yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Nexus 6 Android Development] slider112:
Is it necessary to dirty flash the rom each time I want to change kernels? I've never done that in the past on LP or KK, but didn't know if that was still ok in the age of MM. I thought I remembered reading that some kernels packaged their own ramdisk with them and dirty flashing back to the stock kernel in the rom was the only way to ensure there were no conflicts.

If so, do I wipe dalvik, cache and system, dirty flash the rom, then kernel of choice?

Thanks in advance.
[Nexus 6 Android Development] basongwe:
I flashed the permissive, the reddish tint is alwys here but lower than usually.

Thanks.

These some "lines" (like shadows) I see in low brightness on white/grey backgrounds are here for you too?
[Nexus 6 Android Development] jayden2009:
No just flash the kernel you like ✌

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[Nexus 6 Android Development] coolblood2:
Well so far hours of no issues with it since I've keep data off. I'll only turn it on when needed but I'll make sure to shut off WiFi. I'm not sure but it does seem to be data and WiFi somehow screwing with each other. Next build I'll wipe everything and do a fresh install. I'm thinking it must've have been something from installing the build with lean kernel and it must be cause issues even after switching back to a build with hells kernel. Hell I don't honestly know. Regardless loving the hell out of this Rom!!
[Nexus 6 Android Development] jayden2009:
Can't really tell yet since its daytime here ??

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[Nexus 6 Android Development] slider112:
Sounds good, thanks. Any kernel recommendations besides HC with this rom? Does it make any difference flashing a selinux enforcing/permissive kernel? I'm not a V4A user, so I'm thinking it doesn't matter a whole lot.

Despair

ElementalX

Elite

blu_spark

lean

benzo

So many to choose from...
[Nexus 6 Android Development] jayden2009:
If you are using this rom I recommend this one http://renderserver.net/?dl=44c2a02b55df043a67c3ec5c45b0f1af hells kernel for me the best there is ( this is a nexus 6 kernel )

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[Nexus 6 Android Development] slider112:
Yeah, I just wish flar's wake gestures were included... unfortunately that's a deal breaker for me. :(
[Nexus 6 Android Development] jayden2009:
I'm sorry but then I can't help you ? just try some and see what suits you best ✌ I'm using Hell since I went back to android and im loving it. Very supportive dev also when you have trouble with the kernel ?

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[Nexus 6 Android Development] Othoric:
I'm personally a fan in Despair. Lean is good as well.
[Nexus 6 Android Development] solo16:
i tried to switch of wifi while data is on but that issue still happen ....apparently i'll say it's kernel issue coz i think b7 or b8 (the first one or two lightrom for m) is working very well for me....no issue zippy performance...but since b9 things happen, so I'm on leankernel right now so far so good, you might want to give it a try. :good: :good:
[Nexus 6 Android Development] lamjanus:
Can i just flash lean kernel? This included HC kernel freezes my phone. Not the case with previous versions
[Nexus 6 Android Development] galaxys:
Yes, but also do a nandroid Backup in case...
[Nexus 6 Android Development] gtshiftin6:
Blu spark kernel is giving me way more battery life and sot then lean or hc if anyone's on the fence great ROM Dev!!
[Nexus 6 Android Development] Danvdh:
b10 is running well, I'll update the OP later ;)
[Nexus 6 Android Development] LuRock:
I agree Dan, Hc 10 is running sweet!
[Nexus 6 Android Development] fhblake04:
I also found really good battery life with Blu Spark. On LP though, it would sometimes give me a hickup. For battery life, Hells is second. But for performance, it is first. That's my preference, balance. Isn't it wonderful that we have so many great kernels to choose from?
[Nexus 6 Android Development] Danvdh:
UPDATE IN THE OP

10/28/2015

-Updated kernel to hC b11-t1

--This is build 10 with a bug fix, no other changes

-- reduced red tint at low brightness commit is pushed in this kernel build along with a lot of other enhancements

-Removed su.d permissive script as the kernel is set to permissive by default

-Updated Google Play Services

-Updated Google Webview

I wanted to get this out sooner but when I was testing build 10 which was released today I noticed a bug right away that prevented the phone from charging while turned off, in fact the whole phone was frozen and needed to be unplugged and hard rebooted to fix, I got in contact with [MENTION=647113]hellsgod[/MENTION] on hangouts and reported my findings and attempted to track down the issue on github, he found it within 45 min and reverted the commit that was causing the hang and shipped me build 11-t1 which is basically just b10 with a bug fix :) check out the kernel source here

enjoy it guys
[Nexus 6 Android Development] revolt1:
You know Adam outler figured out the rooted android pay issue
[Nexus 6 Android Development] pancho8188:
wifi tether on 10/28/15 update

