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May 10, 2017 Android Nougat is available on Nexus phones but other phones have to until it’s officially built is released. As Android Nougat is finally released after months of the announcement, you can update to it now or you can wait for upcoming devices that are launching Android Nougat that is Nexus 6, nexus 5x Google’s pixel c and Android One devices.

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Update [August 30, 2017]: Android 8.0 Oreo OTA zip files are now available for download for all supported Pixel and Nexus devices except for Nexus Player.

Google has finally taken wraps off the Android 8.0 update which has been under testing for quite some time and went through 4 developer preview builds under the name Android O. The preview builds were tested by millions of pro Android users on their Pixel and supported Nexus devices.

Google has released the Android Oreo update for all Pixel and Nexus devices that were supported by the preview release thus far. These devices are as follow: Nexus 5X, Nexus 6P, Nexus Player, Pixel C, Pixel and Pixel XL.

For Google devices other than the ones mentioned above, like Nexus 5, Nexus 6, etc., the Android Oreo update won’t be available officially through Google. But thanks to the massive community of independent third-party developers, you’ll get Android Oreo running on your old Nexus device through custom AOSP based ROMs as soon as Google would release the source code for Android 8.0 update.

That said, let’s download Android Oreo update for the supported Google devices of this year.

Download Android Oreo update

Android Oreo update is available to download as full factory images at the moment, but OTA zip files will also arrive very soon . The difference between the two is that flashing the factory image requires an unlocked bootloader, which results in complete wipe of the device’ data. While on the other hand, OTA zip files are flashable via stock recovery, hence no required modifications to your device and no loss of data, all you need to take care of is have the latest update installed on your device before installing the OTA zip file.

Download Android Oreo factory image (OPR6)

Nexus 5X –Download link
Nexus 6P –Download link
Nexus Player –Download link
Pixel C –Download link
Pixel (Telstra, Rogers, TMO, Sprint, USCC, Project Fi) –Download link
Pixel (other carriers) –Download link
Pixel XL (Telstra, Rogers, TMO, Sprint, USCC, Project Fi) –Download link
Pixel XL (other carriers) –Download link

Download Android Oreo OTA zip file (OPR6)

Nexus 5X:Download link
Nexus 6P:Download link
Nexus Player:Not yet available
Pixel C: Download link
Pixel:
- For Bell, Telus, Telstra, TMO, Sprint, USCC, Rogers/Fido:Download link
- International:Download link
Pixel XL:
- For Bell, Telus, Telstra, TMO, Sprint, USCC, Rogers/Fido:Download link
- International:Download link

That’s all.

Essential Phone is always giving head to head competition in providing the software updates and monthly security patches to Essential PH-1 device. As we all know that only Google Pixel devices are capable of getting faster and frequent updates. But as a non-Pixel device, Essential has done so well. Google has recently released the latest July 2019 Android Security Patch for all the Google Pixel devices. Additionally, Essential Phone is also one of the first non-Pixel phones to get the update earlier. Now, you can Download PQ1A.190105.090: Essential Phone July 2019 Security Patch.

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5 Steps to Flash via Fastboot Method:

Essential Phone July 2019 Security Patch Released: PQ1A.190105.090

The latest security patch update is based on Android 9 Pie with the build number of PQ1A.190105.090 respectively. The update brings Google Security Patch 2019-07. However, there are no other details mentioned on the update changelog. The best part is that Essential has started rolling out the update for both open market and Sprint carrier users as well. It’s worth mentioning that now you can manually update your Essential PH-1 to the Android Q Beta 4 program as well.

we can expect that the latest security patch update will enhance the system stability and improve the privacy and security features. You can download and install either the OTA file or Fastboot file for your Essential Phone and enjoy the update.

In order to install the update, we have mentioned both the methods below.

Download PQ1A.190105.090 July 2019 Patch

July 2019 Release | Pie 9 – P Release 12 – PQ1A.190105.090 | Open Market
Download (OTA) | Download (Fastboot)
OTA – SHA-256 Checksum – b853e29ed4f194bddcffe74224172dbe6217e460de63c358ef6df2fe87b87bdb
Fastboot – SHA-256 Checksum – 9ddd8de6219f77045ea50f76664432e525f0c958a170d48d5de44a8e7f19c44f

Download PQ1A.190105.077 June 2019 Patch

Download June 2019 patch (Pie 9) – PQ1A.190105.077 – Open Market, Sprint – OTA | Fastboot
- OTA – SHA-256 Checksum – 5fc7f601f86c4295fd1db7f81f37472ed4f796e96a6f20aa594e626a8d053487
- Fastboot – SHA-256 Checksum – 213b98e60ac8ce881a316d6b28509775b46c4bf72537996d5a540cab48459fe6

We’re at GetDroidTips won’t be responsible for any kind of damage/error occurred to your device while/after following the guide. Do it at your own risk.

Check for OTA Updates Manually

If you’re using the Essential PH-1 device and didn’t get the OTA update notification yet, check out the OTA updates manually. Go to the device Settings > About Phone > System Update > then tap on Check for Update. If the update is available for your device then download the update and install it normally.

Pre-Requirements

Download and install the Essential USB Drivers on your PC.
Make sure to download and install the ADB and Fastboot tool on your computer as well.
A PC/Laptop and a USB Cable is required.
Make sure to keep the device battery charged up to 50% at least.
Take a full backup of the device data before flashing the firmware.
Enable the USB Debugging, and OEM Unlock on your device.
Download and Install the ADB and Fastboot drivers on your Windows/Mac.

Steps to Sideload ADB (for OTA only):

Download the appropriate factory image to your computer.
Verify the checksum of the image. The OTA mechanism has a built-in validation feature, but verifying will save you some time if the file is incomplete. The last portion of the filename is the first 8 digits of its SHA-256 checksum; the full SHA-256 checksum is also shown next to the download link.
Make sure USB debugging is enabled, then execute:
If you’re unable to use ADB to reboot into recovery, you can use the key combination for your device. To get into Fastboot, press Volume-Down + Power buttons.
- For Recovery mode, press Volume-Up + Power buttons.
Then, navigate to the Recovery option by pressing the Volume-Down button. Once Recovery is highlighted, press the Power button to confirm.

Your device is now in Recovery mode. An Android logo with a red exclamation mark should appear on the screen.

Hold the Power button, then press the Volume-Up button one time. When the menu appears, select Apply update from ADB.
Run the following command:
Then check that your device shows up with ‘sideload’ next to its name
Run the following command: (ota_file.zip will be the actual file name. Replace it)
Once the update finishes, select Reboot system now to reboot your phone. (For security, you should disable USB debugging when the device is not being updated)

Steps to Flash via Fastboot Method:

Make sure that you have successfully installed the device USB drivers on your PC.
Install the fastboot tool from the Android SDK Platform-Tools package.
Add it to your path so the flash scripts can find it.
Connect your Essential phone to your computer with a USB cable.
Enable unlocking via Settings > then tap on System > About phone > tap on Build number for 7 times until you see the pop-up message “You are now a developer”.
- Go back to the System menu again, then tap on Developer options.
- Turn on the toggle to Enable OEM Unlocking.

Fastboot mode

Use the ADB tool packaged above to run the command:
Reboot your phone while holding the Volume-down button

Unlock Device Bootloader

Bootloader Unlocking on your device will erase all the device data completely. Take a backup of internal storage first.

Run the command:

Press the Volume-down button to navigate to the YES option, then press the Power button to confirm

Flash your Factory Image

Download the factory image to your computer
Unzip the downloaded file
Go to where you unzipped the images