Kris Carlon 2014-11-18T22:00:00Z 2 days ago

Kris Carlon comes to the AndroidPIT Editorial Team via a lengthy period spent traveling and relying on technology to keep him in touch with the outside world. He joined the Android community while resurfacing in civilization back in 2010 and has never looked back, using technology to replace his actual presence in other people’s lives ever since. He can usually be found juggling three phones at once and poring over G+ posts, Reddit and RSS feeds.

If you’d been following our Android 5.0 Lollipop updatecoverage, you’d know that there were some significant delays in the rollout of the Android 5.0 Lollipopupdate for the Nexus 5. Knowing that the delay was caused by a software bug which was wreaking havoc with battery life made us understanding, but no less impatient. But November 12th was the day: Google began the rollout of Android 5.0 for the Nexus 5 and it’s now thoroughly widespread. Update: With the OTA rolling out steadily and plenty of early adopters running the factory images released last week, there’s lots more info around about Lollipop on the Nexus 5. See below for details.

If the over-the-air (OTA) update hasn’t arrived for your yet, there’s nothing stopping you from following our simple tutorial and installing the factory image on your Nexus 5 right now. It’s easier than you think. So skip the wait and get Android 5.0 on your Nexus 5right now.

If you’ve got the update but want some additional freedoms to shift things around and customize as you see fit, then the next step you need is to root the Nexus 5 on Android 5.0. There’s a couple of methods available already.

If you’ve made the plunge and found yourself having a few issues, then don’t despair: you’re not alone and we’ve got your back. In this article we run through the major Android 5.0 Lollipop problems and their solutions. This will be updated as more bugs come to light, so stay tuned for more solutions to Android 5.0 problems.

The Android 5.0 Lollipop update is not for everyone. A few people have already asked me how to downgrade their Nexus 5 back to an older version of Android like Android 4.4.4. So I put together a quick tutorial to walk you through how to downgrade a Nexus.

Not everyone is sold on the Lollipop update. In these two articles, we discuss the biggest Lollipop fails in the latest update and ask the question of our readers: is Lollipop really all that?If you’re running the latest version of Android on your device, let us know what you think the biggest issues are and where you think Google made some bad decisions. While we love all things Android, it’s always fun to poke Google with a stick!

While both the Nexus 6and Nexus 9come out of the box running Android 5.0, the rest of the Nexus range had to wait a little bit longer. The Nexus 9 got the final build version of Android 5.0 just before it hit the Play Store: what Google called the ”retail version” of the new Android firmware. And earlier in that same week, as various Nexus devices saw the Android 5.0 source code uploaded to the Android Open Source Project (AOSP), we all got tittery with excitement and awaited imminent OTA rollouts or factory image deployment. But nothing happened. So what went wrong?

It seems that the Nexus 5 Android 5.0 Lollipop update was suspended thanks to a catastrophic battery drain problem caused by the upgraded firmware. Nexus 5 owners using the Android L preview build reported the problem on Google’s issue tracker service, where a Google employee promptly responded stating that the issue was being worked on. The complication was reportedly provoked by a Wi-Fi bug which would continue to wake the device without cause. Since then the issue has been fixed, but we still didn’t see the Nexus 5 Lollipop update arrive until November 12th, as with the rest of the Nexus range.

Traditionally, the more significant Android updates have had a two-week window or so in between the AOSP code being uploaded and the factory images appearing. Smaller updates tend to see the AOSP code and images go live around the same time. The over the air updates, however, may start before the factory images appear, but because they take weeks to complete, the factory images usually appear before everyone has the OTA anyway. The same was true of the Android 5.0 update for the Nexus range (although both the Moto X (2014)and Moto G (2014)as well as LG G3variants got Android 5.0 before the Nexus factory images were available).

The two update methods deliver the same result, although the OTA won’t wipe your device clean like flashing the binaries will. The OTA will simply appear for you one day (or you can feverishly go to Settings > About Phone > System Updates > Check Now like a madman). The second method simply requires you to download and flash the factory image from the Google Developer’s site.

What date are you expecting Android 5.0 for the Nexus 5? Will Motorola beat Nexus this time?

Source: Official Android Blog, Google Issue Tracker

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Stevan 2 weeks ago Link

Come to Austriaaaaaa updaaate !

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Lawrence Victor 2 weeks ago Link

I want to know entry level android Lollipop mobile phone! Please advice me which mobile suits my choice!

