If you want to learn how to successfully
flash a factory image for your tablet, then you can use all the instructions listed in this post.
If you are interested
in flashing the factory image, but aren't exactly sure of how, be sure to check out our comprehensive guide to walk you through it.
If you are okay
with flashing factory images to your phone or tablet, the company has already published these files for you to download them.
If you want to
flash the factory image onto your Nexus device, you will need to download the factory image and have a bit of time on your hands.
If you want to learn how to successfully
flash a factory image for your tablet, then you can use all the instructions listed in this post.
If you are interested
in flashing the factory image, but aren't exactly sure of how, be sure to check out our comprehensive guide to walk you through it.
A part of the Android SDK has to be installed on the user's computer before
flashing factory images of Android N. Fastboot as well as adb can be downloaded from the portal of Android Studio.
In order to get your hands on this new build, you will need to
flash the factory image from a computer, as the over-the-air update has yet to begin rolling out.
NOTE: If you are running a 100 % stock Android 8.0.0 firmware with the build number OPR3.170623.020 and date set for December 2017, then you can use the above instructions and
flash the factory image without losing any data files.
If you are already sporting a stock Android 5.1.1 firmware, then you can
flash the factory image as you would do with an update file.
As always, you can either get a jump by
flashing the factory images linked below (and erasing all your data in the process), or wait for the official update to hit your device over-the-air in the coming minutes / days / weeks.
Now that your bootloader is unlocked, you're ready to
start flashing factory images — but first, you'll have to download the actual images themselves.
For example, if you've ever had to use ADB (the Android Debugging Bridge) to do things
like flash a Factory Image on a Nexus device or root a device, then you've already used USB Debugging, whether you realized it or not.
Flashing the factory image differs from installing the over-the-air (OTA) update in that the factory image contains the full system files for your device, whereas the OTA update contains only the upgrade information.
To
flash a factory image into a Nexus device, users will require the latest version of the fastboot tool, which can be acquired either as a compiled version from the Android Open Source Project or through the platform tools directory of the Android SDK.
Now if you own a Nexus 10, there is a good chance that you may have
already flashed the factory image to your device if you couldn't or didn't want to wait for the over the air update to come through.
Users can
also flash the factory image files that Google posts to the Nexus factory image website, and as one would have it Google has done just that with Android 5.1.1 for a few other devices, which includes the Nexus 7 WiFi only model from 2012, the Nexus 7 WiFi only model from 2013, and the Nexus 10 tablet which started getting the OTA just earlier this afternoon.
If you don't want to wait for the OTA rollout, you can
still flash the factory images which are already available, and you can find out process on that here.
The first thing you need to know
about flashing a factory image on top of your Nexus phone is that you need to have a portion of Android SDK installed on your computer.
In case you have a custom ROM installed on your device, or in case your Nexus 5 is rooted, then we strongly recommend you to
flash the factory image of Android 5.0 LRX21O instead.
If your Pixel XL is running a 100 % stock Android 8.0.0 build number OPM1.171019.011, and Nov 2017 is set as date, then you can
flash the factory image as an update, but you will have to modify the Flash - all script code.