My Nexus 7 (2012) didn't work after it was updated to 5.0.2 (Google Play Services didn't work so the whole tablet was useless). Google couldn't help and try to fob it off as a hardware problem. It also wouldn't update when the update to 5.1 came through (just kept resetting). Anyway, as a complete novice to this sort of stuff, I followed your guide and, with a few things to download, it worked. I now have my tablet back - thank you so much :-)
Hi Jamie, the process say "fastboot flash bootloader .img" so what exactly do we need to put as the bootloader file name... I am an amature at it... Help me out please
You have a nice radio voice. I setup a new headset with nfb 11 but that just made you sound even better. I wish I had your voice. But even more your video is one of the most easy, professional, thus easy, video I have ever seen. You covered every little bit a person would have to know and even the unlocking.......... And I found the lollipop image and now this bricked nexus is now booting. I thought my phone was lost or some $125 an hour guy would 'fix it'. I had it bricked and managed to get it to the fast loader screen so I could skip right to that part. The image worked perfectly for my nexus 5 and its on again!! Don't even care about the date right now. I got my phone back. Thanks!
Steven thank you so much dude!! All I ever ask my viewers to do is click the like button and share my videos on Facebook with friends and hopefully they find my videos useful and helps me To keep making great content for you guys when you click the like button and share my videos on social media thanks dude have a good one
Hi Jamie, I just wanted to tell you that your video has helped me salvage my old Nexus 7. It's been stuck in boot loop hell for months now and your video was clear, informative, and super helpful. Thank you so much for your help and your awesome video!!
So this worked all for me! But I had a few troubles that I solved and I want to share them with you. 1) My device didn't show up in the command after typing adb devices Solution: Because I used win8 i had to restart the pc without driver signature (google), then I installed the USB NAKED DRIVER for nexus 5 with the device manager. 2)after first attempt of typing flash-all I had a failure. the device rebootet into stock android 4.4.4. I searched in the commands and found a hint that I had not enough free storage on my device when i first flashed it. So i just did everything (Problem 1 too) again, then it worked for me :) Thanks for the video man, you described everything so well, everyone can do it with it! Thanks!
For those who already have an unlocked boot loader, you need not wipe your device again and lose data with the flash-all script. The flash-all.bat (flash-all.sh in Linux) has a line as below....... Fastboot -w update image-yourdevicename-buildnumber.zip The "-w" parameter to the fastboot command wipes data... If you don't want that you can remove it and run the script... That way it's as good as OTA minus the waiting part... 😁
MadaraUchiha173 You can edit the flash-all.bat script and run it. It won't wipe user data... But you should be on 4.4.4 .... It worked for me perfectly...
This worked with the "flashing one by one" method for me! And I didn't have to unroot cuz that's only for sideloading ota's. Glad you had the "fix missing file" vid in your channel, I used that vid when this vid reached the "flash-all.bat" file. Then the other vid showed me the manual method and I chose to omit the flashing of cache and userdata img files to retain my data! I flashed Nexus 6 to lollipop 5.0.1 without wiping data, and re-rooted using NexusRootToolkit 1.9.9 - and it worked flawlessly! My 1st flash ever, and no data loss, and you helped out! Thanks again, rock on!
Jamie Lee Wagner In one word - refreshing!!! It's the perfect medium of taking the befefit of sideloading ota's - no data wipes - and the benefit of flashing - no need for unrooting - and combining the two! Will NOT do any other method from now on lol!
Jamie Wagner i have a problem with my camera on nexus 5, he tell me camera error and camera can't connected, i switch off the phone and the camera works perfect after 2 or 3 days the same thing its hapen again, did you have some solution for this?
Just wanted to add to what others have said below. This tutorial makes the process look so straight forward. My nexus 9 is playing up so I think I'll need to flash a factory image. I know I can easily do that now. As we say in the UK.... Cheers!
WOW! First time ever flashing a phone, first time posting a comment on youtube.... Tutorials on point! Thanks man was really getting impatient with checking for OTA updates, you the man!
Great video.. It really helped me fix my nexus 5 after I installed 5.1.1... it just kept rebooting at random times... so went back to 5.0 and issue solved!
Was terrified that I would brick my device but watched this video right through a couple of times then went for it. Worked perfectly and my Nexus 6 did everything that Jamie said it would :-) It was great that parts of the video (particularly the "unauthorised" bit when doing the adb devices command) fully represent what really happens as it puts your mind at ease that you're doing it the same way. Great work Jamie and thanks :-)
You by far have the best tutorial video on this topic on UA-cam. I bricked my Nexus 10 and could not find any instructions online to help me flash the factory image back on. I am glad I came across your video. Keep up the great work.
+Todd Evans you very much please click the like button on this video and share it please click the like button on my other videos as well it helps out a lot like my Hundred water balloons video and my kitten videos really appreciate it man thanks Todd it will help me keep making them share to Facebook that really helps
thank you for the very detailed instructions. was able to get everything done (installing SDK, driver and especially flashing my nexus 5 to lollipop) while watching your videos. cheers!
