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Several Nexus 6 owners were a bit baffled to receive an OTA update rolling their phones back to Android 7.0 from Android 7.1.1. The initial thought was that there must have been some sort of huge security bug or some other bug that Google thought it necessary to downgrade phones. Google's...

Several days ago the Nexus 6 received it's update to Android 7.1.1 which was great news as the device had been sitting on Android 7.0 for quite some time. The only issue is the new update came with a nasty bug which caused a speakerphone echo. This bug caused the person on the other side of your...

We all knew this would be coming soon. The aging Nexus 6 and Nexus 9 have been updated by Google all the way to the latest build of Android 7.1.1, but they won't receive any updates past this version of Android. This means they will not be receiving the new 7.1.2 update. They will however...

The Nexus 6 is now 3 generations old, but Google is still updating it. In fact today it finally received it's official build of Android Nougat 7.1.1. We have both a stock image version for those of you who prefer to install things manually, and an OTA version for those of you who prefer the...

One of the main selling points to the Nexus lineup was the promise that they would be among the first to receive updates from Google when new versions of the Android OS came out. Google has done an excellent job at keeping even some of their older devices updated. They have already officially...

File this one in the "It's about time" drawer. Android Police is reporting that Nougat will finally be coming to Nexus 6 and Nexus 9 lte devices in the coming weeks, though they have no concrete timeline at this time. This is another in a short list of very strange occurences with the Nougat...

When the first Apple iPhone came out I never really had any interest in a smartphone. In those days if my phone had a 1mp camera and an MP3 player I was pretty happy. It wasn't until the G1 that my interest was peaked for a smartphone and then the OG Droid when I just knew I had to have one. I...

One of the easiest ways to update to the newest Android firmware from whatever firmware you are currently running including custom roms is to flash a stock rooted rom. For years Scott of ScottsRoms has been providing us with some of the best stock roms around. He is most well known for his Clean...

The Nexus 6 was one of the first devices to support Google's latest version of Android, Android 6.0 Marshmallow. The stock images have been out now for weeks. I have been running MM on my Nexus 6 for a few weeks now and so far it is pretty nice. If you are a custom rom user then you probably...

The stock images for Marshmallow were released only a few days ago. Developers are already starting to release custom roms based on the official MRA58K stock image! These roms are prerooted so you don't have to worry about flashing a modified boot image. Roasted Marshmallow 1.0 is one of the...

Who says you must have the latest and greatest new smartphone? The Nexus 6P is pretty amazing, but at $499 with no option to subsidize this phone may be out of many peoples budget. The Motorola Nexus 6 from last year is still an incredible device. If you are looking for a phablet with a huge...

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...

Yesterday "QualityCellz" an ebay phone retailer marked down 930 Nexus 6 phones to $299. As you can imagine these units sold out in a matter of hours. Motorola is trying to get rid of inventory to make way for the Next version of the Nexus 6 and Nexus 5 which will be announced in a matter of...

Today Zerolemon took to twitter to announce a few new battery cases. They have always been the leader in oversized swappable batteries, but with the trend heading away from removable swappable batteries they are looking to expand their horizons. They have decided to release some extended battery...