Google has introduced the rollout of Android 6.0 Marshmallow, which signifies that eligible Nexus gadgets will get it through an OTA replace quickly. Some producers reminiscent of Motorola may be certain that the replace reaches your cellphone someday quickly, however most individuals can have to watch for fairly a while to get this replace.
However, if you’re fortunate sufficient to personal a Nexus smartphone or pill, you’ll be able to manually obtain and set up Android 6.0 Marshmallow on your system. We nonetheless advocate the OTA replace however if you cannot wait, then do this methodology at your individual threat, after you backup all of your knowledge.
(Also see: Six Superb Android 6.0 Marshmallow Features)
Android 6.0 Marshmallow is at the moment out there for the next gadgets – Nexus 6, Nexus 5, Nexus 9 Wi-Fi, Nexus 9 Cellular, Nexus 7 (2013) Wi-Fi, Nexus 7 (2013) Cellular, and Nexus Player.. Here’s how to manually set up Android 6.0 Marshmallow on these gadgets.
1) Download and set up the most recent Android Studio Preview on your Windows laptop. This installs the ADB and Fastboot programmes, which could be accessed by means of the command terminal on your PC.
2) Add the SDK folder to the PATH by following these steps:
3) Right click on My Computer and click on on Properties.
4) Click on Advanced System Settings.
5) Click on System Properties > Advanced > Environment Variables.
6) In the Window, choose Path, then click on on Edit, and then kind within the identify of the listing the place you put in the SDK, and do not forget that every entry is separated by a semi-colon.
7) Enable USB debugging on your system. First, go to Settings > About Phone > Software information.
8) Tap Build quantity seven instances.
9) Go to Settings > Developer choices. Tick USB debugging.
10) Download the right manufacturing facility picture in your system.
Android 6.0 Marshmallow for Nexus 5
Android 6.0 Marshmallow for Nexus 6
Android 6.0 Marshmallow for Nexus 7 2013 Wi-Fi
Android 6.0 Marshmallow for Nexus 7 2013 3G
Android 6.0 Marshmallow for Nexus 9 Wi-Fi
Android 6.0 Marshmallow for Nexus 9 LTE
Android 6.0 Marshmallow for Nexus Player
11) Extract the picture on your laptop. This ought to provide you with a tar archive file. Extract the tar file to get all of the required information.
12) Connect your system to your laptop over USB.
13) Start the system in fastboot mode.
The simplest way to do that is to maintain a key mixture whereas powering up the system. For Nexus 5, maintain the amount up, quantity down and energy buttons whereas powering on the system. The full listing of key combos for various gadgets is here.
You may boot into fastboot mode utilizing the ADB device: With the system powered on, go to the command terminal and execute the next: adb reboot bootloader
If wanted, unlock the system’s bootloader by means of your laptop utilizing the command terminal and executing: fastboot oem unlock
1) Open a command terminal and navigate to the unzipped system picture listing.
2) Execute flash-all.bat, which was part of the unzipped tar file. This script installs the mandatory bootloader, baseband firmware(s), and working system. For this to work, you want to have added the folder the place ADB and Fastboot are put in to the system’s path as described in step 2.
3) When that is completed, Google recommends that you just lock the bootloader for safety. You can try this by booting the system in fastboot mode whereas nonetheless linked through USB, and utilizing the command terminal to execute: fastboot oem lock.
That will set up Android 6.0 Marshmallow on your Nexus system. For extra tutorials, go to our How To part.