Monday, November 24, 2014

Restoring your phone back to Android 4.4.4 from Android 5

            Last week I upgraded my Nexus 5 from Android Kitkat to Lollipop. I was really very excited and was expecting an IOS like look and feel. Though, I must admit that it was naive on my part to have such expectation. It was only after upgrading to Lollipop I read the reviews on the internet and one review which really summed up my feeling was "After upgrading to Lollipop, you wish you hadn't....".
So, today I downgraded my phone back to Android Kitkat 4.4.4. I must say rather restored the glory of my phone :)



Below are the steps to manually flash it to Android Kitkat 4.4.4:



1. Download the Android Kitkat 4.4.4 image from Google repository for Android
2. Download ADB tools from ADB Tools
3. Unzip the above ADB tools and install the ADB driver using  UniversalAdbDriverSetup.msi file.
4. Move the factory image file downloaded in step 1 into the ADB Tools folder and unzip it.
5. Unlock the bootloader using the steps below:
    5.1 Turn off your nexus 5
    5.2 Press the power button and volume down button simultaneously.
    5.3 On the command prompt, go to the ADB tools folder and type fastboot oem unlock
    5.4 Press the volume up button to accept the command and press power button to confirm.
6. Now, to install the image downloaded in the step 1, go to the unzipped file and executet the flash-all.bat file. The installation will begin and you are all set to be back with the Android Kitkat ....




Fir se thoda Kitkat break ho jaaye.... :)

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