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Kris Carlon 2 weeks ago Link

If you live somewhere that the Android One devices are available that’s your best bet, or you can go for a Moto G (the new or the old one) as they will all be getting Android 5.0 very soon.

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Helbert Pina 2 weeks ago Link

I’m running the second developer preview. I wonder if the OTA is coming for me or if I’m gonna have to flash the final build manually…

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sinkster 2 weeks ago Link

If you’re running the preview you won’t get an OTA. You need to be on stock to receive it.

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Kris Carlon 2 weeks ago Link

There’s this link of XDA though that lets you flash the compiled source code over the preview: http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/development/rom-fastboot-flashable-native-lollipop-t2929179

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John F. 2 weeks ago Link

Now that’s what I call getting trolled I have seen people talking all the day that yes we are going to get Lollipop at any time now and now … hee heee… I really feel like laughing my heads of so sorry Nexus5 users.

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Bryan vella 1 week ago Link

Im dying here waiting for my update on my Nexus 5 lol

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arpan shahi 2 weeks ago Link

I am sure about that this time also Motorola beats nexus just waiting for android L 5.0 update on moto x

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Marcis 2 weeks ago Link

What about Huawei – do they have plans regarding 5.0?
More specifically – Ascend P7?

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Varun Agarwal 2 weeks ago Link

Guys will I receive the OTA update
I am running Lollipop developer preview 2 Lpx13d
nexus 7 2013

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Youssef Niaz 2 weeks ago Link

no you have to be running an official rom to receive the update

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Varun Agarwal 2 weeks ago Link

ain’t there a way to just flash the image without losing data????

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Alexander Lindstr枚m 1 week ago Link

No there isn’t, you will have to wait for the OTA update to come

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Atik Sayeed 1 week ago Link

Having No network issue with nexus5. tried in both manual and automatic search, but not working, when i put the same SIM in other device its perfectly working? please help me, just brought the beautiful set few months ago.

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parthi ban 1 week ago Link

Will micromax android one device get update of android l

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aeondae 1 week ago Link

i think there will be no image before the 19th. 18th nexus 6 will be shipped…
:/

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Bryan vella 1 week ago Link

Eehh its getting annoying now

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aeondae 1 week ago Link

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aeondae 1 week ago Link

Images available!

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Joel Merza 1 week ago Link

Its offical google has posted the 5.0 images on there website I can hardly wait now

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Anup Prusty 1 week ago Link

When do i get lollipop for my nexus 5 here in india ?

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Bryan vella 1 week ago Link

Still waiting here too :/ im in malta tho..

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Vineet Bhatt 1 day ago Link

I have received ota for nexus 5 in India. But how can I install? Will it lose any my data?

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Anup Prusty 1 week ago Link

where is malta

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Bryan vella 1 week ago Link

Right under Sicily/ Italy in Europe

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Anup Prusty 1 week ago Link

cant wait more to lay hands on the desert…

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Jalal Myslym 1 week ago Link

Still waiting… I am in Azerbaijan

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Antonio Andrade 1 week ago Link

I only would like understand why Google gave to LG G3 and other brands the upgrade when was supposed Google Nexus be the first ones receiving the upgrade…Still wainting…

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Bryan vella 1 week ago Link

Yeah right..its annoying…still waiting too mg

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Gamal Faris 1 week ago Link

Still waiting, I am in kuwait

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Dawson Snache 1 week ago Link

Yep still waiting in Ontario Canada

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PaRam MeHra 1 week ago Link

can i update my LAVA iris 406Q 4.4 kitkat to 5.0 lolipop???

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Vadim Hristov 1 week ago Link

We landed on a comet. No lollipop to be found there either

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Sridhar Doijode 6 days ago Link

Got the OTA last night Location Bangalore

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Bryan vella 6 days ago Link

Lucky you my friend lucky you

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Tod McNamara 6 days ago Link

Call Detector doesn’t work with this version.
A very useful app.

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a create 5 days ago Link

im using nexus 5 , but still not updated.
what should i do.

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Steven van Honschooten 4 days ago Link

Still no update. I’m getting annoyed. Why does it have to take so long. Android 4.4.4 was there in a whimp… So, no update yet in Holland.

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a create 1 day ago Link

i got it ..

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sinkster 4 days ago Link

To be honest you’re better off waiting. At the moment we’re on 5.0 release6, with various fixes to resolve the Nexus 5 battery drain issue. The developer preview was fine yet there seem to be a few issues with the release version. Plus there are still quite a few apps that haven’t been updated to work with lollipop.

