zlacker

While the downloads do come directly from Google, they work with the carriers, who can delay the updates until they have a chance to look at it and ensure they're happy with it... whatever that means.

IIRC you can download the images from Google via web browser and flash manually, but not sure if you can still do that, and I've never tried it myself.

>>kelnos+(OP)
>IIRC you can download the images from Google via web browser and flash manually, but not sure if you can still do that, and I've never tried it myself.

Yes you can still can. https://developers.google.com/android/ota#cheetah

In fact they even host all the images dating back to the Nexus lines still.