Nexus 4 Android 5.0.1 Lollipop Factory Image Now Available for Download

Nexus 4 Android 5.0.1 Lollipop Factory Image Now Available for Download

Google has pushed the official Android 5.0.1 Factory Image for their Nexus 4 smartphones. This Nexus 4 Android 5.0.1 factory image comes before the Nexus 5.

The Android 5.0.1 Factory Image for Nexus 4 allows you to reset your smartphone to stock firmware. Alternatively you can use the ‘factory image’ as an updating tool, but you should that it might wipe the device clean of all the files. Also, the Lollipop factory images are used by developers to design and release custom Android 5.0.1 builds such as CyanogenMod 12, Paranoid Androids future 5.0 ROM, or AOKP Lollipop Milestone builds.

There is no official changelog available for this Android 5.0.1 release, but we can guess that it adds new tweaks and fixes errors that were found in the first Android 5.0 build. This whole new 5.0 Lollipop OS is one of the biggest changes the Nexus 4 has ever seen as it comes with Material Design UI, Lock Screen Notifications interaction support, new Smart Lock security feature, new Recents multitasking menu, Device sharing, Guest users, Screen Pinning, Multiple users, new toggles for Quick Settings, Android Runtime (ART) in its final form, and numerous other changes. Learn more about Android 5.0 here.

If you want to flash the Android 5.0.1 Lollipop LRX22C factory image on your device, then you can check the guide here. You can use our tutorial in order to learn how to install it, but the LRC22C Android 5.0.1 factory image file has to be grabbed from Google’s factory images website here. Remember that such installation has to be applied by advanced Android users and your device needs to be running on an unlocked bootloader for the process to be completed successfully.

The Nexus 4 smartphone continues to be upgraded by Google, but the Lollipop builds might possibly be the the final ones released for it. The Nexus 4 will be three years old in October 2015 and that’s when Google might possibly look to bump again the Android OS version to a higher value. Tell us below in comments if you’ve found any major changes in this Android 5.0.1 LRX22C Nexus 4 build compared to Android 5.0 LRX21T build.