i tried the terminal emulator (settings put global tether_dun_required 0) and it kicks back this,,,,,:rolleyes:
[Nexus 6 Android Development] atrix4nag:
Any specific settings to get better battery life?
[Nexus 6 Android Development] Danvdh:
check your spelling on "required" in the screen shot ;) you have it put in as rquired :P
[Nexus 6 Android Development] Danvdh:
ugh meant to edit my previous post, op got a bit of a make over :P I decided to drop the XDA branding of "LightROM" in favor of something a little more professional, I never branded the ROM anyway so there was no point in branding the OP. I prefer simple
[Nexus 6 Android Development] tennandcoz1:
Flash a different radio...
[Nexus 6 Android Development] Nytrikx:
Love it. Great idea. Keep in the excellent work Dan.
[Nexus 6 Android Development] Danvdh:
will do ;) just waiting on a new factory image now guys
[Nexus 6 Android Development] Deryck97:
Will the update with a new factory image require a full wipe/clean install?
[Nexus 6 Android Development] Danvdh:
probably not, my guess is Google will release one within a week, they are due for security patches

anyway, I'd like to learn more about my user base, what launcher do you guys all use?

for me the only thing I do in my local build is replace the stock Google Now Launcher with Nova launcher
[Nexus 6 Android Development] revolt1:
Question I'm getting some lines when scrolling across the screen is that a kernel issue?
[Nexus 6 Android Development] cswroe:
Nova as well.
[Nexus 6 Android Development] Deryck97:
Right now I'm using nova, but I also enjoy action 3 launcher. I set the app drawer to vertical scrolling because I like that addition into Marshmallow
[Nexus 6 Android Development] Broooooook:
NOVA FTW!
[Nexus 6 Android Development] mike102871:
Will we ever be able to write to usb otg like we could with lollipop?
[Nexus 6 Android Development] Othoric:
I've recently started using Google Now Launcher again, but I used Nova before that. I'm happy either way. [emoji2]
[Nexus 6 Android Development] TjPhysicist:
What new image?
[Nexus 6 Android Development] Danvdh:
Google announced monthly security updates and we are getting very close to November :)
[Nexus 6 Android Development] TjPhysicist:
Wow,I had no idea, cool
[Nexus 6 Android Development] adrman:
Nova as well.
[Nexus 6 Android Development] cz829x18:
I use Nova Prime. I like seeing the un read counts on the icons.
[Nexus 6 Android Development] rauschkugl:
Nothing has changed since lollipop with USB otg.
[Nexus 6 Android Development] Danvdh:
Fellow Canadian ;) good tastes in Launcher, hows Waterloo? I haven't been there since I moved my sister out of her apartment last year when she graduated from Laurier, do you think RIM has a chance in coming back now that they are using Android with blackberry?
[Nexus 6 Android Development] LuRock:
Been using nova forever, every now and then i try out new launchers but always end up back to good ol' nova.
[Nexus 6 Android Development] Nytrikx:
Me too. It is the best.:D
[Nexus 6 Android Development] basongwe:
I've always used stock launcher. Don't like alernatives... Give the user the choice :D

I've flashed blu-spark kernel, it's awesome. Battery life is so good (I'm using 2 CPU instead of 4, and CPU's frequency is reduced by default in sleep mode)
[Nexus 6 Android Development] mike102871:
If this is true, why can't we write to otg usb ? Could without problem on lollipop on my nexus 5,6,7. Now can not on all 3 devices.
[Nexus 6 Android Development] Broooooook:
Waterloo's been all good except for the railway transit construction everywhere, LOL.

And for the Blackberry, I really like the new priv a lot (well, the price is, meh), but honestly I think it's a bit too late. Without new breakthroughs or eye-catching features, a premium android phone with physical keyboard is hard to take them back to where they used to be. Three years ago, I still saw many people using Blackberry on the street, but now there are iphones, HTCs, even one plus, but few Blackberrys.
[Nexus 6 Android Development] Danvdh:
iPhone? what's an iPhone?

