fastboot mode.

adb reboot bootloader

Step 11. Now your device is in Fastboot mode. Now go to the ADB folder and click on the “flash-all” file to start the installation process.

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Step 12. Now the process will begin. You will see alternating downloading… writing…. erasing… on your device’s screen.

Step 13. Once the process is completed you phone will reboot and this time you can disconnect you phone from the PC.

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Now your nexus 4 android smartphone is running on the Android 5.0 Lollipop. Enjoy!