Installation Guide

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Keep a backup of your data! Make sure to keep a backup of your files as the installaton will wipe your data.

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Unlocked bootloader required, Read here on how to unlocking your device before continuing.

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Use Google ADB Driver! Make sure to install Google ADB Drivers before continuing.

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To obtain the required platform-tools, Read here.

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To obtain the required installkit press here.

Connect your device

1. Enter Fastboot mode, make sure your phone turned off. Press and hold the Power and Volume buttons for 3 seconds until the phone turns on. You will be in Fasboot mode.

   

2. Once your phone is in Fastboot mode, connect your phone to a computer using a USB Cable.

3. Once you connected your phone to a computer using a USB Cable, check your phone connection to the computer by executing fastboot devices

4. Once the device showed up in fastboot devices, continue with Sideloading the boot image with the following commands:

It is completely normal for the erasing process of avb_custom_key to fail if there's no key flashed. You can safely ignore and continue with the next commands.

Google Silicon 1 (gs101)

cd {directory where you extracted the installkit files}
fastboot erase avb_custom_key
fastboot flash avb_custom_key pkmd.bin
cd {directory name of the device you are using}
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash dtbo dtbo.img
fastboot flash vendor_boot vendor_boot.img

Google Silicon 2 (gs201) and 3 (zuma)

cd {directory where you extracted the installkit files}
fastboot erase avb_custom_key
fastboot flash avb_custom_key pkmd.bin
cd {directory name of the device you are using}
fastboot flash init_boot init_boot.img
fastboot flash vendor_boot vendor_boot.img

Installing

1. Enter Bootloader mode. Press and hold the Volume Down button and Power button at the same time for 10-15 seconds.

2. Use the volume buttons to change the menu options until "Recovery Mode" is displayed on screen. To select, press the Power button once.

   

3. On your screen, “No command” is displayed. Press and hold the Power button. While you hold Power, press the Volume Up button and let go of both buttons quickly.

   

4. Android Recovery options should be displayed. With the volume buttons, scroll to "Wipe data/factory reset" and press the Power button.

   

5. With the volume buttons, scroll to "Factory data reset" and press the Power button.

6. Factory reset should start. At the bottom of your screen, when the reset is finished, "Data wipe complete" is displayed.

7. Use the volume buttons to move through the menu options, when “Apply update from ADB” is highlighted, press the Power button.

   

8. Flash the ROM through recovery with adb sideload command from your Mac/PC.

   

9. With the volume buttons, scroll to "Reboot system now" and press the Power button.

   

10. After the OS is flashed and the device has booted, you have the option to reboot into the bootloader and lock it by running the following command: fastboot flashing lock Once this is complete, you can reboot the device back into the system. Please note that locking or unlocking the bootloader will erase all data on your phone.