nexus 5

We found out yesterday that the Nexus 5 will not receive an official update to Android Nougat. The good news is that this is a Nexus device we are talking about. As could be expected developer support is still pretty huge on this device. In a matter of hours developer "Santhosh M" had an...

If you have a Nexus 5 or Nexus 7 from three years ago then you my friend know how to take care of a phone or tablet. One good reason to keep a Nexus device this long is the fact that Google does such a good job of keeping their devices updated with the latest and greatest versions of Android...

Owning a Nexus device means that you get the latest and greatest builds of Android first. It also kind of means that some times you get to be a guinea pig for Google as the Nexus lineup is more or less their model device. The latest security update for the Nexus 5 just rolled out. While it...

Google has been slowly rolling out the new update to 6.0.1 to Nexus devices. The OTA has not yet hit every device. That being said you can flash the stock images which have all been available for about a week now. If you are flashing the update from Google but would like to keep save your data...

The Nexus devices are always the first to receive the latest and greatest software from Google. Even older devices like the Nexus 5 generally end up getting the updates. Applying the update is not always the easiest for those of us who like to root and rom our devices. Accepting an OTA update is...

Hi everyone, I've had my Nexus 5 nearly 2 years so it's out of warranty. A few days ago I noticed when I briefly pressed the power button to wake the screen it would give the "power off" prompt as if I had pressed the power button for several seconds. I would touch the screen above or below the...

If you have been waiting for an easy way to update your Nexus 5 to Marshmallow your wait is over. Mark Skippen has just released an update for his Nexus 5 Toolkit which now includes support for Marshmallow. It even includes the a stable root method! If you don't have the Marshmallow stock image...

The quickest and easiest way to update to the latest and greatest version of Android for modders is to just flash a new Rom based on the latest stock image via recovery directly over whatever firmware you are already running. There is now a Rom for the Nexus 5 based on Marshmallow stock! You...

For Nexus fans we are a day a way from officially seeing the 2015 editions to the Nexus line. At one time the Nexus line was meant to set the standard for where android can go in the future. Now we can clearly argue that Samsung has taken that title and left the nexus line to being the budget...

If you are beginning to get a bit anxious for the Marshmallow official roll out you will be happy to know that our sources are giving us a date of October 5th. This is when you can expect an official OTA update from Google for your Nexus 5 or Nexus 6. Google is set to show off the new Nexus 6P...

Many of you will remember MIUI as the Android rom which most resembles iOS. This was a pretty popular rom back in the days of the Droid X and then later on the Droid Bionic. It's popularity in the Rom community is still there, but it is not as big of a deal as it once was. Today MIUI is the...