[SOLVED] : How to download and install Android 10 on your smartphone

Here'southward how to download and install Android 10 non just on Google Pixel, just as well on other devices that are compatible with the latest Android version!

What devices can I install Android ten on?

Google has officially launched Android 10! Some rumors had suggested its inflow and this is how we end upwardly with Android x in our hands, the nighttime earlier the opening of the IFA. Android x, which after a long culinary tradition, is

is currently distributed on the Pixel. However, Google has confirmed that it will also reach all other devices that have participated in the beta program by the cease of autumn.

  • Android 10 is official

When will I receive Android ten on my device?

The distribution of Android updates continues to non be as immediate as that offered by Apple with iOS, unfortunately. Some brands, similar HMD Global, accept already formalized the roadmap for the release of Android ten on Nokia smartphones and more and more than brands will exercise the same.

If you have a latest generation flagship, you tin can residue assured that Android 10 is coming to your device. When was that? The respond is in the hands of the brand, which will have to customize and adapt the new Android version for its devices. Flaghips released 2 years agone should also be eligible for the new software version. However, when it comes to entry-level and mid-range devices, the state of affairs unfortunately changes. If yous accept invested in an Android One device, you can also be sure that Android 10 will piece of work on your smartphone.

Take a look at this article to observe out if your device will receive Android 10. Nosotros will try to update it gradually:

  • Which devices will receive Android ten?

How to install Android 10 via OTA

If you have a Google Pixel in your easily (Pixel, Pixel Forty, Pixel ii, Pixel 2, Pixel 2XL, Pixel 3, Pixel three, Pixel 3XL, Pixel 3a), simply become to the settings menu and cheque out the section on software updates. Equally soon equally the update is bachelor, make sure you lot are continued to the WIFI network and have enough bombardment on your device before starting the download.

How to manually install Android ten

1. Reset before installing the update

I will starting time by telling you that this step is non mandatory but rather a tip: installing a new version of the software tin can cause bugs that did not exist earlier. When you lot want to make deep changes to your device'southward system, it is advisable to reset it and fifty-fifty before that, secure it with a backup.

  • How to reset your smartphone to factory settings

Nosotros recommend manual installation of Android 10 only for insiders.

2. Unlock the bootloader

To share the new version of Android, yous volition start demand to unlock the bootloader and enable developer options and USB debugging mode:

  • How to unlock the bootloader of an Android smartphone

3. Download the system images (factory image)

Now all you have to do is download the Android 10 system images which vary from device to device. On this page y'all will find links to the different supported devices:

  • Download factory images

Here are the links to the system images for your Pixel:

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  • Pixel
  • Pixel XL
  • Pixel 2
  • Pixel 2 Forty
  • Pixel 3
  • Pixel 3XL
  • Pixel 3a
  • Pixel 3a Xl

4. Install arrangement images

Before you start, you must know what yous are getting your hands in, because some manipulations, if they are desperately done or misunderstood, can crusade impairment. Just put, y'all could end up with a faulty terminal and blame usa for information technology.

  • Install Android ADB and Fastboot drivers on Windows
  • Install Android ADB and Fastboot drivers on Linux and Mac

If you follow the steps correctly, the recovery image is fairly easy to install:

  • Download the Android SDK available at this address: http://developer.android.com/sdk
  • Add together the tools and platform-tools folders from the SDK to the PATH environment variable.
    – Under Mac: Open up a Terminal and type "export PATH = $ PATH: "
    – Under Windows: Correct click on "My Estimator"> Properties. Go to the "Advanced" tab and click on "Environs Variables". Alter the "PATH" variable and add the path to the Android SDK after it.
  • For Windows, yous need the Google USB drivers. These tin can be institute from SDK Manager available at the root of the SDK folder. To find them, get to Extras / Google USB Driver in the Manager. Then connect the mobile to the estimator, and so right-click on "Reckoner"> Manage. In the left panel of the window that has merely opened, right click on your device which should appear in "Other devices"> Update drivers. Then, choose the manual installation, the drivers being at / extras / google / usb_driver.
  • To check that everything is functional, type "adb devices" in a terminal (or command prompt on Windows). If the reference of your device appears after "List of devices fastened", that's all practiced!