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Ashfaq Bhojani 4 days ago Link

I m on kit mat 4.4.4 as of now. I use a nexus 5 that is a very recent purchase. Over the last few days there have been numerous updates to the apps on the device particularly Google Apps ( Google +, Maps, etc etc ) I am finding a considerable drain the battery then before these updates. I am assuming that this has to do with the apps that are updated. Particularly after the battery reaches the low battery levels… 14% and lower! it drains out within a few minutes. Let’s hope Lollipop fixes this issue.

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Dawson Snache 4 days ago Link

Still waiting for the Ota to arrive

Hope That there aren’t any major wifi issues like ive been hearing about

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Eli Morais 3 days ago Link

Just received my via ota. Battery low, can’t wait to get in home to install.

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JasonMastrandrea 2 days ago Link

Still No OTA Lollipop Update – Toronto Canada

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sampath 1 day ago Link

if I install factory images (lollipop 5.0) on my nexus 5 will I get future OTA updates…like lollipop 5.1 …?

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Bryan vella 1 day ago Link

Yeah you would my friend.

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Adi茅 Doshi 1 day ago Link

did the way as you mentioned…but cannot get through the installation. it asks for boot , recovery and system file. during the installation in command prompt and thereafter it fails. please help. :/

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parth 1 day ago Link

its seems like in several days this lolipop goes in quantum physics
in wich we can only talk abt it bt cant feel it馃槶馃槶馃槶馃槶馃槶

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Oussama A. 1 day ago Link

I have a Samsung Galaxy Note 3 (Android 4.4.2). Can anybody please tell me when am I going to receive Andoird Lollipop update ?? thanks..

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parth 1 day ago Link

mid 2015
before dat dis is nt possible i think

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Srinu Vasu 1 day ago Link

Hiii recently upgraded my nexus4 to lollipop after installation my gallery from home screen has gone please help in fixing the problem

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Bryan vella 1 day ago Link

Yeah same on my Nexus 5…i think its replaced by Photos…not entirely sure.

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Ali Gee Jay 1 day ago Link

Seriously regretted upgrading my N5 to Lollipop. I don’t mind change, but not change for change’s sake. The biggest issue I have is with the already widely commented upon Silent mode being moved and the Power Button menu being deleted.

I want to be able to put my phone onto silent mode as and when I want to, not to have to set up different profiles for when I am at work, when I am on holiday or asleep. I also want to be able to put it into pure silent mode but still have the alarm option turned on.

They have made this far to complex so I have decided to revert back to KitKat until Google put this one tiny option back.

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Melanie 1 day ago Link

Just did my update on to my Nexus 5 and now most of my aps are not working! This really sucks!

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Sheck Welle 1 day ago Link

Man, when I am going to get that on my Nexus 5!

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Tha虊o 1 day ago Link

i am using 4.3. how can i get it

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Kanmani Ravi 1 day ago Link

There is also an issue with the phone lock and unlock. Once the unlock is done, it automatically goes to the call log and not home screen. This is really irritating. Also having issues with WiFi, battery, silent mode

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CoasterMatt 1 day ago Link

I got the OTA update on T-Mobile the other day, and ended up having to get a replacement phone. Wifi would not work, phone kept restarting randomly, and SMS messages stopped working. Got my new Nexus 5, but not gonna let the system update just yet.

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Luckygirl 1 day ago Link

When are we, nexus 5 users getting the Lollipop update? This is disappointing!

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Sandy 23 hours ago Link

Nexus 5, India… Still no update! Impatient and disappointed 馃槶

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Vatsal Gandhi 18 hours ago Link

i didnt get android update L for my nexus 5 in india

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Girisha 12 hours ago Link

Can not download the Android 5.0
I got my update notifications early in the morning but it has been 6 hours and it’s not downloading. it is almost 70% done but from last 6 hours nothing is happening.

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Vatsal Gandhi 12 hours ago Link

Guys can anybody tell why I haven’t got my nexus 5 update , i stay in india

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Abigail Tritt 10 hours ago Link

I am also very displeased with the new update. What would possess an intelligent company to eliminate a very small, yet highly important feature such as the silent mode through volume control?? You took something easy and efficient and then overcomplicated it. In my opinion, that was one of my most used and important features on my phone. This change is unbelievable and ridiculous to say the least.

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