Re:Taking the final wrapper off of Android 7.0 Nougat
by viraptor on Monday August 22, 2016 @05:59PM
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If you have another device to wait a month with, at least you can upgrade to the 2016 line instead of 5x/6p. Gives you another 3 years, not 2.
Re:Taking the final wrapper off of Android 7.0 Nougat
by robocat on Tuesday August 23, 2016 @01:54AM
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I think it is 2 years for major updates (from release), 3 years for security updates (from release), or 18 months for security updates from end of life.
Unless you are unlucky enough to get a device that they can't update due to drivers (Texas Instruments CPU).
My Nexus 5 was in use up until a couple of weeks ago. Then it entered a state where, when plugged in, it rebooted in an eternal loop and, when not plugged in, it shut off. Judging by the internet, this is a common problem for them.
I followed the advice I found in multiple places of trying to dislodge the Nexus 5's stuck power button by whacking it against a soft object. That worked -- it will now try to boot, fail to mount the hard drive, and just keep displaying the booting animation forever. It can boot into the bootloader and recovery mode, and I can flash a new recovery image in fastboot, or at least I can issue the command and see a report of success, but on reboot I just get the old recovery mode.
So... I guess I do have a compelling reason to upgrade, although the N5 was satisfactory in every other way. My Nexus 4 still works fine, but it's gotten much puffier than it should be, and apparently it's impossible to get a new battery for it.
:(