Never heard of it

Heres hoping RIM makes a recovery, most of their sales are off shore so we'll see
[Nexus 6 Android Development] Broooooook:
LOL, well, let me try again

"there are nexuses, HTCs and phones I never heard of"

I surely hope they can make a comeback and I can see the efforts they've put into the new devices like passport and priv. So keep going RIM! :victory:
[Nexus 6 Android Development] matthewdavis:
Nova
[Nexus 6 Android Development] Bleedos:
Nova Prime. Could never find anything better.
[Nexus 6 Android Development] Maximinus I:
Nova prime here.
[Nexus 6 Android Development] wolfeyes30:
Nova Prime as well. Try others from time to time but i always come back to Nova.
[Nexus 6 Android Development] rauschkugl:
I don't know what you're doing but I can write to it just fine.
[Nexus 6 Android Development] abuttino:
Did the developer keep the Nexus/Google dialer in this project?
[Nexus 6 Android Development] TjPhysicist:
Omg you're Canadian too? Now all the more reason to never use another ROM..
[Nexus 6 Android Development] Danvdh:
yes the dialer is still there, I only removed the non essential google apps. I left things out like MMS, Camera because users may want to use 3rd party apps instead of the google ones, (for example I use Textra for MMS) but nothing critical has been removed, my number one focus has always been stability and I'm not the type of dev that will start deleting random apk's and binaries to make their ROM zip size smaller, if I cared about size of zip I would deodex the ROM but that will result in much longer boot times which is NO DEAL! - I only remove the optional stuff that is easily obtained on the play store

I personally love having a neat and organized app drawer with only apps I use and nothing I don't use clogging up space :P
[Nexus 6 Android Development] mike102871:
Would you share how you are doing this ,?
[Nexus 6 Android Development] rauschkugl:
Like it was always done. Plug it in, mount the drive and copy the stuff on it that you want to copy.

Give a proper description what you're doing so people can help you and not only say we can't copy to usb otg.
[Nexus 6 Android Development] mike102871:
I'm plugging it in. Trying to mount using stick mount. Only way to see it is thru a root browser. Try to write to it and it does not allow. This is the case on 3 devices . nexus 5,6,7 . what more info would I need to post?
[Nexus 6 Android Development] rauschkugl:
That's enough. There wasn't any info before and 80 percent of the people don't know they have to use stickmount.

I use root Explorer also but the folder should also be visible in a normal browser because it's mounted to internal memory/usbStorage

Did you try to reformat the drive? I get a system notification that the memory device is not supported and has to be reformatted to work when I mount it. I just ignore that message and can write to the drive anyway though but maybe it helps in your case.
[Nexus 6 Android Development] abuttino:
So.. I am getting the Nexus and just need to know a couple things..

If I should decide to flash this I need to:

(In this order)

Unlock bootloader

Flash TWRP

Flash boot.img

Flash this ROM

Is this correct
[Nexus 6 Android Development] Danvdh:
yes that is correct IF your device ships to you already on 6.0, if it's still on 5.x then you should update to the latest factory image and then do the 4 steps you listed ;)
[Nexus 6 Android Development] TjPhysicist:
Depends on if your phone comes with 6.0, likely not SO:

Update to M

You can manually flash M, doing it the easy way/following Google's instructions will wipe data...

Unlock bootloader

Flash TWRP

Wipe

Flash boot.img (no force encrypt version..I'm not sure this is necessary though)

Flash this ROM

Full data wipe including sdcard with

fastboot format userdata

(this should more decrypt the phone, if done after noforceencrypt boot image is present)

Reboot
[Nexus 6 Android Development] abuttino:
Where do I find boot.img no force encrypt version?
[Nexus 6 Android Development] TjPhysicist:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=63146153&postcount=1003 (not verified but from what the post says it's noforce encrypt created from MRA58K). Make sure you do this AFTER updating ofc.
[Nexus 6 Android Development] abuttino:
Thanks for the info [MENTION=749527]TjPhysicist[/MENTION] and [MENTION=4830253]Danvdh[/MENTION].

Just wanted to make sure I was ready.
[Nexus 6 Android Development] Deryck97:
Why are you guys suggesting to flash boot.img?

I just flashed factory M, installed twrp, flashed this and everything works well.

Is the boot.img to remove forced encryption?
[Nexus 6 Android Development] Danvdh:
seems so, although flashing the ROM then formatting data will get rid of encryption too :highfive:
[Nexus 6 Android Development] TjPhysicist:
Yep, I wasnt sure though..
[Nexus 6 Android Development] Maximinus I:
It seems like a lot of unnecessary steps. He could just

1 unlock phone

2 flash twrp

3 flash m bootloader and m radio

4 flash this wonderful rom and profit.

No need to mess with the whole factory image thing. Worked wonderfully for me.
[Nexus 6 Android Development] abuttino:
Where do you find the b/l and radio?
[Nexus 6 Android Development] TjPhysicist:
Well, I couldn't find m bootloader and radio anywhere, do had to do the other way. I'll upload it somewhere in a bit though
[Nexus 6 Android Development] heath2805:
It's on page 91 in this thread.

