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[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Calko2882:
help?

hello all. i need some help flashing android m, putting twrp and root onto it. i have flashed before, and with the help of Simms22 i was able to get it done. Unfortunately i have experienced problems on the 2nd latest 5.1.1 and i would like to go to android m to hopefully resolve the problems. Then from there i would like to twrp and root it, if possible. And if anyone knows how to enable the LED as well it would be much help. I have scoured the forums to see how to install android m, but it sometimes gets confusing reading numerous different ways of doing things. Whoever can help, it would be much appreciated. If its easier to PM me, go for it, i have a feeling it would clog up this thread for people who truly need it anyhow.

THANKS GUYS. (i have many questions for those who are willing to help, this stuff is my passion)
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mulderato:
Hate to be a noob but here goes... Currently I am unlocked, rooted, SU, with TWRP and running Euphoria lollipop 5.1. I have decided to stick with stock roms and use xposed. To update to MM do I undo everything back to stock and adb sideload or do I just download the factory image and flash like I do with normal roms with TWRP. Ive seen also that people are getting corruption messages, if this is true, is there a way around it?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
hi :)

if you are trying to flash m, the preview edition, i would just flash jdx rom via your twrp recovery, thats the easiest way. if you want to flash marshmallow, then you can flash a factory image. that needs to be done with fastboot, while youre in your bootloader.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 93fuelslut:
So my n6 won't connect to BT anymore even after reboots. I'm on aicp. Should I flash a kernel? If so, which ones do y'all recommend? I just got my n6 yesterday

sent from your moms phone
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] therisinghippo:
I'm still new to this stuff, but I've been using Nexus Root Toolkit, and it makes things pretty easy. I have a few questions though and would love some help!

I am running 5.1.1 stock with LeanKernel. I've read that 6.0 doesn't have root yet, so I'm guessing LK is out of the question. I still want to flash this, so I'm willing to loose root until it's figured out. SO.....

If I flash stock kernel 5.1.1, is there a way to use NRT to flash 6.0 without wiping apps/data, like a regular sideload update?

Second, if not, what is the best backup to do to backup my apps/settings/etc? I used Titanium before, but it's been a while.

Thanks in advance for your help
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mulderato:
Thanks Danarama,

I would like to keep root and TWRP but go to stock MM. I couldnt find the file that you mentioned though, or i may have just wasnt sure if that was it.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NLBeev:
A method to install MM without NRT is available,

Flashing a pre-rooted rom. Look at the threads "JDK" and "XtraSmooth"
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
You can alsways just flash the system.img and boot.img extracted from the factory image, or as mentioned above, some that flash from recovery
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Divine_Madcat:
Note: Warez discussion is not allowed - questions relating to it have been removed. Lets avoid that in the future..
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gdourado:
Hello, how are you?

I just ordered a Nexus 6 today.

It will come brand new.

I'm teasing it will still come loaded with Android 5.

shoukd I use the Tool kit on android 5 to unlock the boot loader and flash the recovery first and then upgrade to android 6?

If I do this, the phone will remain unlocked even in android 6 right?

If I root on 5 with the toolkit and flash SUpersu and then upgrade to 6 I will lose the root as there is still no root in 6, right?

Thanks for the help.

Cheers!
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
Go to Nexus 6 General > Sticky roll-up thread.

There is lots of information there you can read. We (Mostly) recommend not using toolkits unless you know what they are doing. Manual steps are easy anyway.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] treezy26:
I am currently on a bet with the misses that i can't go a week without rooting so I decided to try out M and so far its ok. I am on day 3 so far, but...the ability to not block ads is killing me. Any simpler way to just root M? I know there are ways but so far it seems complicated and I'd rather not use any of the M roms floating around here. Thanks.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
Its not complicated. From a custom recovery, flash supersu.zip
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] efrant:
You also need to flash a custom boot image.

