A smooth and stable version of Android 14 is now available for Google Pixel 5a. All thanks to crDroid 10.2 ROM developer team. Read through the guide below to learn the step-by-step installation process along with required files. As you know, Android 14 comes with improved features and better security than earlier Android versions. Pixel 5a comes with good hardware inside that can run Android 14 smoothly. Hence it’s a great idea to flash a custom ROM like crDroid 10.2 to enjoy maximum hardware capabilities. This ROM is based on the latest Android 14 AOSP and comes with various customization that you can’t just avoid.
crDroid is a custom Android firmware designed to increase performance and reliability over stock Android. It offers a plethora of customization options, enhanced privacy features, and a focus on battery life, providing a balanced and feature-rich user experience for a wide range of devices.
Android 14 introduces improved privacy controls, enhanced battery life optimization, broader theming options, updated notification management, advanced photo and video editing tools, superior auto-rotate accuracy, increased performance and security updates, as well as better support for foldable devices and new accessibility features for a more inclusive user experience.
If all this excites you then you can follow this guide to update your Pixel 5a to the latest Android 14 via custom ROM crDroid 10.2.
Warning! We at TrueAndroid produce tutorial to help out fellow Android users but all this guide are educational purpose only. You should try this guide at your own risk. Neither we nor the developer should be responsible if your Android device experience damage after following this tutorial. Also remember, this guide is only applicable for Pixel 5a. Don’t try this guide in any other Android device. It may hard brick your device.
Prerequisite:
1. Installing custom ROM risk you mobile existing data, hence we recommend a backup before proceeding. You may follow our Android backup guide.
2. Make sure your device have at least 30% battery power.
3. You already have USB Driver installed for Pixel 5a in your PC. Windows OS usually download and install USB driver automatically when you connect your device first time. You can always manually download USB driver from our latest USB driver download page.
4. Make sure USB Debugging is enabled otherwise you won’t able to transfer file between PC and mobile. You can follow our USB Debugging enable guide.
5. ADB is installed on your computer (Guide)
6. Your device is Unlocked.
If you did everything that we mentioned above then you are ready to follow step-by-step guide on how to install Android 14 based crDroid 10.2 ROM on Pixel 5a.
File Required(Download by clicking on it)
- crDroid 10.2 For Pixel 5a [Filename: crDroidAndroid-14.0-20240209-barbet-v10.2.zip]
- crDroid Recovery
- Gapps
- boot.img/dtbo.img
[Note: Always download latest available ROM]
How to Update Pixel 5a to latest Android 14 with crDroid 10.2 ROM
Clean flash:
Step 1: Unlock bootloader and enable adb through developer settings.
Step 2: On the computer, open a command prompt (on Windows) or terminal (on Linux or macOS) window, and type:
adb -d reboot bootloader
Step 3: Now type the following command to unlock the bootloader:
fastboot flashing unlock
Step 4: Flash boot, dtbo, and recovery:
fastboot flash boot /path/to/boot.img
fastboot flash dtbo /path/to/dtbo.img
fastboot flash vendor_boot /path/to/vendor_boot.img
Step 5: Boot recovery.
Step 6: Format data.
Step 7: adb sideload *path/to/update.zip*
Step 8: reboot recovery
Step 9: install gapps, magisk, etc through sideload.
That’s it! You now have the latest Android 14 based custom ROM crDroid 10.2 installed on your Pixel 5a. [via]