v. Install Android 10 on your device

  • Switch off your device.
  • Press and hold the ability and volume low key to restart the device in bootloader mode.
  • Connect your Pixel to your PC using a USB cable.
  • Open Windows Explorer and locate the previously downloaded firmware in the ADB tool folder.
  • Double click on the wink-all.bat file and wait for the operation to complete.

Your smartphone will restart automatically with the new version of Android x integrated, if the performance is not successful, see the section dedicated to the problems you may have encountered during the process.

6. Install Android on Samsung Galaxy smartphones

Samsung Milky way smartphone owners also have the option to download and install Android 10. However, this installation differs from that on Google Pixel phones.

The first difficulty of installation is to find the correct firmware for your Samsung Galaxy. You can check out the Samsung-firmware.org site which is proving to be a reliable source for downloading updates. You tin and then make an online payment of three euros in Ukraine and download high speed updates for a week for your telephone.

You will find the model number of your device in the "Phone Info" department. In the instance of a Galaxy S9 bought in Germany for case, information technology is "SM-G960F". Information technology is very of import that you download and install firmware just for the model that is right for you. Otherwise, your installation may non work or worse, your device may become unusable.

In the "information" submenu, yous volition find another longer lawmaking in the Version department corresponding to your mobile phone provider. You volition find the codes of the French phone providers on i of the lines.

It doesn't matter which firmware provider you download to manually update Android ten on your Milky way. You will be able to operate the updates using the code attached to the model number. As this is firmware attached to firmware, you volition exist acting nether the warranty conditions.

The different stages of installation have changed very trivial in contempo years. With the exception of the download link (see below), they remain unchanged. Hither is the link to the existing manual:

  • Android update for Samsung Galaxy S7 / S7 edge
  • Samsung firmware

7. Install Android on Ane Plus smartphones

Installation and updates are easier for OnePlus smartphones. Download Android x from its official download site. Copy the downloaded Zilch folder and open up it. Here is the detailed procedure:

  • Go to "Settings"
  • Get to "Organization Update"
  • Click ⚙️ "Settings (upper right corner)
  • Click on "Local update"
  • find the file.zip
  • Click on "install"

Problems during installation? Hither are the solutions

USB debugging

If you had a trouble before installation, make certain that aber has enabled USB debugging (every bit explained above) and that the bootloader is unlocked.

Bootloop

If you lot get stuck in a bootloop, you can showtime try wiping the cache sectionalization by going back to the bootloader and using the book keys to enter recovery mode (press the ability key to to confirm). Afterward wiping the enshroud partition, restart the device.

If subsequently this procedure you lot are still locked on the start screen, go back to Recovery and select Wipe data / factory reset and press the power button to ostend. This way you should exist able to fix the problem.

Problems with ADB

If you receive an error bulletin in the Control Prompt window advising you that the .img file system is missing, follow this procedure:

  • Unzip the image.zip file.
  • Copy and paste the files into the same folder where you previously placed the other unzipped files (in the ADB tool folder next to adb.exe and fastboot.exe).
  • Open a command window (press Shift and click the right mouse push button, then select Open Command Window Hither) and enter the following commands:
  • ffastboot flash bootloader .img
  • fastboot flash radio .img
  • fastboot reboot-bootloader
  • fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
  • fastboot flash boot boot.img
  • fastboot flash arrangement organization.img
  • fastboot wink cache cache.img
  • fastboot wink userdata userdata.img

    • Unable to get-go flash-all.bat file

    Make certain you clicked on flash-all.bat in administrator way (right click, "Run as administrator").