http://xdaforums.com/apps/supersu/wip-android-6-0-marshmellow-t3219344

But you are right. Not complicated.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
Hmm, i thought the boot.img wasn't actually required anymore. My bad. But still, not complicated.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sumner2q:
I can't transfer files

I flashed and rooted Android M but I can't see my internal sd card when I connect to my computer I have did the troubleshooting on there and every where else and its not working so decided to post here maybe I missed something I'm just stock rooted on Android m
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NLBeev:
Swipe down from the top and change the USB settings, when connected to a PC.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sumner2q:
Thanks did not show up when I flashed the rom at first after reflashing it did thanks :)
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 93fuelslut:
So I went from bone stock to aicp. I don't know if I'm encrypted or not. So if I'm not, and I flash a rom and it encrypts me by default, would anything bad happen?

sent from your moms phone
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adrek09:
Mega noob question here

I just got my nexus 6 and the first thing I did was to flash the 6.0 factory image (still in the stock recovery)

I'm thinking to flash the Twrp recovery and make a back up before I start messing further with the phone.

The question is, if the phone isn't rooted, will I be able to access the backup file in a future in case I need it or if I want to transfer the file to the PC?

I ask this because last year I tried to make a backup in a moto g that wasn't rooted and I could never reach the path where it was supposed to be.

Thanks!
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jrbxx7:
Generally root won't mess anything up. Only the mods the user applies via having root can cause issues. Lol.

I use titanium for backing up user apps and data. U can also backup system apps and data with it however restoring system apps to a different ROM will likely cause issues. Also use twrp to make a full ROM nandroid backup before flashing another ROM. That way u can easily restore to what it was before flashing. When restoring a nandroid it will be the exact setup u had when the backup was made. And is always recommended before doing any flashing of zips or modding. And for safe keeping copy the twrp and titanium folder (or entire internal sd) to your PC.

TaPpEd FrOm My N-sIx
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DutchDogg54:
Pretty simple actually - there's a couple options:

1) Backups through recovery - simply power off the phone and then long press power & volume down, then use the volume buttons to select the recovery option. Once in recovery, tap "backup" and create one. This is an exact copy of your rom, rom settings, app settings - literally everything. It's like an exact snapshot of your setup at that moment in time. Then, if you have problems, just follow the same steps & select "Restore," then select your backup & yours back to exactly where you were before. I make one of these whenever I'm about to flash anything questionable or move to a different Rom.

2) App backups - the best & unparalleled in it's field is Titanium Backup - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.keramidas.TitaniumBackup

This will let you save a backup of all your apps, data, and even messages, call logs, wifi connections. There are some features that are only available with the premium version, but the free version will get the job done for most everything you need.

There are others like this but they pale in comparison - this is probably THE most popular & successful root application of all time, outside of Superuser/SuperSU, maybe even those.

It's important to stick to "user apps & data" with apps like titanium, and avoid system apps & system data as it can cause problems when restoring that, especially from one rom to another.

One other thing I also backup is my launcher settings, which my 3rd party launcher has functionality built right in - Nova launcher. Again, probably the best & most successful in this category. I highly recommend spending the few bucks on both this & the titanium full versions - I've gotten 100's of times my value out of each of these apps that I've owned for more than 5 years now. Trust me - just buy 'em!

3) Rom Settings backup - this is accomplished with a backup through recovery, but that's not very useful in some circumstances, as you have to restore the entire backup to get those settings back. I'd recommend "ROM Settings Backup" https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.flextrick.settingssaver, which can save a fair amount of roms settings and allow you to restore them after clean flashing updates (which I do a lot of the time for bug free experiences).

