Android is now focusing on developing a new version of Android called the Android M which not yet launched. Android M is internally known as Macadamia Nut Cookie. But it is not meant to be right, as there are many handful of possiblity like "Muffin" and "Milkshake". Android M developer preview is out in the market and today we testing them on Nexus devices.
Android M developer preview comes with many enhancements like
- Google Will Automatically Back Up App Data
- You Can Manually Add or Re-arrange Quick Settings Tiles
- Swipe Left on the Lock Screen to Open Voice Search Instead of the Dialer
- Your SD Card Will (Finally!) Be Treated As Internal Storage
- You Can Choose a Dark Theme Option for the System Interface
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How To Manually Download Android M Preview & Install It In Nexus Devices
- Download & install Android Studio Preview on your Windows computer. This installs the ADB and Fastboot programs, which can be executed through the command prompt.
- Add the SDK folder PATH to environment variables using following steps
- Right click on My Computer -> Properties
- Click on Advanced System Settings
- Click on System Properties -> Advanced -> Environment Variables
- In the Window, select Path, then click on Edit, and type in the name of the directory where you installed the SDK, and remember that each entry is separated by a semi-colon.
- Enable USB debugging on your device. To enable go to Settings -> About Phone -> Software information. There Tap on Build number seven times to enable the Developer options menu.
- Go to Settings -> Developer options. Tick USB debugging.
- Download the correct factory image for your device.
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- Extract the image on your computer.
- Connect your device to your computer over USB.
- Start the device in fastboot mode.
- To open fastboot - hold the volume up, volume down and power buttons while powering on the device.
- To unlock device bootloader - Type in command - fastboot oem unlock
- Open a command terminal and navigate to the unzipped system image directory.
- Execute flash-all.bat, which was a part of the unzipped image file. This script installs the necessary bootloader, baseband firmware(s), and operating system. For this to work, you need to have added the folder where ADB and Fastboot are installed to the system's path as described in step 2.
- When this is done, Google recommends that you lock the bootloader for security. You can do that by booting the device in fastboot mode while still connected via USB, and using the command terminal to execute: fastboot oem lock.
- This will install Android M preview on your Nexus device
Install Android M Developer Preview On Nexus Devices - Video Tutorial
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Bio: A Technology Leninist who believes that success can only be achieved if one has a practical implementation knowledge. He is a Computer Science Engineer, a professional blogger and a debugger.
Bio: A Technology Leninist who believes that success can only be achieved if one has a practical implementation knowledge. He is a Computer Science Engineer, a professional blogger and a debugger.
