As we mentioned earlier, Google posted the Nexus 5 factory images containing all those KitKat goodies, which have since been extracted and posted on various sites around the blogosphere. In the interests of simplicity, you can find them all here, free of the garish Flash banners that could crash your browser and the annoying popup ads that plague the various MediaFire accounts out there.

Included in the thread are the following apps:

CalendarGoogle.apk 2.55MB 1 downloads (Calendar)

DeskClockGoogle.apk 2.28MB 1 downloads (Desk Clock)

EmailGoogle.apk 4.75MB 1 downloads (Email)

GalleryGoogle.apk 10.67MB 1 downloads (Gallery)

Gmail2.apk 4.45MB 1 downloads (Gmail)

GoogleCamera.apk 7.55MB 1 downloads (Camera)

Hangouts.apk 10.32MB 1 downloads (Hangouts – yeah, the one with integrated SMS)

Keep.apk 2.67MB 1 downloads (Keep)

LatinImeGoogle.apk 15.25MB 1 downloads (Google Keyboard with integrated emojis)

GoogleHome.apk 11.82MB 1 downloads (Google Home launcher – you must first install the following two apps for it to work…)

PrebuiltGmsCore.apk 8.13MB 1 downloads (Play Services 4.0)

Velvet.apk 14.39MB 2 downloads (Google Search)

In case you get Google Search force close issues, Phandroid has provided the following instructions:

Long press the home screen, select Settings. Select Voice. Select Language to change the default. Change to another language, I choose English – UK. Hit Home. Do a Google Search. Repeat the first three steps. Change back to English – US.

As usual, neither myself, RootzWiki, Phandroid nor Droid Life (from whom I downloaded the apps that I attached here) can be held responsible for any damage done to your devices by flashing these apps. Keep in mind that these apps were intended for use on Android 4.4 KitKat running on a Nexus 5, so they might cause problems for some older devices (even though KitKat is supposed to run more smoothly on them than Jelly Bean).

Did I mention wallapers? You might want to browse through the gallery below or you might just want to download them all right away in a zip file. We’re glad to accommodate whichever choice you want to make.

Questions and possible issues can be posted at this forum thread.

Thanks Droid Life and Phandroid