Hope this helps!
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] subydude7:
Thank you Evolution_Freak. I understand that a backup can easily be created in TWRP. My problem is the inability to see the screen. I know the phone is on, it makes noise for notifications and will ring. I'm not sure if the digitizer is working though. I would like to know if I can somehow command the phone to create a backup from a command line on my PC while in download mode or something of that sort. Any suggestions appreciated!
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
You can use ADB pull to pull files from your phone to your PC. Some info here:

http://androidforums.com/threads/backup-and-restore-without-root-galaxy-nexus-and-mac.480673/
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] subydude7:
Thanks again for your reply. I had ran across that guide previously. Great information. Again, my problem is that I can not see or navigate the screen to enter encryption password or to authorize the back up. Thinking I'm just going to have to redo all the modifications on the replacement device. I kinda want to open the device and check for a dislodged display ribbon cable connector. But I think it would be wiser to just go swap it out. I HAD JUST PUT A SCREEN PROTECTOR ON IT THE DAY BEFORE THIS HAPPENED! GRR
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Samg381:
Thank you guys SO MUCH for your breakdown.. It really helped me.

Question- If I go into TWRP Recovery and make a full scale backup as you guys said, that creates a ZIP file that I can use to completely revert back to that point in time?

How do I keep these backups safe? How many should I keep and how big are they? If I'm stuck in a boot loop after screwing something up is the first step using one of these backups?

So many questions, sorry to be a burden, and thank you.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jrbxx7:
Correct it makes a complete "image" of your phone at that point in time. They are around 2 to 3 GB in size depending on how many apps u have installed. Its saved under the twrp folder on your internal SD. It will be safe there unless u wipe internal SD in twrp. However I'd save a backup to your PC just to be extra safe. Yes if u get stuck in a bootloop then u can just restore the backup. That's why its always wise to backup before flashing any mods. If you get caught in a loop then just hold power and vol up + vol down until it boots to bootloader then just select recovery.

TaPpEd FrOm My N-sIx
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Afro Samurai:
Thanks for that I was wondering about bootloops since battery pull isn't an option. Just to add I also have my twrp backups on an micro sd that I had in my previous phone with the Meenova adapter as well as my laptop. I always subscribe to that fact that you can never backup too much....;)
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DutchDogg54:
Just in case your didn't know, you can hold the power button for 10 seconds (or something long like that) & it'll do a hard reboot. When there's no removable battery, there has to be a way to get rebooted built in.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wrongway213:
Always wondered since I ditched Samsung when this beast dropped, lemme jump on the other side of the thread real quick: is there a failsafe if your power button breaks? Or is that part of the demand for DT2W, S2W, ambient display, etc. on Nexus devices? Never heard of one but I'd be surprised if none exists..
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
No there's no failsafe.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Benjamin1966:
I noticed when looking for a used N6 that there are different model numbers?

Both are from Motorola. First one shows "00637NARTL" & the other "00640NAGPE"

Even used this expensive for me nit to mention I'm on Verizon so I want to make sure either of these will work.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jrbxx7:
I think u will want the nartl model. (Not 100% sure on that) Just make sure its the xt1103 not the xt1100 the xt1100 doesn't support the CDMA band which is what Verizon uses.

TaPpEd FrOm My N-sIx
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rachelm920:
Hi guys. I (like a real moron) :( haven't backed up since 5.0 and now I'm stuck in bootloop after trying an xposed module. I'm able to successfully boot into TWRP recovery, and I have attempted the following:

Wipe - Factory Reset

Reflashing my ROM + GAPPS

Still stuck with the colorful icons over and over and over after playing the dumb AT&T tone.

Is it safe to wipe system? Should I try that? I don't want to try anything that will totally F### me over...

HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

NVM I got it to work by flashing the original version of Euphoria I had on my SD card now I gotta flash the update. PHEW
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cam30era:
While a non VZW N6 will work on Verizon, you will loose any discounts you get for bring your own device. And you will not be able to change your plan. Several threads on Q&A and in General. Look them up and read before buying.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Samg381:
You guys are great.

Another question- How would I flash Cyanogenmod to my device while being able to keep the apps and settings?

