Google fixes critical Android 7.1.1 bugs at last, restarts original Nexus 6 update

Anyone remember the original Nexus 6? Anyone still using Google and Motorola's 2014 phablet? Here's your stable Android 7.1.1 update at last.

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Android security patches for July are up for Nexus, Pixel devices

Right after HMD Global updated its Nokia 6 devices in Hong Kong and Taiwan. The big fixes in this set of patches include a major media framework hole.

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Nexus and Pixel security update for June patches major Qualcomm holes

Qualcomm is fixing some major security holes with this late update, but Android stays at the general 7.1 level and on Nougat.

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Worrying number of Nexus 6 owners are encouraged to ‘update’ from Android 7.1.1 to 7.0

There’s apparently no end in sight for nagging software issues on Google’s original Nexus 6, now plagued by a bug switching Android 7.1.1 with 7.0.

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A bug is in the way of getting Android 7.1.1 to Nexus 6

The Nexus 6 is 25 months old, but is still under the supportive wing of Google for at least one more software update. Unfortunately, that update has been stuck at the company while other Nexus and Pixel devices have already made the jump from Android 7.0 Nougat to Android 7.1.1.

Why? Well, in a statement to Android Police, it turns out that developers are looking into a “last minute bug that was specific to the Nexus 6.” A fix has been put in and final touches will be as well before the over-the-air update will be released starting early next month.

With Google’s software support policy applicable to first-party devices 24 months old or newer, this update, which brings native image keyboard support to apps among other features, could be the Nexus 6’s last.

The Nexus 6 was a laggard to receiving the Android 7.0 update.

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Android 7.1.1 Nougat launches

The images are ready and out there and so will be the over-the-air updates in a few weeks’ time.

Android 7.1.1 Nougat, the first iterative software update for the new Google Pixel and Pixel XL, has been released to the devices and is being distributed to eligible devices over what we believe to be the next several days via general OTA or Android Beta Program OTA, if applicable — in addition to the Pixels, those are the Nexus 5X, Nexus 6P, Nexus 6, both Wi-Fi and LTE versions of the Nexus 9, the Pixel C and the General Mobile 4G on Android One.

The update brings the API level to 25 and standardizes bottom-paradigm navigation menus in apps, robust support for image keyboards, app shortcuts and more.

Images are available to be flashed from the Google developers file bay. Excluded at this point are Nexus 6P users on Verizon and the Nexus 6, but we suppose proper updates for those devices will come in time.

Verizon has also listed Android 7.1.1 availability on its site. A full list of fixes and improvements can be found here, but major changes have to do with voicemail, corrupted text and call medium preferences (Wi-Fi versus cellular).

Build names are different per device category:

  • For most Nexus devices, it is NMF26F
  • The Nexus Player’s build is called NMF26J
  • The Pixel C’s build is NMF26H
  • The Pixel phones’ builds are NMF26O

Android Maintenance Previews continue to be built and devices enrolled in the Android Beta Program will be updated when they are released.

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Android 7.1 Developer Preview teased, could be finalized in December

Android’s next incremental upgrade has officially been outed. It will still be called Nougat, but it will move up a point to 7.1.So, what’s going on in this API of APIs (#25)?Well, for one, developers have a new app shortcuts API that lets users go to up ...

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Google Assistant and other goodies are Pixel-exclusive, Android 7.1 preview headed for Nexus devices soon

After so many years of a largely cohesive, even predictable software support strategy for Nexus products, Google’s new two-brand policies might take some getting used to.The Pixel and Pixel XL aren’t merely N5X and N6P sequels with altered names, or phones “made by Google” which the search giant intends to advertise more aggressively, better distribute around the world, and generally bring closer to a mainstream audience.The Snapdragon 821-powered handhelds are also designed to make superior use of exciting new ...

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Android 7.0 Nougat hits original Google Nexus 6, and not a moment too soon

Well, isn’t this a nice surprise. A late but extremely welcome little treat for inhumanly patient owners of the “classic” Nexus 6. The Motorola-made predecessor of last year’s Huawei Nexus 6P should have really

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No Android Nougat for Nexus 6, Nexus 9 LTE yet with October images

It’s been more than a month since we saw Android Nougat burst onto the scene with updated software images for all the major devices out — from the 2015 Nexuses to the Nexus 9 and the Pixel C. Heck, even the Nexus Player’s still being supported.But what about that damn

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Don’t worry, Nexus 6 and 9 LTE owners, your Nougat updates are coming… in a few weeks

While we’re probably mere days away from Apple flaunting new record numbers for early adoption of a major iOS makeover, 7.0 Nougat is yet to break the 0.1 percent barrier in worldwide Android distribution.That’s because Google hasn’t done a great job spreading the N love for even

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Nougat rollout for Nexus 6P is indeed delayed, Huawei still working on it

While it’s definitely no big surprise to see the latest Android flavor kept exclusive to Nexus devices several weeks after its public, out-of-beta debut, as third-party OEMs need extra optimization, i.e. bloatification, time, it’s completely unacceptable that ...

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Google loading Android Nougat images for Nexuses today

As we post, Google is updating its Nexus Files for Developers page with links to the NRD90M builds of Android 7.0 Nougat. Developers and users alike with ADB knowledge can flash them to applicable Nexus devices.The Pixel C, the Nexus Player and the Wi-Fi version of the Nexus 9 are available for download at this hour. You can also continue to attempt a pull-down of the OTA.The countdown for OEM partners to get updates out continues.Source:

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