Hi Nexus 4 users, it’s good news for you all, the Pure Nexus Project team released an Android 6.0 Marshmallow Custom ROM for these two years old Nexus 4 devices, the users of Nexus 4 smartphones can now customize and enhance their device to this latest firmware, and get the experience of android 6.0 on their Nexus 4. This is a custom ROM and is based on Android 6.0 Marshmallow official firmware, It’s a quite stable ROM, free of bugs and brings all the latest and brand new features of Android 6.0.
If you have Nexus 4 smartphone and willing to Update Nexus 4 to Android 6.0 Marshmallow with Pure Nexus Project Custom Firmware, then you are at the right place, today our guide is about how to Update Nexus 4 to Android 6.0 Marshmallow. Follow the complete guide with simple and concise steps to Update Nexus 4 to Android 6.0.
Disclaimer: This guide can be used to update Nexus 4 to Android 6.0 Marshmallow with Pure Nexus Project Custom Firmware, don’t try it on any other device, also we www.guidebeats.com will not to be held responsible for any damage during or after installing this ROM. try it on your own risk.
Preparations:
- You have to backup your important data prior to start process.
- Do charge your Nexus 4 battery at least 70%.
- Install Google USB driver on your PC for smooth connectivity [Download here]
- You have to Enable USB Debugging Mode on your device [Settings > Developer options > USB Debugging].
- Your device must be rooted with custom recovery TWRP/CWM installed on it.
Required Downloads:
Download Android 6.0 The Pure Nexus Project ROM [Click here]
Download Google Apps (Gapps) for Android 6.0 [Click here]
Steps to Update Nexus 4 to Android 6.0 Marshmallow with Pure Nexus Project Custom Firmware
- Connect Nexus 4 to your PC via USB cable and transfer both the Android 6.0 ROM.ZIP and Gapps.ZIP files on the root folder of your phone internal storage.
- Disconnect your phone from PC and Turn it OFF completely
- Now boot your device into bootloader mode, by [press and hold Volume up+ Volume Down+ Power buttons at the same time] and then go to Recovery Mode, (use volume button to navigate and power button to select)
- Once you get on Recovery Mode, perform wiping task. > Select “wipe data/factory reset” and confirm, > then select “wipe cache partition” and finally under “Advance option” select “Wipe Dalvik cache” and confirm it.
- Now on main recovery menu and select “install zip from SD card”. > select “choose zip from sdcard”. Then locate and select Android 6.0 ROM.ZIP file for installation and confirm to flash.
- Next, repeat Step-5 and select Gapps. ZIP file this time for installation on the new ROM.
- Once installations get completed, on main recovery menu select “reboot system now” to boot your device into the new installed Android 6.0 firmware.
You’re done! Update Nexus 4 to Android 6.0 Marshmallow has been done successfully.
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