The good old Nexus 5 receives the latest Android 9 Pie update, even though it is five-year old now. Thanks to the developer community, the unofficial AOSP 9.0 Pie port is now available for the phone (Nexus 5 AOSP 9.0.0 r3 Pie) with most features working. This might be a good news for those who would like to taste Google’s latest Pie update on their Nexus 5.
Recently, Google released a preview version of Android 7.1 Nougat for supported devices with new features and fixes. Since then, developer communities are busy porting Android 7.1 Nougat for officially unsupported devices like Nexus 5. An AOSP (Android open source project) based, fully working port of Android 7.1 Nougat custom ROM is available for Nexus 5 that you can install and experience new features on your Nexus 5.
In some Android phone, its storage space will reduce after manually flashing a new firmware. This is a common issue on smartphones that are comes with different storage capacity, but it is more common on Nexus devices. For example, the 32GB variant Nexus 5X shows only 16GB or less after installing a new firmware manually, which is incorrect. You can easily fix this issue by following the guide below.
It is certain that Google will not release Android 7.0 Nougat update for Nexus 5. However, developer communities are busy developing Android 7.0 Nougat AOSP ROM for Nexus 5. A first build of Android 7.0 Nougat custom ROM is now available for Nexus 5 that you can tryout right now on a rooted phone.
Nexus devices running on the Android 6.0 Marshmallow can now root without modifying the system partition, which makes it easier to apply the OTA update. Though, currently an experimental feature, Chainfire’s latest SuperSU (SuperSU 2.56 Beta) can give root access on Nexus 5/5X, Nexus 6/6P, Nexus 9 & Nexus 7 2013 running on Android 6.0 without modifying the system partition.
If you are experiencing quick battery drain after updating your Nexus 5 to Android 6.0 Marshmallow, follow the below steps to fix it. Though Google has implemented features like Doze mode and App Standby to improve battery life, many users have complaint about quick battery drain after updating their phone to Android 6.0 Marshmallow.