The missing system.img error was too much for me, i just flashed the "old" Firmware instead of my old cm11 modded one, and waited for the OTA - Update, and everything´s fine and i´m enjoying lollipops very much. Still very good tutorial and you got my thumbs up ^^
AWESOMEEEEEEEE !!!!!! Thank you so much. Been having issues since going to 4.4.4. Issue resurfaced with 5.0. Stuck in circles and it was 'bricked'. This worked. Can't wait to set it all back up again.
Great video, I needed to flash the factory image on my Nexus 4 to fix the "sleep of death" problem. I read that flashing the factory image that problem. However, I needed a tutorial on how to flash the factory image and this was it. Thanks, I really appreciate you taking the time to make and upload this video.
NP, I liked and shared when I watched it. So far it's been more than 24 hrs and I haven't experienced the "sleep of death". I'm also leaving the boot loader unlocked, so I won't lose all my data the next time I update. Great video and keep posting great stuff and I'll continue to watch and share.
Just wanted to say thanks for making this video. I wasn't having much luck getting this done myself, but your video helped me out and now I've done a nice clear install of Lollipop 5.0.2
Bro you are the best was first skeptical abt this wen i saw videos upon videos, but after i saw urs u convinced me greatly. Its simple and easy. You the best. Didnt have any problem. Thumbs up
THANK YOU. I had issues after resetting my Nexus 7 a week or two ago. Notifications wouldn't show up, the control panel swype down wouldn't work. Home button soft key wouldn't work, the unlocking the device would completely bypass the lock screen. All of this after a reset of all things on 4.4.4. Flashed 5.0.1 and EVERYTHING is as it should be. THANK YOU.
Thank U so much Bro.. Ur video just helped me a lot. just flashed it.. And Got the new Lollipop.. I have searched over 1000 videos like how to flash but ur one was the easiest and best of all.. thanks.. Good Work
oh man wish I noticed the system.img comment, could have saved me some time googling around. Anyway great video, the fact you even went back and mentioned that is great. Keep up the good work.
Hi Jamie.. Thanks for responding real quick.. Unplug and plugin back dint work unfortunately. However, I did find that I had to install google USB drive. It works then. Your videos are very useful and please continue to post more.. Thank you.
+RednessTech Thank you! please click the like button and share this video for me a couple of times. It helps. Go like some of my other iphone videos, I know you will like them. THANKS!
Thanks a lot, been waiting for the OTA for my Nexus 5 but can't wait much longer. First try it says "missing sytem .img" error. Did it again the second time and it works... Simple and easy steps to follow. First time to flash a android device here....Lol
Thank you so much! Really good video, I first couldn't get my device to show up on 'adb devices'. Turned out to be a problem with my driver. After I installed the latest USB driver from Google everything went fine and I am now running Lollipop!
Ruben Stuveling Yea that's great I actually made a video just for showing how to install that driver! Several people have thanked me for that one! Thanks for watching!
hey man.. i like this tutorial too much.. i mean it was slow and very detailed and that was the beauty of it. every other video tutorial in you tube must be .. detailed to the last point.. thanks man.. flashed right away.. finally felt the real need to comment on a you tube video after a long time..
my nexus 6 5.1 would fail to update, it would download the ota update and fail during install so i was stuck without updating for months. i used this guide and after some fumbling with it it worked like a charm even caught 2 more updates after. thanks cant wait for 6.0 now
Hey great tutorial ! The easiest on the net...although digging into non-OTA Android updates is like Greek to me :D ...RE: missing system.img..I featured the same problems...so I just updated all drivers via the SDK manager and it worked...you can try it...
Just wanted to let you know that i was finally able to successfully flash the mobile, I had initially encountered an error , then changed the usb port and it worked perfectly fine . Thanks a lot for you video!
Thanks a lot man!!!! every thing worked just fine. but just one little thing though, I used a macbook pro to do this for my Nexus 5, and on thing i noticed is that the commands are a bit different when your in terminal. for mac users every time to enter in a command in terminal you first have to type in ./ (period slash) .
Yes. Thank You. This is great info to share. Because someone will most likely have issues with that since it is on a MAC system. I am hoping to do some video later using MAC.
What a great guide, tried a few others online before and failed to follow them, but this was made simple and it worked perfectly. Many thanks! Now time to setup my N5 on Lollipop!
Oh man oh man..!! I can't thank you enough. I've finally downgraded my nexus 7 to Kitkat following your method. Thanks a billion. Finally found an effective yet simple to follow tutorial. Keep up the good work. Liked and subscribed :)
Thank you so much, Jamie! I followed this guide and it worked! I thought I had to wait for the OTAs but your tutorial helped a lot, it was excellent! I just want to tell everybody that you might get messegase like "archive does not contain....." and it might get stuck there for a bit but just wait, be patient and it will start the process and you will soon have Android 5.0 Lollipop.
