The application developer Dmitry Grinberg has managed to port Android 6.0 Marshmallow released on four and a half years ago, Google Nexus S smartphone production of Samsung. Most likely, this device will never get an official upgrade to this version of Android, because the last time it was updated in October 2012, when it was released for the firmware to Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean.
Installation instructions for Android 6.0 on the Google Nexus S:
The first way:
1. Set a smartphone custom rekaveri (eg, TWRP).
2. Download the firmware archive and copy it, without unpacking, the smartphone’s internal memory or on a memory card.
3. Reboot into rekaveri. To do this, turn off the smartphone, and switch it on by simultaneously pressing the power button and volume button additions.
4. Perform a reset to factory settings (Factory Reset).
5. Go to the installation file (Install), locate the zip-file with the firmware and install it.
6. Restart your smartphone – it will have the latest version of Android.
The second way:
1. Replace the computer from the instrument ADB Android SDK.
2. Download the firmware archive, copy it, without unpacking, to a folder and rename it to ADB firmware.img.
3. Go to the settings of the smartphone and the section for developers to enable debugging via USB. If this section does not appear in the system description of the device, repeatedly press the number flashing – then it will appear.
4. Connect your smartphone to your computer USB-cable.
5. Open a command prompt (Win + R & gt; cmd), enter the command «adb reboot bootloader» (without the quotes) and press Enter. The smartphone is switched off, and will be launched in bootloader mode.
6. Unlock the bootloader command «fastboot oem unlock».
7. Enter the command «fastboot flash recovery firmware.img» – to the smart phone will be installed the new firmware. During installation, do not disconnect your smartphone from your computer.
8. Restart your smartphone – it will have the latest version of Android.
According to Greenberg, he has ported Android on Nexus S 6, in order to show that even the archaic smartphones actually support the latest version of the operating system . The problem is that manufacturers are for some reason, are not interested in the release of official updates, so the owners of these smartphones have to wait for help from the only enthusiast. Features Nexus S by today’s standards very antediluvian 4-inch screen with a resolution of 800 × 480 pixels, Qualcomm Hummingbird single-core processor clocked at 1 GHz, half a gigabyte of RAM, 5 megapixel camera and battery capacity of 1500 mAh. But even they pull Android 6.0.
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