How to Update Developer Preview of Android O for Nexus 6p

To everyone’s surprise, Android O Developer Preview 1 is out and this is a post explaining how to update developer preview of Android O for Nexus 6p. This is a manual update process of Developer Preview of Android O for Nexus 6p. Otherwise you will be able to get the Android O developer preview by enrolling to Android BETA program, which is not available for this update unfortunately.

REQUIRED DOWNLOADS AND LINKS TO UPDATE DEVELOPER PREVIEW OF ANDROID O FOR NEXUS 6P:

STEP by STEP GUIDE TO UPDATE ANDROID O ON NEXUS 6P:

If you don’t have an unlocked bootloader on your Nexus 6p yet, then follow the below link to get it done:
Unlocking bootloader on Nexus 6p

1. Make sure you have already unlocked the bootloader and downloaded the Android O DP1 image for Nexus 6p to be installed, from the above downloads section.

   NOTE:
   The zip file comes in a package which might have similar to the following files:
   – bootloader image: bootloader-mako-makoz30d.img
   – radio image: radio-mako-m9615a-cefwmazm-2.0.1701.03.img
   – The actual Android system image: image-occam-ktu84p.zip
   – scripts for different platforms like Windows and linux that will flash all of the images by itself to your device.

2. Put the phone into fastboot or bootloader mode.
   – Power off your phone and boot into fastboot by pressing and holding Power Button + Volume Down at the same time.
   – Press volume up or down button and select the power button when you see the Bootloader mode. After pressing power button you will be in Bootloader mode.
   – And then connect your phone to the PC using a USB cable (make sure USB drivers already installed and ADB FASTBOOT utilities must be installed as well).
3. Run the flash-all.bat by double click on the script file.
   For linux users you have to run the flash-all.sh script file.

   Wait for the script till it flashes everything.

Alternatively you can flash the images manually with the following commands:

fastboot flash bootloader bootloader.img
fastboot flash radio radio.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
fastboot flash system system.img
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

Voila! Just reboot the phone and enjoy the Latest Android O Developer Preview 1 on the Nexus 6p phone. I hope the guide is straight forward for you to follow. In case you find difficulty then just register and leave your reply to get instant assistance for your problem.