The first major update to Android 6.0
Marshmallow has begun rolling out to Nexus and Android One devices. If you are
the impatient kind who wants to download the update immediately, then you can
do it manually. Google has released Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow factory images
for various devices in its Nexus range.
We've listed the
new features in Android 6.0.1 and if you have one of the eligible
devices, you will get an OTA update soon. The following devices will get
Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow.
There are several risks involved with
manually downloading and installing Android factory images. You could lose all
of your data and the process is pretty complex that's best avoided if you are
new to this kind of a thing.
Android 6.0 Marshmallow is currently
available for the following devices - Google Nexus 5, Google
Nexus 6, Google
Nexus 7 2013, Google
Nexus 9, Google
Nexus Player, Google
Nexus 6P, and Google
Nexus 5X. Here's how to manually install Android 6.0 Marshmallow on these
devices.
1) Download and install the latest Android
Studio Preview on
your Windows computer. This installs the ADB and Fast boot programmes, which
can be accessed through the command terminal on your PC.
2) Add the SDK folder to the PATH by
following these steps:
3) Right click My Computer and
click on Properties.
4) Click on Advanced System Settings.
5) Click on System Properties > Advanced > Environment
Variables.
6) In the Window, select Path, then click on Edit, and then type in the name of the
directory where you installed the SDK, and remember that each entry is
separated by a semi-colon.
7) Enable USB debugging on your device.
First, go to Settings > About Phone > Software information.
8) Tap Build
number seven times.
9) Go to Settings
> Developer options. Tick USB
debugging.
10) Download the correct factory image for
your device.
11) Extract the image on your computer.
This should give you a tar file. Extract it again.
12) Connect your device to your computer
over USB.
13) Start the device in fastboot mode.
The easiest way to do this is to hold a
key combination while powering up the device. For Nexus 5, hold the volume up,
volume down and power buttons while powering on the device. The full list of
key combinations for different devices is here.
You can also boot into fastboot mode using
the ADB tool: With the device powered on, go to the command terminal and
execute the following: adb reboot
bootloader
If needed, unlock the device's bootloader
through your computer using the command terminal and executing: fast boot oem unlock
1) Open a command terminal and navigate to
the unzipped system image directory.
2) Execute flash-all.bat, which was a part of the
unzipped image file. This script installs the necessary bootloader, baseband firmware(s),
and operating system. For this to work, you need to have added the folder where
ADB and Fast boot are installed to the system's path as described in step 2.
3) When this is done, Google recommends
that you lock the bootloader for security. You can do that by booting the
device in fast boot mode while still connected via USB, and using the command
terminal to execute: fast boot oem lock.
That will install Android 6.0.1
Marshmallow on your Nexus device.
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