Do I make one of the zip backups we spoke about earlier and flash it after I flash Cyanogen?

Again, you're all doing god's work for me right now.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DutchDogg54:
Glad you got it working. In the future, you can flash this zip which will disable Xposed and let you get booted up and fix whatever the problem was: Xposed Disabler Zip

If you are on a different rom than Cyanogenmod, then you'd want to do a titanium backup of user apps & data before rebooting to recovery and making a nandroid backup. Then go ahead and flash the different rom.

Then, once you boot up in your new rom, install Titanium backup again and restore your backups. If you encounter any unsavory results with the new rom flash, you can go back to recovery and restore your nandroid backup.

If you're going from one version of a rom to an updated version of the same rom, you can use the Settings Backup app I linked in my #3 of this post.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Samg381:
Alright, what do I do with the titanium backup and the twrp backup stuff once they're finished backing up?

If flashing deletes data, do I have to save both the backups (titanium and twrp) on my computer and load them on once it finished flashing?

Also once I flash cyanogenmod, will I still have root?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DutchDogg54:
You can copy them onto your computer for safe keeping but, unless you wipe your internal storage (almost never needed) or get borked and have to flash a factory image (can happen but rare), you'll still have your TWRP & Titanium Backup files available after installing a new rom, during which you'd wipe data, cache & dalvic cache. You could even wipe system and still not lose your backups.

Whether or not you maintain root depends on whether the ROM is pre-rooted or flashes SuperSU as part of the script - which most AOSP-style roms do include. You'll know rather quickly upon boot if you're not rooted, though, as root apps wont work, i.e. titanium backup. If that's the case, simply download and flash the latest SuperSU zip.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Samg381:
Thank you!

So, according to you this is what I should do:

- Make a titanium backup

- Make a TWRP backup

- save on computer just in case

- flash cyanogenmod

- install titanium backup

- locate restore file and restore

Does this look about right? Sorry but this is how my thought process works :P
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
you dont need root to use a recovery . you do't need to flash custom roms and kernels. you need root to control the root apps, to change system files.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adrek09:
Thanks for the fast reply. I'm aware that I don't need to root the phone in order to accomplish what you just mentioned.

I'm wondering if the root is needed to access some hidden partition in the phone where the back ups are stored. In other words, if I don't root the phone, can I use the backup files?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
if you backup, the files are not hidden. they are in the user side. and you can backup and restore. if you dont have root, you cant access the root files, thats just obvious.

---------- Post added at 01:46 AM ---------- Previous post was at 01:42 AM ----------

in the main storage area, in a folder called TWRP..
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NLBeev:
Without unlocked bootloader and modified boot for privileged commands it is not possible to install a custom TWRP recovery to make a backup tobthe internal storage.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Deryck97:
I've seen some talk about making sure you have the Marshmallow radio and bootloader before flashing custom 6.0 ROMs, is there a way to check which version of radio and bootloader you have?

I've already flashed factory 6.0, does this mean I have the Marshmallow radio and bootloader?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NLBeev:
Yes
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mistertac:
Look for your Radio version in About Phone under Baseband, and check your Bootloader version by booting into Bootloader Mode and you'll see the Version Number there.

If you already flashed completely back to stock with either Fastboot / Wugs then you should be all set anyways.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MJMcMahon:
Good morning all -

I've been trying to troubleshoot an issue with sporadic reboots of my Nexus 6. It's currently running Google build LMY48M (5.1.1, Baseband: MDM9625_1044446.01.02.101R, Kernel 3.10.40-gc16a3c6). The device is rooted.

I thought it was isolated to a particular app, but experienced another reboot Friday. The reboot appears to be reproducible when in a low data signal area and using GPS. Any thoughts on where to start to address the issue?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] moi123:
Stock camera quality on custom ROMs vs orig ROM

I like the quality of the camera/video on the orig Google N6 ROM - if I choose to flash a custom ROM (e.g. PureNexus, EOS, etc).

