- I needed to update the USB drivers and found them here: http://developer.android.com/sdk/win-usb.html -- without it, the phone would not work with adb / fastboot
- adb reboot-bootloader (reboots your phone into fastboot mode -- works if #1 works!)
- fastboot devices (shows you the phone connected hopefully if #1 works!)
- fastboot oem unlock (as the device is locked by default -- )
- Funnily, or maybe not, it deletes everything on the phone when you chose this option
- For reference, it took 45 seconds to wipe my Nexus
C:\Users\sd>fastboot oem unlockIf you want some photos, check out this page: http://www.droid-life.com/2013/11/04/how-to-unlock-the-nexus-5-bootloader/
...
OKAY [ 45.840s]
finished. total time: 45.847s
- Go to the folder where you have extracted / downloaded Android "L"
- Run: flash-all
- Here is the output I had
sending 'bootloader' (2508 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.326s]
writing 'bootloader'...
OKAY [ 0.467s]
finished. total time: 0.806s
rebooting into bootloader...
OKAY [ 0.087s]
finished. total time: 0.093s
sending 'radio' (45505 KB)...
OKAY [ 2.036s]
writing 'radio'...
OKAY [ 3.107s]
finished. total time: 5.160s
rebooting into bootloader...
OKAY [ 0.080s]
finished. total time: 0.086s
archive does not contain 'boot.sig'
archive does not contain 'recovery.sig'
archive does not contain 'system.sig'
archive does not contain 'tos.img'
Creating filesystem with parameters:
Size: 29236371456
Block size: 4096
Blocks per group: 32768
Inodes per group: 8192
Inode size: 256
Journal blocks: 32768
Label:
Blocks: 7137786
Block groups: 218
Reserved block group size: 1024
Created filesystem with 11/1785856 inodes and 156120/7137786 blocks
Creating filesystem with parameters:
Size: 734003200
Block size: 4096
Blocks per group: 32768
Inodes per group: 7472
Inode size: 256
Journal blocks: 2800
Label:
Blocks: 179200
Block groups: 6
Reserved block group size: 47
Created filesystem with 11/44832 inodes and 5813/179200 blocks
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Bootloader Version...: HHZ11k
Baseband Version.....: M8974A-2.0.50.2.08
Serial Number........: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
--------------------------------------------
checking product...
OKAY [ 0.100s]
checking version-bootloader...
OKAY [ 0.079s]
checking version-baseband...
OKAY [ 0.093s]
sending 'boot' (8754 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.536s]
writing 'boot'...
OKAY [ 0.750s]
sending 'recovery' (9412 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.643s]
writing 'recovery'...
OKAY [ 0.781s]
erasing 'system'...
OKAY [ 1.311s]
sending 'system' (683564 KB)...
OKAY [ 27.972s]
writing 'system'...
OKAY [ 46.692s]
erasing 'userdata'...
OKAY [ 15.515s]
sending 'userdata' (139109 KB)...
OKAY [ 5.937s]
writing 'userdata'...
OKAY [ 9.362s]
erasing 'cache'...
OKAY [ 0.485s]
sending 'cache' (13348 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.756s]
writing 'cache'...
OKAY [ 1.069s]
rebooting...
finished. total time: 115.481s
That's it -- cool, eh?
What's changed? Well, after the android dude disappears (after install completes), the android colours/balls go flying in a crazy pattern on the boot screen animation. no clue how long this goes for...
