I got a Nexus 9 tablet from Google I/O, which is really exciting because that means I have a device to install Android M Developer Preview. Google is hosting What's New in Android: Hack@Home this Friday to talk about M, so I want to make sure my device is ready before then.
I took a video of the process:
For those of you who prefer text to video, here are the steps, mostly from https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images#instructions:
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Download the
volantis
image from https://developer.android.com/preview/download.html.
Unzip it (tar -zxvf filename.tgz
on linux). Navigate to the unzipped image directory (For Nexus 9, it starts withvolantis
). - Become a developer by tapping Build Number 7 times.
- Enable USB debugging.
- Important! Enable OEM unlocking.
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Run
adb reboot bootloader
. -
At this point your device is OEM locked:
Runfastboot oem unlock
. -
Press volume up to confirm unlocking the bootloader:
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Now your device is OEM unlocked:
Runflash-all
. -
Wait for 5 minutes or so.
And voilĂ ! A dialog warning you that this is a preview. Exactly what we want. -
Lock again with
adb reboot bootloader
, thenfastboot oem lock
, then disable OEM unlocking from developer options after reboot.
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