Hey man... I followed your steps to salvage my Nexus 4, I had to reinstall the OS. Had never done it, but this video helped. Thanks for the info, it really helped!
Thank you so much! My phone is booting up with the nice lollipop animation.. So satisfying..... Little scared at the beginning but you explained everything very well! I used a couple of your vids to flash android 5.0 on my Nexus 5. Thanks!
Thanks Jamie ;-)) I just followed your video to ... go back to kitkatt 4.4.4 ... I have remove Lollipop 5.0 ... ;-) This Lollipop vesion, just does not work on my Nexus7 tablet ... thanks for the crystal clear instructions!!
hi Jamie, I watched ur video and made the update on my nexus 5 .. it works very good, so thanks a lot. I'm not English spoken but I understood all of what you said in the vid, you explain very well how to install it, you're great ! thank you again !
many many thanx brother...after getting error two times while automatic google OTA update ...I decides to manually update my N4 to lolipop ..and here I'm with my new Lolipop...:)
Thank you so much from me and USA. It's so cool to connect with others from around the world on UA-cam. I'm glad this helped you out, now you can have a great experience with the new OS!
I would like to thank you for the helpful video. There are a few different methods for flashing your android device but this is the easiest way and the more comprehensive tutorial on youtube at least in my opinion. I like and subscribe. Cheers from Venezuela
just used your vid to downgrade my nexus 5 because of some audio problems I was experiencing due to knew update, thanks dude good vid very easy to follow.
When you get a error like: Device not found. There is an possibility you didn't install the Google USB Driver. If you install this driver and try again with: adb devices . It'll probably work!
Sweet video mate, nice and clear, easy to follow. Thanks heaps. I was having issues trying to use the OTA update to my Nexus 7 2013. This method is the only way to go if you're running the developer preview LPV81C.
hey man! appreciate your work. i did everything accordingly and it worked perfectly. one small point of criticism would be that you may be explaining things a liiittle too deeply, such as the put it all in one folder move. I guess everyone who landed here is pretty known to 7ZIP etc. yet, great work :-)
Thanks a lot. This really helped me out. 1 Point of Advice: In your description, Please put in the links for the links you actually go on the website to. Example: Drivers, OTA Zip Files etc.. Subscribed.
Thank you so much! I was trying to install cataclysm 5.0 but it didn't show up in my storage, after I wiped it. I tried to boot it back up again but it just got stuck in a bootloop. You saved my new n5. :D
An issue and the solution: If you get the taking loooong time, or if when you type some commands it "does nothing", you MUST to disable any AV program you have...
Thank you, couldn't get command line to recognize phone as it was in endless boot mode (and factory reset didn't work cause I was playing with things), but when I started recovery mode it finally recognized it. Thanks :)
The video is awesome, the information is accurate and reliable. Thank you once again Joe :) Feels great to use this sugary lollipop OS on my nexus 5 :)
Jamie Lee Wagner in the factory image which i got downloaded does not contain .img files. even i tried by (fastboot bootloader system.img) but still i am not able to load my Lollipop on my nexus 5.. can u pls suggest a better way...
Hi Jamie, very informative series of videos! My nexus 5 is stuck on 4.4.4, so am loading the 5.0.1 myself, I am new to this. Should I download/install the 5.0.0 or the 5.0.1 factory image? thanks a ton.
Hi Jamie... This is the only video explaining smallest of the steps without any 3rd party applications. all the applications used were legit. I really appreciate ur work. I jus wanna know one final thing: Now that i've factory lollipop on my nexus 5, how do i relock the bootloader? I guess u missed the step or m i missing anything... ?
Avi Singhal The Nexus 5 has implemented in the bootloader what is called a tamper flag. It will show if the bootloader was ever unlocked, You can check it by using this command, fastboot oem device-info If tamper flag value says true, then it needs reset.
Jamie Lee Wagner I tried the command but all I got was a msg wch waited endlessly. Tried it 2 -3 times even after confirming device using adb devices. Still nothing. I really want to reset the tamper flag to 0. Any suggestions? P.S. I have locked the N5 using fastboot oem lock successfully.
Does anyone have asked you how to do it without the usb debugging on, the tablet isn't booting into android at all, so it cannot be put in developer mode?
hey Jamie lee Wagner i tried to install android 5 on my tablet nexus 7 2012 i flashed it and restarted the tablet is not starting and say booting failed then when i connect it to my computer it can be read as an android device
Thanks for the video Jamie!!! Helped me out of a jam on my Nexus 5. I do have an issue with my Nexus 7 though and wondering if you have any insight. It just shut itself off one day and won't go past the Google logo. I CAN get into fastboot mode but can't flash a factory image as my usb debugging is not enabled and I can't get in to boot. Help?!!! Running 5.1.1.
