This release comes after only several hours since the launch of the Android 5.0.1 LRX22C factory image and, if you don't want to wait for the OTA Update zip file to arrive, then you can use
the OTA zip file and «adb sideload» it.
Installing
an OTA zip file manually is done using «adb sideload» and the «apply update from ADB» option from your Recovery folder.
Google has released the official Android 5.0.1 LRX22C
OTA zip file and now you can use it to upgrade your Nexus 4 to the latest Lollipop build.
To install Android 4.3 update On Google Play Edition of Samsung Galaxy S4 and HTC One you need
OTA zip file, devices running stock official Google Play edition firmware and a custom recovery like TWRP or ClockworkMod.
Step1: Depending on your device (Samsung Galaxy S4 or HTC One) download
the OTA zip file (from above — direct download link available).
In case you don't want to wait until Google pushes the Android 5.0.1 OTA Update in your region, then you can choose to grab the LRX22C
OTA zip file here and install it manually for your Nexus 4.
Until the Android 4.4.3
OTA ZIP files hit the web you will be able to use the Android 4.4.3 factory images to update your Nexus device.
Users of these phones can also get
OTA ZIP files as well as complete system images from the official Google pages.
If the update still refuses to pop up after that, you can use
the OTA zip files below and push the update to your device yourself:
Until the Android 4.4.3
OTA ZIP files hit the web you will be able to use the Android 4.4.3 factory images to update your Nexus device.
Anyway we're recommending you to wait until the OTA update hits your device or until
the OTA ZIP files are made available for download, because updating your Nexus 4, Nexus 5, Nexus 7 (2012 & 2013), or Nexus 10 to Android 4.4.3 using the factory images will wipe all the data on your device.
Not exact matches
Well looky here; just a couple of days after announcing that the 2.3.3 Gingerbread
OTA update was coming for the Nexus One and Nexus S the
zip files have shown up as well.
The popular tool used by Samsung users to flash custom ROMs, kernels, official
OTA Updates
zip files and other similar
files has reached a new variant, the Odin3 v3.09.
When you download the
zip file and decompress it, you will get two folders which include the packages for different type of installation: Desktop & BES,
OTA.
If you download the
zip file and decompress it, you will get 2 pack which include the packages for different type of installation: Desktop & BES,
OTA.
Remember that the Nexus devices can be updated manually with official
OTA firmware
zip files only in case they are running the previous Android build.
Or, if you have
file extensions hidden and can't already see the «
zip» part in the name, just rename to
ota.
The easiest, and recommended, is to sit tight and wait for someone to convert things into a
zip file that can be flashed with any recovery, which will follow shortly after the
OTA gets into plenty of hands.
While both the factory images and
OTA images will end up resulting in getting you on the latest security patch, one thing worth mentioning is that each
file download comes in the form of a
ZIP file and both are fairly large in size, with the factory images coming in at 1.6 GB while the
OTA image
ZIP is about 489 MB.
If you don't want to wait for the official
OTA Update to be pushed for your device and instead you're planning of flashing the update
zip file, then you need to know that this can be done only if your Nexus device runs the previous Android 4.4.2 KitKat KOT49H.
If you have not received the notification and are really impatient, you can access the
zip file that contains this
OTA update.
You can also flash just the relevant
OTA file zip, which should allow you to preserve your date.
The popular tool used by Samsung users to flash custom ROMs, kernels, official
OTA Updates
zip files and other similar
files has reached a new variant, the Odin3 v3.09.