For those looking to experience the Android Lollipop released in preview version for the Nexus and Nexus 7 5 2013 Google released the SDK which can be used to generate an image for the device. However, if you have root access and an alternate recovery on your Nexus 5, you can install the ROM extracted from the Nexus 6 user Sykopompos of XDA.
This great dev already Lollipop had brought for the Nexus 4, and now he’s doing a port to its successor. Installation is the same as any other ROM, just need to download the zipped file and install it via recovery. According to him, the first boot can be quite time consuming, reaching over 15 minutes . So do not be surprised if your Nexus 5 long stay stuck in the boot screen.
The total file counts with 493MB and already incorporates all current applications of Google with Material Design that did not come in the preview version 3 released last week. Remember that not everything that works on the Nexus 6 will work with the Nexus 5, as is the case of the resource Ambient Display you need a screen AMOLED to display notifications when it is off. Like the Nexus 5 features screen IPS , this feature may contribute to a considerable increase in the consumption of your battery.
The developer of the ROM warns that whenever you leave some updating applications Google it will update the file of your ROM, to always keep the news these days. Especially when the final version is finally released. If you do not know what’s new in Android Lollipop, be sure to check out our video analysis.
(updated October 22, 2014, at 16 : 24)
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