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+JamieWagner i downloaded android android sdk manager, what step i have to follow compare to adt-bundle-windows-x86....?
can I do this on a Chromebook? reply fast please
My Nexus 7 (2012) didn't work after it was updated to 5.0.2 (Google Play Services didn't work so the whole tablet was useless). Google couldn't help and try to fob it off as a hardware problem. It also wouldn't update when the update to 5.1 came through (just kept resetting). Anyway, as a complete novice to this sort of stuff, I followed your guide and, with a few things to download, it worked. I now have my tablet back - thank you so much :-)
Chris Senior So glad to hear this helped you out. Lots of steps to do but it works!
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Hi Jamie, the process say "fastboot flash bootloader .img" so what exactly do we need to put as the bootloader file name... I am an amature at it... Help me out please
Thanks for the help.. I was totally freaked with this message. Thank you so much for the support+ vids+ links
***** Your welcome thanks!
Thanks a lot Jamie.. You saved the day..
Niraj Patil thanks!
got marshmallow down on my nexus 5 using your video here! almost a year later and this video still helps! who knew?! thanx for the upload, cheers !
+Akheeb Sharieff Thank you so much!! Please like and share this video on Facebook and Google plus and to any online communities to help others Thanks!
Excellent! Very nice and detailed steps, thanks for the video!
Frank Estrada Thank you so much for the comment. I'm glad this helped you out!
You have a nice radio voice. I setup a new headset with nfb 11 but that just made you sound even better. I wish I had your voice. But even more your video is one of the most easy, professional, thus easy, video I have ever seen. You covered every little bit a person would have to know and even the unlocking.......... And I found the lollipop image and now this bricked nexus is now booting. I thought my phone was lost or some $125 an hour guy would 'fix it'. I had it bricked and managed to get it to the fast loader screen so I could skip right to that part. The image worked perfectly for my nexus 5 and its on again!! Don't even care about the date right now. I got my phone back. Thanks!
Steven thank you so much dude!! All I ever ask my viewers to do is click the like button and share my videos on Facebook with friends and hopefully they find my videos useful and helps me To keep making great content for you guys when you click the like button and share my videos on social media thanks dude have a good one
thanks for watching?... no, thanks to you i could install android 5.1
Jose Patiño Glad to hear that!
Hi Jamie, I just wanted to tell you that your video has helped me salvage my old Nexus 7. It's been stuck in boot loop hell for months now and your video was clear, informative, and super helpful. Thank you so much for your help and your awesome video!!
+Christopher Etges Thank you so much as well! please like and share this video as much as you can thanks!!
everything worked well now except one thing : my computer shuts down when im in the flashall step. Is my computer the problem?
Gabriel Natareno Yes computer problem it sounds like...
Jamie Lee Wagner hmmm ok then thanks
So this worked all for me! But I had a few troubles that I solved and I want to share them with you.
1) My device didn't show up in the command after typing adb devices
Solution:
Because I used win8 i had to restart the pc without driver signature (google), then I installed the USB NAKED DRIVER for nexus 5 with the device manager.
2)after first attempt of typing flash-all I had a failure. the device rebootet into stock android 4.4.4. I searched in the commands and found a hint that I had not enough free storage on my device when i first flashed it.
So i just did everything (Problem 1 too) again, then it worked for me :)
Thanks for the video man, you described everything so well, everyone can do it with it! Thanks!
Yes thank you. And thank you for sharing how you fixed yours. It will help others for sure. Thanks.
For those who already have an unlocked boot loader, you need not wipe your device again and lose data with the flash-all script. The flash-all.bat (flash-all.sh in Linux) has a line as below.......
Fastboot -w update image-yourdevicename-buildnumber.zip
The "-w" parameter to the fastboot command wipes data... If you don't want that you can remove it and run the script... That way it's as good as OTA minus the waiting part... 😁
Yes, that works to. Thank You for posting this. It's great info!!
hey......dude...i have nexus 4 unlocked......care to explain how i will not loose any data?....what should i type...thanks
MadaraUchiha173 You can edit the flash-all.bat script and run it. It won't wipe user data... But you should be on 4.4.4 .... It worked for me perfectly...
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This worked with the "flashing one by one" method for me! And I didn't have to unroot cuz that's only for sideloading ota's. Glad you had the "fix missing file" vid in your channel, I used that vid when this vid reached the "flash-all.bat" file. Then the other vid showed me the manual method and I chose to omit the flashing of cache and userdata img files to retain my data! I flashed Nexus 6 to lollipop 5.0.1 without wiping data, and re-rooted using NexusRootToolkit 1.9.9 - and it worked flawlessly! My 1st flash ever, and no data loss, and you helped out! Thanks again, rock on!
ik1llpeeple4fun thats awesome! thanks man! I want to try that method as well flashing and not wiping data!
Jamie Lee Wagner In one word - refreshing!!! It's the perfect medium of taking the befefit of sideloading ota's - no data wipes - and the benefit of flashing - no need for unrooting - and combining the two! Will NOT do any other method from now on lol!
yea i will try it!
