- New version of Android is out, called Android P.
My money is on it being called Peppermint
when it's finally released.
Just for the record.
But Google also released the developer previews.
Now if you aren't familiar,
developer previews are basically new versions of Android
that are given to developers so that they can test their,
you know, apps and figure out if it works in the new thing
and try the new features and all that fun stuff.
But it's also the version of Android that people like us,
see, nerds, will sometimes download and put on our devices
in order to just kind of play around with the new version
of Android before everybody else.
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Now first, this will only work on the Google Pixel.
Both models, the Pixel XL and also the Pixel 2,
and the Pixel 2 XL.
Installing this preview, by the way,
will also erase the device as will uninstalling it,
which I'll show you how to do that as well.
You will also not get OTA's.
You will have to manually update the developer preview
to the newest versions using this same process.
It is a lot easier once you do it once,
but just so you understand that that is part of this.
Otherwise, if that bothers you,
you should just wait for the Android P beta program instead,
but that's gonna be a few months from now.
And that's going to be easier to update,
and enroll in, and et cetera, et cetera.
Now this tutorial also, lastly, is for Windows.
Just because most people out there are going to have Windows
if they have an Android device
and also it just happens to be the most supported
and easiest way to get this to work.
Kay, first, head to my How to Set-up ADB Tutorial.
The link is below.
You can follow that to get ADB and Fastboot working.
I promise it takes very little time, it's super quick,
and then you can just come back to here to continue.
Then, we need to update the ADB platform tools.
So, after you've downloaded and installed
the ADB from that tutorial we need to update those files.
So, we're going to do that
by downloading the latest ADB platform tools for Windows
from this link here.
Again, beneath this video on my site
and then save those to your desktop.
After that, we can extract the zip folder
and then copy and paste all the files
that are inside that new platform tools folder
into the new C/ADB folder.
This folder, by the way, appeared on your computer
when you did my How to Set-up ADB Tutorial.
Just in case you didn't know where it came from.
It should ask you if you want to replace existing files,
if you're putting it in the right place.
If it does, say yes.
Next we need to go on our phone and go to Settings.
Then scroll down and tap on System.
Then tap on About Phone and continually tap on Build Number
until it tells you you are a developer.
It might ask for your pin, so put that in.
Then, hit back and go to the new developer options
and turn on OEM unlocking and also USB debugging.
Kay, then we can download the Android P developer preview
from the Android site.
Again, the link is below.
And then we're gonna save that zip file to our desktop.
Next, we can extract it to the ADB folder
that we set up from the How to Set-up ADB Tutorial.
Again, is should be in C/ADB.
Make sure that all of the files, by the way,
are inside the same folder as ADB.exe.
That's how you know you're in the right place.
Then, we can boot the device into bootloader mode
by turning it off and turning it back on
by holding down volume down and power.
And don't let go of either
until it shows consistently bootloader mode.
Then, we can plug in the phone to our computer
via the USB cable
and open a command window by typing CMD
into the search bar of Windows and hitting enter.
Then, we're going to type the following into
the Command Prompt and hit enter at the end of each line.
CD space C:/ADB to get us into that ADB folder.
Then, we're going to type fastboot flashing unlock
and hit enter.
The device will ask you to confirm
that you want to unlock the bootloader.
You can use the volume buttons to choose and power to select
and, of course, choose yes.
Now, that we need to unlock the critical partitions.
To do that, we're going to type
fastbook flashing unlock_critical and hit enter.
You'll have to confirm again
using the same volume and power buttons
and then, now that the bootloader is fully unlocked,
we can go to the folder that has the device preview image
in it.
Again, is should be in C ADB.
You should now see, also, a flash-all.bat file in there.
We're going to double click that
and then it's going to start flashing
all of the new firmware.
This process does take a little bit, so be patient.
When it's all done, it'll let you know in Command Prompt
and the device will reboot.
Once it reboots,
you can go through the normal set-up process
and you'll know you're on Android P
as soon as you swipe down on the notification shade
and see all the new icons.
Now, to remove the preview
simply follow all of the same steps listed above.
To flash the stock image for your particular device
from here on Google's site,
we're basically just going to extract those files
into the same ADB folder on the C Drive
and double click their flash all .bat
and it'll just flash the original firmware.
After that, you just need to re-lock the bootloader
by opening up a Command Prompt again
and then typing fastbook flashing lock and hitting enter.
And it will re-lock, erase the phone,
and you're completely back to stock.
There you guys, you can mess around with that
and it's easy to undo, as I showed.
So, yeah, that's it.
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