Update LG Nexus 5 D820 (hammerhead) to Android 9.0 Pie AOSP 9 ROM

Nexus 5 users we have good news for all of you. Now you can update LG Nexus 5 D820 (hammerhead) to Android 9.0 Pie AOSP 9 ROM. That means you can now enjoy the latest features of Android 9.0 Pie on your Nexus 5.

Update LG Nexus 5 D820 (hammerhead) to Android 9.0

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Nexus 5:

The Nexus 5 was released in October 2013. The phone came out with a screen of 4.95-inches having 1080p resolution. Nexus 5 was powered by Qualcomm MSM8974 Snapdragon 800 CPU and Adreno 330 GPU. It had internal storage of 16 or 32GB and a RAM of 2GB only. The camera at the back of this phone was of 8 MP and on the front, it was of the only 1.3MP. Inside this phone, there was a 2300 mAh battery. The phone originally ran on Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich). It was upgradable to Android 6.0 (Marshmallow). Google will not update the Nexus 5 to Android Pie. The journey of Nexus 5 updates has ended on the Android Oreo.

Current features for hammerhead include:

BFQ IO scheduler (official kernel 3.4 release), set up so GUI processes have the highest priority. Last upstream (kernel/msm) hammerhead kernel tag merged. Enhanced backlight map for lower min brightness. Night display blue light filter (GLES-based). KCAL & PCC color temperature interfaces. Other security patches & minor bug fixes. F2FS support from K4.4 backports. SELinux in Enforcing mode.forum.xda-developers

Problems:

None.

Update LG Nexus 5 D820 (hammerhead) to Android 9.0:

Before we proceed to the installation process, you need to complete the following requirements.

Preparations To Update LG Nexus 5 D820 (hammerhead) to Android 9.0:

This ROM is only for the Nexus 5. Do not try it on any other phone.
This is a custom ROM. If you don’t know how to handle a custom ROM, either follow the instructions very carefully or avoid installing it.
Backup all of your important data including contacts, call logs, media content and everything else.
The bootloader of your Nexus 5 must be unlocked.
The Nexus 5 must have a TWRP recovery installed on it.
Follow the instructions carefully now.

Required downloads:

Android 9.0 Pie Unlegacy Android Project AOSP 9 (hammerhead): Download
Google Gapps for Android Pie.

Important Message:

THE ROM FLASHING PROCESS REQUIRES YOU TO FACTORY RESET YOUR DEVICE, SO, MAKE SURE THAT YOU BACKUP ALL OF YOUR IMPORTANT CONTACTS, CALL LOGS, SMS MESSAGES AND MEDIA CONTENT. FLASHING A CUSTOM ROM IS NOT RECOMMENDED BY DEVICE MANUFACTURERS AND THE PROCESS IS HIGHLY CUSTOM. IN CASE A MISHAP OCCURS, TECHBEASTS, THE ROM DEVELOPER OR THE DEVICE MANUFACTURER MAY NOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE. MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE DOING EVERYTHING AT YOUR OWN RISK.Techbeasts

Install Nexus 5 Android 9.0 Pie AOSP 9 ROM:

Make sure that your phone’s bootloader is unlocked and it must have a TWRP recovery installed on it.
Download the aosp_hammerhead-nougat-20160916.zip and copy it to your phone’s internal or external storage.
Boot into TWRP recovery on your Nexus 5. To do so, first turn off your phone and then turn it on by pressing and holding Power + Volume Down > navigate to recovery mode and then boot into it.
In TWRP recovery, tap Wipe > perform a factory data reset prior to the flashing of ROM.
Now in TWRP recovery tap Install > Locate the ROM.zip file from where you placed > select the file > Swipe to confirm flash > flash it.
Once the ROM flashes, get back to the TWRP recovery main menu and tap > Wipe > Advanced Wipe > select cache and dalvik cache > wipe both these.
Now in TWRP home-screen tap Reboot > System.
Your Nexus 5 will now boot up into newly installed AOSP Android 7.0 Nougat and that’s all.

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