Jamie Wagner i have a problem with my camera on nexus 5, he tell me camera error and camera can't connected, i switch off the phone and the camera works perfect after 2 or 3 days the same thing its hapen again, did you have some solution for this?
not sure about that one. You might just want to backup and reset it first. Make sure to save all your stuff.
Does relocking the boot loader erase all data? Sorry to be asking so many questions ahha
JoshM6789 No it does not wipe the data out when re-locking the bootloader. It only wipes data out when you unlock the bootloader.
Just wanted to add to what others have said below. This tutorial makes the process look so straight forward. My nexus 9 is playing up so I think I'll need to flash a factory image. I know I can easily do that now. As we say in the UK.... Cheers!
+Stephen Ralph Thank You! All I ask is that you click like (thumbs up) and share this video!
WOW! First time ever flashing a phone, first time posting a comment on youtube....
Tutorials on point! Thanks man was really getting impatient with checking for OTA updates, you the man!
Jaskarn Chana I really appreciate your comment! Thank You!
Great video.. It really helped me fix my nexus 5 after I installed 5.1.1... it just kept rebooting at random times... so went back to 5.0 and issue solved!
After 4 hours of unsuccessful flashing, i finally found this video and fixed my bricked Nexus 7. Thank you!!!
+thejam7129 AWESOME!! Please like and share this video everywhere! So it helps out other people!
Was terrified that I would brick my device but watched this video right through a couple of times then went for it. Worked perfectly and my Nexus 6 did everything that Jamie said it would :-)
It was great that parts of the video (particularly the "unauthorised" bit when doing the adb devices command) fully represent what really happens as it puts your mind at ease that you're doing it the same way.
Great work Jamie and thanks :-)
You by far have the best tutorial video on this topic on UA-cam. I bricked my Nexus 10 and could not find any instructions online to help me flash the factory image back on. I am glad I came across your video. Keep up the great work.
Perfect explanation. I've been looking for weeks on videos on how to get back to stock and this is the first one that has worked. Thank you so much!
+Aaron Youngberg Thank you !! please like and share this video and thank you for you're comment!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I tried this before reading sites and each one had different information. This was complete, simple, and greatly appreciated.
+Todd Evans you very much please click the like button on this video and share it please click the like button on my other videos as well it helps out a lot like my Hundred water balloons video and my kitten videos really appreciate it man thanks Todd it will help me keep making them share to Facebook that really helps
Thank you Jamie,
I just flashed my Nexus 4 with the factory image with the help of your tutorial.
All the best.
Awesome, Thanks!
thank you for the very detailed instructions. was able to get everything done (installing SDK, driver and especially flashing my nexus 5 to lollipop) while watching your videos. cheers!
Thanks, manage to install Lollipop 5.0.1 for my Nexus 5 . I kept getting error (red android belly) with official update. Now am happy. Cheer's
Tony J Thanks glad this worked!
The missing system.img error was too much for me, i just flashed the "old" Firmware instead of my old cm11 modded one, and waited for the OTA - Update, and everything´s fine and i´m enjoying lollipops very much. Still very good tutorial and you got my thumbs up ^^
AWESOMEEEEEEEE !!!!!! Thank you so much. Been having issues since going to 4.4.4. Issue resurfaced with 5.0. Stuck in circles and it was 'bricked'. This worked. Can't wait to set it all back up again.
Thanks a lot buddy. Just updated my Nexus to 5.0.1 and it worked like a charm! You're awesome
You got it bro! thanks for watching!
Great video, I needed to flash the factory image on my Nexus 4 to fix the "sleep of death" problem. I read that flashing the factory image that problem. However, I needed a tutorial on how to flash the factory image and this was it. Thanks, I really appreciate you taking the time to make and upload this video.
stan senior Thanks so much! please like and share this video!!
NP, I liked and shared when I watched it. So far it's been more than 24 hrs and I haven't experienced the "sleep of death". I'm also leaving the boot loader unlocked, so I won't lose all my data the next time I update.
Great video and keep posting great stuff and I'll continue to watch and share.
THANK YOU!!
Just wanted to say thanks for making this video. I wasn't having much luck getting this done myself, but your video helped me out and now I've done a nice clear install of Lollipop 5.0.2
Jamie Gilbert Thanks glad to for that!!
Bro you are the best was first skeptical abt this wen i saw videos upon videos, but after i saw urs u convinced me greatly. Its simple and easy. You the best. Didnt have any problem. Thumbs up
THANK YOU. I had issues after resetting my Nexus 7 a week or two ago. Notifications wouldn't show up, the control panel swype down wouldn't work. Home button soft key wouldn't work, the unlocking the device would completely bypass the lock screen. All of this after a reset of all things on 4.4.4. Flashed 5.0.1 and EVERYTHING is as it should be. THANK YOU.
Randy Holmes That's great. It's nice to hear that this worked really well for someone. Thanks for watching and I am glad this worked for you!