Download the MRA58k radio and bootloader zip to flash in recovery.
[Nexus 6 Android Development] abuttino:
Hmm.. I just remembered, can't you just take it out of the update zip file?
[Nexus 6 Android Development] :
Can I flash this kernel on this Rom? http://xdaforums.com/nexus-6/development/kernel-stock-kernel-root-color-control-t3218958/page18
[Nexus 6 Android Development] droidstyle:
you are not looking hard enough...there is a thread in this very section that has these files in flashable zip format.

http://xdaforums.com/nexus-6/development/fxz-nexus-6-recovery-flashable-fastboot-t3066052
[Nexus 6 Android Development] heath2805:
Maybe if a zip file was equivalent to the last clean pair of underwear one would truly search thoroughly....

Never mind that just sounds wrong ?
[Nexus 6 Android Development] treo4life:
The battery life is crazy! My daily driver for sure!:D:thumbup:
[Nexus 6 Android Development] bhint15:
Anyone else not have 4k video recording working? Sucked just missed an awesome video I took 1080 works fine 4k says recording but file isn't saved anywhere.
[Nexus 6 Android Development] Maximinus I:
4k is fine on my phone using Google camera.
[Nexus 6 Android Development] Danvdh:
same, works great

in fact, I have zero issues personally or bug reports on this release, it's rock stable
[Nexus 6 Android Development] lamjanus:
Updated latest release with included HC kernel. Phone hangs when pressing power button to turn on screen. Not having these issues with lean kernel so i am using that one again. The ROM itself is great.
[Nexus 6 Android Development] bhint15:
Guess I'll full wipe today see if it fixes my 4k thanks for confirming
[Nexus 6 Android Development] Nytrikx:
Guys, any word on a flashable mod to swap the back button and the recents button?
[Nexus 6 Android Development] cswroe:
The is one posted in this thread that I use. Search the thread for swap.
[Nexus 6 Android Development] Danvdh:
[MENTION=4664181]Nytrikx[/MENTION]

Swap back and recent's on the navigation bar (Flashable)

https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24052804347851991

report back, should work perfectly! make sure you test landscape mode too!

clean flash? I def have no issues with the power button but whatever, Lean is a solid kernel too! I just get way better battery life with hC and alot of others are with me on that :highfive:
[Nexus 6 Android Development] Nytrikx:
I flashed and nothing changed. Then I cleaned the dalvik and cache and nothing changed again. So it didn't work :(
[Nexus 6 Android Development] terenchan:
Using Action Launcher here
[Nexus 6 Android Development] Danvdh:
I had a typo in in the script sorry! https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24052804347851991 will work
[Nexus 6 Android Development] RUISOU:
It works. Brilliantly. Landscape and portrait. Thanks.
[Nexus 6 Android Development] Nytrikx:
Works beautifully, in landscape too. Thank you. You're the best. :D
[Nexus 6 Android Development] Xeperu:
For some odd reason my phone is stuck in DND mode. The end now button doesn't do anything and physically pressing the side volume buttons doesn't do anything either besidews raising media volume when I am playing a sound/video.

Any ideas? Dirty flashing to the lastest version did not solve the issue.
[Nexus 6 Android Development] droidstyle:
I would not expect dirty flashing to fix the issue. Try a factory reset and report back.
[Nexus 6 Android Development] abuttino:
[MENTION=4830253]Danvdh[/MENTION] have you been thinking about moving away from ChainFire's root and letting the user do it with doitright's root instead?
[Nexus 6 Android Development] Danvdh:
no, chainfires root is perfectly fine
[Nexus 6 Android Development] PainToad:
For now.
[Nexus 6 Android Development] Danvdh:
non issue, the kernel is open source and we will always have the ability to gain root access, this is not an iPhone with a locked bootloader so to obtain root you generally need a kernel exploit AND a userland exploit or just a seriously awesome userland exploit that can obtain a "untethered" jailbreak to obtain root

we will discuss this when a new solution is needed, until then root works 100% perfectly and I am not going to compromise it because of some fear mongering, Chainfire is legit and for the next 2 years we have nothing to worry about anyway
[Nexus 6 Android Development] abuttino:
Flash the radio and bootloader in stock recovery or TWRP, or it doesn't matter?

---------- Post added at 06:04 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:03 PM ----------

The old cf root that you are using doesn't have verity, correct?
[Nexus 6 Android Development] PainToad:
Chainfire will eventually have nothing to do with it.

Yes the kernel will always be opensource, as that's Google.

But there's nothing stopping the new owners not releasing the source for the su binary and slipping malicious code in.

