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Android 5.0.1 Lollipop hits AOSP, Nexus factory images available
August 07, 2025
Are you still waiting for theAndroid 5.0 Lollipopupdate on your device? Well, it’s old news already, Google has pushed Android 5.0.1 toAOSP, and has a few Nexus factory images all ready for install.
This is a minor bump update, look for build numberLRX22C on Android 5.0.1 release 1.
We’ll need time to dig deep and see what the newLollipophas to offer. Perhaps it will unlock a few features that some of us have found worrisome of Lollipop, like the inability to turn off device encryption. Eventually, we hope it will let us utilize theLED notification lightsor tap to wake on theNexus 6.
As far as those factory images go, owners of theNexus 9 (WiFi), Nexus 7 2013 (WiFi) and Nexus 10 are in luck. Of course, our wishful thinking for the Nexus 6 updates will have to wait, as you’ll notice there is no image for the monstrous phone just yet.
Perhaps this update is the reason many devices have been taking so long to receivethe Lollipop update. Maybe it is just me, but this feels a little like the rapid release of Android 4.4.4 before most manufacturers could get their Android 4.4.3 update out there. In the end, many phones skipped the 4.4.3 update altogether.
Head on over to Google’sAOSP Android 5.0.1_r1 build pageto see all the particulars of build LRX22C.
Any of you ready to flash another build of Android Lollipop?
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