Thank U so much Bro.. Ur video just helped me a lot. just flashed it.. And Got the new Lollipop.. I have searched over 1000 videos like how to flash but ur one was the easiest and best of all.. thanks.. Good Work
Yakub Rahmaan That's great to hear. Thanks for watching and share it with everyone! Enjoy your delicious lollipop!
oh man wish I noticed the system.img comment, could have saved me some time googling around. Anyway great video, the fact you even went back and mentioned that is great. Keep up the good work.
Hi Jamie.. Thanks for responding real quick.. Unplug and plugin back dint work unfortunately. However, I did find that I had to install google USB drive. It works then. Your videos are very useful and please continue to post more.. Thank you.
Thank you so much. I was struck on android 5.1.1 for 10 months on my nexus 7 2013 but thanks to you, I can finally get marshmallow !
+RednessTech Thank you! please click the like button and share this video for me a couple of times. It helps. Go like some of my other iphone videos, I know you will like them. THANKS!
Thanks a lot, been waiting for the OTA for my Nexus 5 but can't wait much longer. First try it says "missing sytem .img" error. Did it again the second time and it works... Simple and easy steps to follow. First time to flash a android device here....Lol
You are welcome! Thank you for watching! Keep sharing the video! I hope it helps everyone! Glad it worked!
Thank you so much! Really good video, I first couldn't get my device to show up on 'adb devices'. Turned out to be a problem with my driver. After I installed the latest USB driver from Google everything went fine and I am now running Lollipop!
Ruben Stuveling Yea that's great I actually made a video just for showing how to install that driver! Several people have thanked me for that one! Thanks for watching!
hey man.. i like this tutorial too much..
i mean it was slow and very detailed and that was the beauty of it.
every other video tutorial in you tube must be .. detailed to the last point..
thanks man.. flashed right away.. finally felt the real need to comment on a you tube video after a long time..
Thanks man! That is a great comment! thanks again..
Will be waiting for your further works... May be a lollipop review?
Usha Kiran Yes I hope so!
my nexus 6 5.1 would fail to update, it would download the ota update and fail during install so i was stuck without updating for months. i used this guide and after some fumbling with it it worked like a charm even caught 2 more updates after. thanks cant wait for 6.0 now
+justin upshaw THANK YOU!! please like and share this video!
The sound when recieving a call is very low..even though volume up full...not a show stopper all else runs perfect...great tutorial
robert berry thanks man!
thanks!
Hey great tutorial ! The easiest on the net...although digging into non-OTA Android updates is like Greek to me :D ...RE: missing system.img..I featured the same problems...so I just updated all drivers via the SDK manager and it worked...you can try it...
Just wanted to let you know that i was finally able to successfully flash the mobile, I had initially encountered an error , then changed the usb port and it worked perfectly fine . Thanks a lot for you video!
+Iman Akef thank you very much! Please click the like button and share the video!
Thanks, Jamie. Using your videos I was able eventually to flash 5.0.2 to my Nexus 7 after the OTA failed
Jon Lavi That's awesome thanks so much for watching!
Thanks a lot man!!!! every thing worked just fine. but just one little thing though, I used a macbook pro to do this for my Nexus 5, and on thing i noticed is that the commands are a bit different when your in terminal. for mac users every time to enter in a command in terminal you first have to type in ./ (period slash) .
Yes. Thank You. This is great info to share. Because someone will most likely have issues with that since it is on a MAC system. I am hoping to do some video later using MAC.
Hey man, just wanna say thanks, i followed your instructions and flashed android 5.1!
Srdjan Kremic Thank You for watching and sharing!
Fantastic video man!!!!! Really helped me get lollipop on my Nexus %. Thanks so much, very clear explanation.
Awesome stuff! Got stuck on the system error, had to flash one by one.. Took about 5 minutes or more to reboot as Lollipop.. Thanks heaps! :)
Thank You !!
What a great guide, tried a few others online before and failed to follow them, but this was made simple and it worked perfectly. Many thanks! Now time to setup my N5 on Lollipop!
Thanks!
Thanks your video was a huge help for me cz its my first time doing this and my nexus 7 is now running lollipop :D
kirk bal your welcome!
Worked perfectly for me on a Nexus 4. The first boot was 10 minutes long so do not worry if you have to wait a bit more...
Thank you! :))
Ferenc Dely Your welcome thanks for watching!
Oh man oh man..!! I can't thank you enough. I've finally downgraded my nexus 7 to Kitkat following your method. Thanks a billion. Finally found an effective yet simple to follow tutorial. Keep up the good work. Liked and subscribed :)
Thank You so much! Glad it helped you out..
Thank you so much, Jamie! I followed this guide and it worked! I thought I had to wait for the OTAs but your tutorial helped a lot, it was excellent! I just want to tell everybody that you might get messegase like "archive does not contain....." and it might get stuck there for a bit but just wait, be patient and it will start the process and you will soon have Android 5.0 Lollipop.
Yes! Exactly! Thank You!
Hey man... I followed your steps to salvage my Nexus 4, I had to reinstall the OS. Had never done it, but this video helped. Thanks for the info, it really helped!
mrguystarr thanks! your welcome!
