Nexus 4 Android 5.0 Lollipop Factory Image is Now Available for Download

Nexus 4 Android 5.0 Lollipop Factory Image is Now Available for Download

Google has launched the official Android 5.0 Lollipop Factory Image for the Google Nexus 4 smartphone. This is huge news for N4 owners as they’re now able to install the latest Android OS version manually before the Lollipop 5.0 OTA Update roll out takes place later next week.

The Android 5.0 Lollipop Factory Image adds the latest OS firmware that was launched by Google and you can even install it without losing any data files in the process by modifying the ‘flash-all.bat’ file. You will find more info in the links provided at the end of this post.

Android 5.0 is the biggest OS updates released for the Google Nexus 4 smartphone, so you should give it a try. It comes with Material Design user interface, Notifications tweaks, lock screen notifications support, dynamic status bar, Priority Mode, Battery Saving Mode, Android Smart Lock, multi-user, Recents multi-tasking new window, Final Android Runtime (ART), Device Sharing capabilities like screen pinning and guest user, new Quick Settings toggles, OpenGL ES 3.1, and tons of other great new things.

Android 5.0 Lollipop LRX21T Factory Image build is dated October 21 and it measures 471MB. It can be installed on your Nexus 4 without wiping data only in case your smartphone currently runs on stock Android and, if you tweak the installation .bat file. Nexus 4 devices running on custom ROMs will be wiped in the process and you will lose all data that’s stored on its internal memory.

If you don’t want to update your N4 smartphone with Android 5.0 Factory Image, then you can choose to wait until the official Android 5.0 OTA Update rolls out in your region. If you’re a beginner and you don’t know your way around factory image files or you’ve never booted your device in Fastboot / Bootloader Mode, then it would be best not to try to install Android 5.0 factory image manually.

Download the Android 5.0 Lollipop LRX21T Factory Image tgz file from Google here. The file can be flashes using ADB Sideload commands, you can check our tutorial here for more help. Note that the tutorial provided is destined for flashing Android 4.4 KitKat factory image, but it will work the same way for the Android 5.0 one. We will post an updated tutorial soon enough.