Google announced the Beta 3 of Android N at this Google I/O and it’s available to download and test on Nexus devices.. Here is how you can Install Android N Developer Preview factory images on Nexus 6P, Nexus 5X, Nexus 6, Nexus 9, and Pixel C.

Install Android N Developer Preview factory images on Nexus 6P, Nexus 5X, Nexus 6, Nexus 9, and Pixel C

Prerequisites:

• Android SDK (Installed on PC)
• ADB Drivers

Step 1: Unlock Bootloader

Note: Backup you phone as unlocking Bootloader will wipe your phone’s data.

1. First toggle OEM unlock and USB Debugging ON indevelopers options.
2. Power-off your device.
3. Boo into bootloader by pressing and holding Power + Volume Down button.
4. Open CMD (command prompt) and navigate to Android SDK > Platform tools.
5. Type: fastboot oem unlock
6. Select yes using power button on your phone.
7. Done

Your device bootloader is now unlocked.

Step 2: Download Factory images of Nexus Devices

Download Android N developer preview images of Nexus devices from here and extract them in a safe folder. After extracting you will get many files including flash-all.bat and flash-all.sh file.

Step 3: Run the Script

1. Boot your phone in Bootloader mode:
2. Open CMD and navigate to folder where you have extracted factory image files.
3. Type:

• On Unix/Mac, run “./flash-all.sh”
• On Windows, run “flash-all.bat”

The script will start to run and after it finishes, you will have your device running latest build of Android N

Alternative Method: Manually Flashing Android N Developer Preview factory images on Nexus 6P, Nexus 5X, Nexus 6, Nexus 9, and Pixel C

For some devices, flash-all method won’t work. (At least it didn’t work for my Nexus 6P). And if didn’t you can manually flash all files.

First unzip the zip file found in the Android N developer preview images in the same folder as other files.

Boot your device in Bootloader mode.

Open CMD and navigate to folder where you have extracted all files.

Type:

First, flash the bootloader and the radio, and then reboot the bootloader.

fastboot flash bootloader .img

fastboot flash radio .img

fastboot reboot-bootloader

Flash the recovery, boot, system, and vendor images:

fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

fastboot flash boot boot.img

fastboot flash system system.img

fastboot flash vendor vendor.img

Wipe flash cache and userdata as well:

fastboot flash cache cache.img

fastboot flash userdata userdata.img

Reboot device:

fastboot reboot

After your device boots, you will be rocking Android N developer preview on your device.

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