Will the orig "camera quality" be carried across as well?

I know this is not the case e.g. for other non-Nexus devices (e.g. Note3 on stock Sammy ROM has much better camera quality vs. custom AOSP ROMs e.g. EOS, Slim, etc.)
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BruKnowsBest:
anyway to push the OTA update to the N6 without using a computer ?

I remember I did it from Kit-Kat to Lollipop but it's different now, can anyone help me ?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Face_Plant:
I have flashed Chroma, PureNexus, XtraSmooth, JDX, Benzo, CM 12.1, and AICP and did not notice any difference in picture/camera quality between them and stock 5.1.1/6.0. As long as you use the Google Camera app the quality should be identical.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] moi123:
Thanks that's what I needed to hear! :)
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NLBeev:
The quality of a picture depends in the first place of hardware (lens and #pixels).
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] moi123:
Sure, and also the software drivers. Sounds like Nexus devices use the same camera drivers (AOSP based?) irregardless of the type of ROM (orig or custom).
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Face_Plant:
Correct. Samsung uses their own camera drivers,which are better than the Google/AOSP ones, which is why the camera quality goes down when you flash a non-TouchJizz ROM on a Samsung device. From what I've read the Samsung camera drivers are closed source, so developers are forced to to use the AOSP ones when creating an AOSP ROM for a Samsung device.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Trina9:
I'm reading that the TWRP Manager app doesn't work in Marshmallow. Dumb question but does that mean TWRP doesn't work in Marshmallow at all or just the app? I never use the app.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NLBeev:
No TWRP recovery works well, but of course in recovery mode.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wbarnes4393:
Dirty Flash vs. OTA - fully stock

I am a stock, unrooted, Nexus 6 user. I am one of those that is a fan of vanilla stock android, for the speed and simplicity. Never flashed a custom rom. I also like getting the latest official Nexus updates quickly. I am not rooted. I have flashed and wiped before, and also sideloaded ota files. This turns out to be the extent of what I want to do.

This time, however, I did start getting impatient with waiting on the Marshmallow ota, but I really did not want to wipe data, either (lazy, I know – and yes, I hear I should just root and do titanium backup, but I haven’t wanted to take that step either). So, for the first time, I looked into flashing the new stock image without wiping data. I did the method where I individually flashbooted all the image components (boot.img, radio.img, system.img, etc.), but did not flash userdata.img (I also didn't flash cache.img, but did clear it when flashing).

Here’s my question – can someone please tell me what the differences are on my phone now, having dirty flashed, as opposed to applying the ota? I always hear, over and over, “it’s best to wipe,” but I haven’t heard anyone actually explain why, beyond some vague statements about “errors might occur.” I get that a lot of people are flashing custom roms, and tweaks, like crazy, and this gets them into trouble. But, my question is --- if I stay fully unrooted, complete stock----is there ANY reason for me not to dirty flash the image as opposed to wait for ota or wipe?

Feel free to point me to anyplace buried in xda developers that expounds on this. Hard to find when you don't really know what you're looking for.......
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] efrant:
Certainly on a stock ROM, there is absolutely no difference between "dirty flashing" and applying the OTA. The end result is the same. (If you had a custom ROM installed, you may have some apps that force-close, etc. when changing between ROMs via a "dirty flash".)
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wbarnes4393:
Yay! I had a feeling that was the case, but am grateful for the verification. Should I have flashed cache.img?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] efrant:
This is basically what I use (assuming the name of your bootloader is bootloader.img and radio is radio.img):

fastboot flash bootloader bootloader.img

fastboot reboot-bootloader

fastboot flash radio radio.img

fastboot reboot-bootloader

fastboot flash boot boot.img

fastboot flash system system.img

fastboot flash recovery recovery.img (only if you want the stock recovery)

fastboot format cache

fastboot reboot
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wbarnes4393:
Thanks again!