How to Update and Root Nexus 9 LTE on Android 7.0 Nougat

Google officially released Android 7.0 Nougat on August 22. While available for several other Nexus devices, the company had promised that Nexus 6 and Nexus 9 LTE will receive the latest OS in the coming weeks. Following the release of Android 7.0 for Nexus 6 earlier this week, now we are also seeing the update being sent out to Nexus 9 LTE. You can now update your HTC Nexus 9 LTE to Android 7.0 Nougat over-the-air.

In any case, it’s the latest update available for your Nexus 9 LTE and Google would probably send October’s security patch with another OTA update. Follow this guide to update Nexus 9 LTE to Android 7.0 Nougat.

Prerequisites 

• Create a backup of all important data on your Nexus 9 device. Creating a Nandroid backup of your device is highly recommended.
• Download and install USB drivers for Nexus 9 in your computer.
• Enable USB debugging option by pressing Menu > Settings > Applications. Navigate and tap on Developer Options to ensure that USB Debugging is enabled.
• Make sure that Android SDK is installed on your system and you have experience working downloading and installing files with it.
• Ensure that your Nexus 9 carries more than 70% of charge.

How to update Nexus 9 LTE to Android 7.0 Nougat NRD90R

Required files: download Android 7.0 for Nexus 9 (LTE). Once downloaded, follow these steps to flash NRD90R Android 7.0 Nougat on Nexus 9 LTE.

• Connect your Nexus 9 using a USB cable and turn it off.
• Now, start the device in Fastboot mode (assuming that you have Fastboot and ADB already set up and ready to use): turn off your device. Then, press and hold Volume Up, Power and Home buttons until you see the Fastboot mode. You will see a START option at the top of the screen.
• Go to the downloaded folder volantis-NRD90R and copy / paste all the files to your Fastboot directory. Your Fastboot directory should be the platform-tools folder in the Android SDK directory.
• Unlock the bootloader:
  • fastboot oem unlock – confirm.
• From the factory images files in your Fastboot directory (platform-tools folder), also run the following command depending on your operating system:
  • Windows: Run flash-all.bat
  • Mac: Run flash-all.sh using Terminal
  • Linux: Run flash-all.sh
• Once the script finishes running, your Nexus 9 will reboot.

Your Nexus 9 is now running the latest Android 7.0 Nougat.