Any confirmed nexus 5 OTA drops for lollipop?

[gabbott]

Thanks - glad I asked before messing it up.

Use this guide:

How to manually update your Nexus | Android Central

But specifically use the section about updating with the OTA file. You can skip over the section about unlocking your phone as it's not needed for sideloading the OTA file, only for flashing the factory image.

 

[VAVA Mk2]

I tried to manually OTA but adb gave me an error saying it couldn't read the zip

Sent from my Nexus 5

 

[Jamie_tnt]

Use this guide:

How to manually update your Nexus | Android Central

But specifically use the section about updating with the OTA file. You can skip over the section about unlocking your phone as it's not needed for sideloading the OTA file, only for flashing the factory image.

If I do this, will I lose future OTA updates?

 

[gabbott]

I tried to manually OTA but adb gave me an error saying it couldn't read the zip

Sent from my Nexus 5

Did you make sure you were in the directory that the zip file was located? Or try redownloading the zip?

If I do this, will I lose future OTA updates?

No, you'll still continue to get future updates.

 

[CrypticDweller]

I got my update via ota last night. My wife is still waiting on hers.

Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk

 

[planoman]

Two post below yours is a link with instructions to sideload. Let us know how it goes.

Has anyone else sideloaded?

I did yesterday. No issues. Running well. Chose not to encrypt.

Posted via Nexus 5 with Lollipop!

 

[bulletmark]

Can be done on windows, Mac, or linux.

To any Arch linux users here, just type "sudo pacman -S android-tools android-udev", add yourself to adbusers group, and you are ready to go. They are tiny packages (from the standard repos) that take only a few secs to install.

 

[Robert Christopulos]

If you're rooted, use Rom Toolbox Pro or Titanium Backup. These are incredibly easy to use.

 

[Paddy Landau]

Chose not to encrypt.

The problem with encryption is that you need to enter your PIN or password (not pattern) every time you turn on your screen, so I've read. That's too inconvenient. I use an app to keep my phone unlocked at home — from what I understand, encryption will prevent this from working.

 

[longtime44]

Ya does anyone know exactly how the encryption works? I don't really care if the government spies on me. Anything to keep the people safe. But I don't want hackers getting into my stuff

 

[Paddy Landau]

does anyone know exactly how the encryption works?

I believe it's standard Linux encryption. The SSD is encrypted, and the key is your password. When you boot your phone, you need the password to decrypt.

It is possible to keep it decrypted and to protect the phone with (say) a pattern, or even with nothing; a reboot or power-down would need your password again.

However, Google's implementation seems not to allow that flexibility.

Encryption won't protect against hackers.

It will protect against someone breaking open your phone to access your SSD. Encryption is important if you hold sensitive data (e.g. bank details) in case your phone is stolen or lost.

 

[flippedout]

On my N9 I only have to enter my pin after a reboot. No need to enter every time you unlock the device. My company requires a pin for exchange but luckily I am paired to a Bluetooth speaker at work and then another at home so I can bypass the pin using the new trusted Bluetooth.

Posted via the Android Central App

 

[Paddy Landau]

That's good news.

 

[planoman]

The problem with encryption is that you need to enter your PIN or password (not pattern) every time you turn on your screen, so I've read. That's too inconvenient. I use an app to keep my phone unlocked at home — from what I understand, encryption will prevent this from working.

I do use a PIN, but will probably not use encryption as we have always had it available

 

[zrxoa1]

Does the 5 need to have an active sim card in it or will it receive the ota if just on WiFi?

Posted via the Android Central App

 

[Gekko]

Does the 5 need to have an active sim card in it or will it receive the ota if just on WiFi?

Posted via the Android Central App

WIFI only is fine. any internet data connection will work. carrier makes no difference. location makes no difference.

 

[AzD]

My wife got her N5 update yesterday.

Her N5, her first and only Google device.

I'm still waiting on my N5 and N7.

I have had every Nexus phone, 2 Nexus tablets, Chromebook, heavy user of Google services... yet I wait for my update while my wife who could give 2 sh&#$s about Google gets hers.

 

[Gekko]

My wife got her N5 update yesterday.

Her N5, her first and only Google device.

I'm still waiting on my N5 and N7.

I have had every Nexus phone, 2 Nexus tablets, Chromebook, heavy user of Google services... yet I wait for my update while my wife who could give 2 sh&#$s about Google gets hers.

a cruel and bitter irony.

 

[BuffaloMadMan]

Google really needs to simplify the process. If you want the update it should be as easy as downloading and hitting install not this adb bs. Not that it's hard windows is a pain in the *** to deal with along with the drivers that seem to work half the time.

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[bulletmark]

Google really needs to simplify the process. If you want the update it should be as easy as downloading and hitting install not this adb bs.

I agree, but you should not have to download anything or use a PC etc. Pressing the "check for updates" button on the phone should initiate the update immediately. Google can stagger it for the punters. Most of them have probably not even heard about Android Lollipop/5.0 and couldn't care less if it takes a few weeks. Anybody keen enough to push the button should get it asap.

As I have said countless times, Google are a generally good company that do some fantastic things but there are aspects of how they operate which completely baffle me. Most particularly their deliberately clandestine communication about what and when they release stuff.