On Monday, Google made available the factory images of Android 6.0 Marshmallow, the latest iteration of its mobile operating system. The update is available for a number of handsets starting from Nexus 6, Nexus 5, Nexus 4, Nexus 10, Nexus 7 (2013), and Nexus 9.
As you might be familiar, factory images need to be installed on your device manually. In case you don't remember the procedure, here's how you can get the latest flavor of Android on your device.
Step 1. Download the correct version of Android 6.0 image for your device. You can download the images from here.
You will also need to enable USB debugging on both your device smartphone or tablet. To do so, you need to go to Settings menu and scroll down to the About placard. Click on this for seven times and you will see a confirmation message stating you're a developer now. Now go back, and you'll find a Developer option, upon entering, you will find an option to enable USB debugging.
Step 2. Once you've downloaded the image, extract the files (and also all the individual files) into an easily accessible folder and grab drivers and tools that are required for your computer to interact with your device.
Windows users need to download ADB driver, which is available from here. Once the app launches, type 'y' (without quotes) and press enter to initiate the installation.
Mac Users can need this exact text into the Terminal menu. This will automatically download all the prerequisite files.
Step 3. For Windows users who have installed the program, type in adb reboot bootloader. The screen will give you a confirmation when everything goes fine. Now type in fastboot oem unlock.
Mac users can quickly do this is by tweaking a system setting first. Go to Settings > Keyboard > Shortcuts > Services, and check on 'New Terminal at Folder' option. Once done, go to the folder where the files found in the factory image are stored and right click on it. You would see an option wherein you're required to type the same commands, that is: adb reboot bootloader, and then fastboot oem unlock.It will take a few minutes of time. If you see any error, follow the procedure once again.
Step 5. On Windows, you will have to flash the following files manually. Type in the following commands:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash cache cache.img
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot flash system system.img
fastboot flash userdata userdata.img
On Mac, type in "./flash-all.sh" (without the quotes) in Terminal.
This will flash all of the needed files.Your phone will restart and will take more time than usual to boot for the first time.
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