Thank you so much! My phone is booting up with the nice lollipop animation.. So satisfying.....
Little scared at the beginning but you explained everything very well! I used a couple of your vids to flash android 5.0 on my Nexus 5.
Thanks!
Lou Moison That's great thanks for watching!
Thanks Jamie ;-)) I just followed your video to ... go back to kitkatt 4.4.4 ... I have remove Lollipop 5.0 ... ;-)
This Lollipop vesion, just does not work on my Nexus7 tablet ... thanks for the crystal clear instructions!!
hi Jamie, I watched ur video and made the update on my nexus 5 .. it works very good, so thanks a lot. I'm not English spoken but I understood all of what you said in the vid, you explain very well how to install it, you're great ! thank you again !
Thank You!!
many many thanx brother...after getting error two times while automatic google OTA update ...I decides to manually update my N4 to lolipop ..and here I'm with my new Lolipop...:)
harshit goyal Your welcome I hope you enjoy it!
Just did it as in tutorial and never did it before. Installed Lollipop successfully. Thank you Jamie from Russia for accurate tutorial.
Thank you so much from me and USA. It's so cool to connect with others from around the world on UA-cam. I'm glad this helped you out, now you can have a great experience with the new OS!
I would like to thank you for the helpful video. There are a few different methods for flashing your android device but this is the easiest way and the more comprehensive tutorial on youtube at least in my opinion. I like and subscribe. Cheers from Venezuela
this is wonderful. thank you!!!!!
just used your vid to downgrade my nexus 5 because of some audio problems I was experiencing due to knew update, thanks dude good vid very easy to follow.
you're welcome please click the like button and share this video!
This was my very first flash and it worked!! Kudos to you Jamie, really nice video!! subscribing in 3,2,1..
***** Thanks! thanks for the SUB!
When you get a error like: Device not found. There is an possibility you didn't install the Google USB Driver. If you install this driver and try again with: adb devices . It'll probably work!
Great Video. I have the Nexus 6 and I really appreciate instructional videos like this... Very helpful Thank You!
Robert Hughes Thank You!, you are welcome!
Sweet video mate, nice and clear, easy to follow. Thanks heaps.
I was having issues trying to use the OTA update to my Nexus 7 2013. This method is the only way to go if you're running the developer preview LPV81C.
harpersneil Thanks, yea your right about that!
Perfect, this is awesome. My Nexus 7 (2012) is alive again... gonna have to postpone getting a new tab...
Samuel Ejiaga Thanks Samuel, I am glad this helped you out!
your welcome. thanks for watching..
hey man! appreciate your work. i did everything accordingly and it worked perfectly.
one small point of criticism would be that you may be explaining things a liiittle too deeply, such as the put it all in one folder move. I guess everyone who landed here is pretty known to 7ZIP etc.
yet, great work :-)
Yea I agree, I get talking a bit to much sometimes..lol..
Cheers Jamie, your videos really helped me to downgrade back to kitkat, excellently explained!
thank you!
cool dude man! thanks a ton. went 4.4.4 to 5.0 on nexus 7 2013. watched all your vidz and learned and did! rock on! ;-)
g karr Thanks brother Thanks for watching your right rock on!
Thanks a lot. This really helped me out.
1 Point of Advice: In your description, Please put in the links for the links you actually go on the website to. Example: Drivers, OTA Zip Files etc..
Subscribed.
Droid Knight OK I will do that soon THANK VERY MUCH FOR THAT. That helps a lot.
Hats off to you lad, just installed the 5.0 official on my Nexus 4!
Excellent tutorial. You covered every possible question along the way. Successfully flashed new ROM!
I am very glad to here that! Thank you for you for watching and for your comment!
Thank you so much! I was trying to install cataclysm 5.0 but it didn't show up in my storage, after I wiped it. I tried to boot it back up again but it just got stuck in a bootloop. You saved my new n5. :D
Your very welcome!
:D
Thanks a lot Jamie for guding me through the process of flashing and installing lollipop 5.1 on my nexus 4. Very clear and profound tutorial.
Bart Ziengs Thank You! I hope it helped you out. Please share this video and give it a thumbs up!!
An issue and the solution: If you get the taking loooong time, or if when you type some commands it "does nothing", you MUST to disable any AV program you have...
***** Thanks a lot for your comment. Several people were getting stuck.
Thank you for the tutorial. Everything worked. If i wanted to upgrade back to Marshmallow, do I clear out the lollipop files from the platform tools?
Thank you very much Jamie. You video help me solve my OTA problem on my device (Nexus 9).
+Sorawit Kangka You're welcome! Please share and like this video!!
Thank you, couldn't get command line to recognize phone as it was in endless boot mode (and factory reset didn't work cause I was playing with things), but when I started recovery mode it finally recognized it. Thanks :)
+Cameron samson awesome thanks for watching please like and share!
Very detailed tutorial. Followed your steps and was able to do it flawlessly! You're the man! Thank you!