For the time being it's a non-issue.
[Nexus 6 Android Development] caloyzki:
hi. am a steady user of your S4 rom dan. now i just bought N6 xt11103 model. i am tmobile sim. i know nexus phones root method is different from samsung phones. do i need to update my modem, radio, or baseband before flashing this rom? i dont know how to do it on nexus phones. thanks for any help
[Nexus 6 Android Development] Danvdh:
did your Nexus ship on 6.0 or 5.0, 5.1 or 5.1.1? if you opened the box and the phone was already on marshmallow, no. if it's still on lollipop you have to update yes, head to the general section of the nexus 6 forums and look for the sticky roll up thread, learn how to do it the proper way and don't use toolkits and stuff :P
[Nexus 6 Android Development] caloyzki:
thanks. is this the right way to do it? http://xdaforums.com/nexus-6/general/how-to-nexus-6-one-beginners-guide-t2948481

i dont have the phone yet. later today i will get it in the mail. when the phone comes, should it root it right away or do i need to update first the phone thru OTA then root?

update: got the phone. it pre installed 5.0 LP. with LNX07M. got a pop up notification update version 5.0.1. do i need to update first the 5.0.1 then root the phone to M?
[Nexus 6 Android Development] TMG1961:
forget the question..worked it out
[Nexus 6 Android Development] TjPhysicist:
Update to M then install recovery and ROM.
[Nexus 6 Android Development] abuttino:
You might want to do the fastboot format userdata to wipe encryption
[Nexus 6 Android Development] Danvdh:
new factory image is out, working on rebase now ;)
[Nexus 6 Android Development] abuttino:
Great..... I just got my phone, got the ROM on it.. Oh well.. I did forget to decrypt the device by using that command.
[Nexus 6 Android Development] Danvdh:
UPDATE IN THE OP

11/03/2015

-Rebased on MRA58N 6.0 r2 factory image

-Updated all required system GAPPS

Like I promised, lightning fast updates before you even see an OTA

glad this image dropped today because tomorrow is my 29th birthday and I don't like to work on my birthday :P

I'm gonna rebase the navigation bar button swap mod now and I'll post in a few min ;)

also here is a mod to swap recent's and back button for the navigation bar, based on the new SystemUI, I added it to the OP aswell :)

https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24052804347853512
[Nexus 6 Android Development] abuttino:
Dirty flash OK?
[Nexus 6 Android Development] Danvdh:
yeah should be fine dude, you know the drill. if it's not full wipe before posting here ;)

I test everything on full wipes but I can't see any reason why wiping caches and flashing would cause an issue if coming from my last release
[Nexus 6 Android Development] Tylog:
Thanks. And Enjoy your day tomorrow. I also have birthday in November but 29 is long long time ago :)
[Nexus 6 Android Development] Nytrikx:
Thank you very much Dan, and happy early birthday. Enjoy. Do I need to update the radio manually on the side or just flash this ROM and everything is done?
[Nexus 6 Android Development] Danvdh:
no changes to radio or bootloader, only stock recovery has been updated which is irrelevant ;)

no kernel changes either

flash rom and that mod i made for you (the updated one) and everything is done ;)
[Nexus 6 Android Development] abuttino:
What really was updated anyway?
[Nexus 6 Android Development] Danvdh:
security patches
[Nexus 6 Android Development] Nytrikx:
Thanks
[Nexus 6 Android Development] caloyzki:
Okay. Now i got my N6. After so many OTA updates. It end up on stock 6.0 M with MRA58K. So whats next to do to flash this awesome rom?

Please easy to me guys. This is my first time owning this device. Not familiar how to root it. Tia
[Nexus 6 Android Development] Danvdh:
flash twrp using fastboot, boot to recovery right away (do not boot the stock system.img as without root it will overwrite twrp which you just flashed)

full wipe and flash this ROM if you wish to stay encrypted

for decrypted: full wipe, flash ROM, then "Format Data" in twrp (BACKUP YOUR INTERNAL STORAGE FIRST)

reboot
[Nexus 6 Android Development] caloyzki:
Lol. Is that shortcut? My laptop wont recognize my nexus driver.
[Nexus 6 Android Development] Danvdh:
I had this happen, open the device manager and point the fastboot driver to the Google USB driver folder that you downloaded with android-sdk tools, just connect to USB in fastboot for it to appear in windows device manager

also you unlocked your bootloader right? otherwise you shouldn't be posting here :P you need to do that first, I would head to the general section and read the sticky roll up thread ;)
[Nexus 6 Android Development] Nytrikx:
Using the latest update with the swap mod and it is working perfectly. Couldn't ask for more :)
[Nexus 6 Android Development] caloyzki:
Huh? No unlock bootloader. Dont know how to do that. Maybe i will stay stock forever