Nexus users have been downright furious and upset when updating to Android 5.0 Lollipop as bugs foil their phones from getting a feel for the new operating system. Beleaguered users have been taking their predicament to forums and discussions to get a fix, and their search for solutions brought them to one.
Google seemed to have cracked a promising resolution to the nuisance error impeding successful installation of Android 5.0 Lollipop to Nexus devices. The error message reads "error: update package missing system.img" and it shows up when users attempt to flash the Lollipop factory image through the flash-all.bat file. Thankfully, Google's Conley Owens has laid out an alternative he urged users to try.
"We're hearing from users who are getting a 'missing system.img' error when trying to flash a device. If you are seeing this issue, please use the latest fastboot. You can get it from the SDK at https://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html or you can build it in the AOSP source tree by running 'make fastboot'," said Owens, according to IB Times UK. The same site also walked users through a manual version of the process.
Two more issues are rampant for Nexus 9 users as well as Nexus 5 and Nexus 7 owners. Supposedly, the seamless process is to have the device switch from the current build LRX21L to an updated one, which is LRX21Q. However, launching the update upshots an error message, only to have the device reboot and revert back to the original LRX21L.
One more issue, this time on Wi-Fi, plagues the same Nexus devices, Nexus 5 in particular. The users who successfully got their devices running Lollipop are the very same users who are challenged by the annoying bug that gets in the way of connecting and obtaining Wi-Fi connection.
Citing Business Insider, IB Times reported that the issue is pestering Nexus 5 users and other handsets running the newest operating system for roughly a month now. It even detailed how one developer's Nexus 5 can save passwords and be unsuccessful when acquiring connection. To make matters worse, Google has not responded to this specific issue, hence agonizing all those users who are heavy Wi-Fi-reliant.
Clearly, updating to Android 5.0 Lollipop could be too risky for now. Google and Android patrons only hope that these issues will dwindle in due time.