MrIzzykiel Thank You!
Awesome ! I couldn´t install 5.0 because everytime i got a error, but this helped me out. :)
Erwin863 I am very glad to hear it! thanks for watching!
YOU ARE A TOTAL LEGEND! even now, 2017, it worked for my Nexus 5 on marshmallow, it unbricked my phone! THANK YOU, SIR!
Yes you are welcome! this method does work well! please click the like button on my videos and share this video to Facebook or something!
!!!Thanks a Ton!!!.....I was able to re install (a previously messed up) OS on Nexus 7 2013 Wi-fi successfully .
thanks for watching please like and share this video!!
The video is awesome, the information is accurate and reliable. Thank you once again Joe :) Feels great to use this sugary lollipop OS on my nexus 5 :)
your welcome! thanks!!
I own u a lot uploader. This vid helped a lot. Though i got few issues with drivers, i fixed and followed exact process u mentioned. Thanks a ton.
Thank you very much! glad it helped you out!
Jamie Lee Wagner in the factory image which i got downloaded does not contain .img files. even i tried by (fastboot bootloader system.img) but still i am not able to load my Lollipop on my nexus 5.. can u pls suggest a better way...
Hi Jamie, very informative series of videos! My nexus 5 is stuck on 4.4.4, so am loading the 5.0.1 myself, I am new to this.
Should I download/install the 5.0.0 or the 5.0.1 factory image? thanks a ton.
crownkm I would download the latest one. 5.0.1 or whatever one is the newest!
That was not a waste of my time awesome video. worked exactly like you said, plus lollipop is sweet!
Gentry Taylor THANK YOU!
Awesome video, Jamie...this walks through everything absolutely perfectly.Thanks for putting this together.
Jon Culford Your very welcome, thank you for watching and your comment!
You're the man...thnx man really ...almost i spent 5hrs crack this stuff...from your video i got the answer...thnx a lot...
Riaz Sulaiman thanks!
Works perfectly on the Nexus 4. Thanks.
+Gamachy You're welcome! thank you for watching! Please like and share this video!
Hey Jamie thanks for all these videos. This is the second time you've helped me out. I really appreciate it. Keep up the good work!
Hi Jamie... This is the only video explaining smallest of the steps without any 3rd party applications. all the applications used were legit. I really appreciate ur work. I jus wanna know one final thing: Now that i've factory lollipop on my nexus 5, how do i relock the bootloader? I guess u missed the step or m i missing anything... ?
also i would like to ask whether command: fastboot oem lock, will set the tamper flag 0 or not. thank u for ur time..
Avi Singhal The Nexus 5 has implemented in the bootloader what is called a tamper flag. It will show if the bootloader was ever unlocked, You can check it by using this command, fastboot oem device-info If tamper flag value says true, then it needs reset.
Avi Singhal you will see something like this but they should read false on N5
(bootloader) Device tampered: true
(bootloader) Device unlocked: true
Jamie Lee Wagner I tried the command but all I got was a msg wch waited endlessly. Tried it 2 -3 times even after confirming device using adb devices. Still nothing. I really want to reset the tamper flag to 0. Any suggestions? P.S. I have locked the N5 using fastboot oem lock successfully.
Very good and informative video. Highly recommended! Thank you for your time and kindness Mr. JamieWagner. Subscribed.
Thank you so much! please like and share this video and go click the like button on my others videos as well!! Thanks Again!
Thanks mate !
Flashed 5.1 for my 3G nexus 7 like a breeze !
rajesh cs Thanks!!
thanks for your response. I tried 7 zip and it worked.
+Tariq Kayani COOL!!
Hello. Nice tutorial, but i think flashing the stock images with Nexus Root Toolkit is way easier and safer. Just my opinion.
The N7 Game Reviewer I agree that toolkit is great and works really good!
Thanks a Lot Bro from Mexico, (Y). My Nexus 5 are running again :D
+Ing. Luis Ganelon Thanks dude! Please like and share this video! Thanks!
JamieWagner Sure Bro thanks
It worked perfect on my Nexus 7. Many thanks Jamie.
That is GREAT! Thanks for watching.!
Does anyone have asked you how to do it without the usb debugging on, the tablet isn't booting into android at all, so it cannot be put in developer mode?
hey Jamie lee Wagner i tried to install android 5 on my tablet nexus 7 2012
i flashed it and restarted the tablet is not starting and say booting failed
then when i connect it to my computer it can be read as an android device
I had Nexus 7 2013 WIFI....I had Rooted it already..it's Running on Stock ROM now..
can this Proses work's with my Device....????
please Answer
Thanks for the video Jamie!!! Helped me out of a jam on my Nexus 5. I do have an issue with my Nexus 7 though and wondering if you have any insight. It just shut itself off one day and won't go past the Google logo. I CAN get into fastboot mode but can't flash a factory image as my usb debugging is not enabled and I can't get in to boot. Help?!!! Running 5.1.1.