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[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Martend:
cannot find the build-manifest.xml on my device

Hello,

I am trying to obtain the build-manifest.xml as per this guide on Cyanogenwiki, in order

to recreate the release and push that to my github account.

Once i managed that, i would like it to have in sync with the original.

I ploughed through my device and in the nightly zip, but i am not able to find the file :mad:

Is the information outdated perhaps or is there a more efficient way?

Thanks!

M

Recreating CyanogenMod releases using manifests

CyanogenMod builds as of CM 10.0.0 include (and install locally to the device) an XML file with the exact manifest of what was used to generate them. This allows users to build an exact replica of the CM version on their device, as obtained from download.cyanogenmod.com. Note: these manifests may conflict with your local manifest, so it is recommended that you move your local manifests to a backup directory.

Obtaining the manifest

In order to build using this manifest, you must retrieve the file and place it in your .repo/manifests/ folder. The file you pull can be renamed to whatever you like; in this example it is called cm-10.0.0.xml. You can obtain the manifest in one of two ways:

1. Pull the file from your device:

cd /your/repo/path

adb pull /system/etc/build-manifest.xml .repo/manifests/cm-10.0.0.xml

OR

2. Extract /system/etc/build-manifest.xml from the ROM zip and place it into .repo/manifests, manually.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jj14:
Assuming you mean "without unlocking bootloader", that is not possible at this time.

A modified boot image is also needed though, right?

An unrelated question.

With Android Pay being blocked upon root, I'm thinking of not rooting M. The one thing that I can't really do without is adaway (all those pop-up scripts on web browsers "your phone is infected...blah blah" and the ads that take up more space than actual page content, are really annoying).

Since I have an unlocked bootloader, I suspect it should be possible to use ADB to push a modified hosts file. But does anyone here know if that would cause android pay to not work (or result in the warning message upon boot)?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
Yep, believe so.

You should be able to push it via adb whilst booted in TWRP. You may get the corrupt message but it is an annoyance rather than a problem. As for Pay, can't answer that
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Hoping you guys can help me out. I found a flashable aosp browser and installed on latest Chroma mm rom and I can't get it to sync. I'm using banks gapps and I believe I'm missing the sync.. I want to delete chrome beta & just use aosp browser. Can someone please point me in a direction or explain. Seems like I saw something on this a while back but I've googled my butt of and Nada. Please help. Thanks for your time.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gorillaz1:
Is there an easy way to flash 6.0 and root? I've been looking through the forums and the Nexus 6 reddit, but it's not readily apparent.

I just want stock 6.0 and root.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
yes, its always easy on any nexus.

1. unlock your bootloader with "fastboot oem unlock"

2. fastboot flash twrp recovery

3. flash a marshmallow custom kernel and the latest supersu in your new recovery

4. reboot with root.

flashing the custom kernel is a mew requirement for marshmallow.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gorillaz1:
Sorry maybe I wasn't clear. I am rooted already, and using Multi-rom. I want to flash 6.0 on top of my main ROM, is there a place to download a flashable stock 6.0? And based on your post it sounds like I need to flash a custom kernel as well.

Thank you by the way.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BladeRunner:
Flashable zips here: http://xdaforums.com/nexus-6/development/fxz-nexus-6-recovery-flashable-fastboot-t3066052

and yes, once you flash the stock 6.0 system you will lose root and need to flash a custom boot image, then flash supersu again
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ChrispyChris:
My question is about applications and freeing up space on my Android device. I've been looking around online but can't seem to find a good answer that is up to date or that even makes sense. I'm wondering if I need to root my device to start installing applications to my USB drive, or if I can just do something to start installing them without needing a root. Also, if I do install an application to my drive, will it completely install there and not take up any space on my Nexus at all? Please maybe link me to a relevant guide or maybe just give me a quick rundown of what I need to do. It would be much appreciated!! Thanks guys!
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
Are you really that short on space?

You can't really "install" applications to a drive. The apks install in /data/app often are not the cause if limited space. It is usually data these apps put on the sdcard eg /sdcard/Android

With root, you can use folder mount to individually mount folders for individual apps to a USB drive. If you do all apps however, you won't be able to use phone properly unless you have the drive plugged in.

Google "foldermount xda" for more information.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TMG1961:
I rooted my nexus 6 and installed TWRP, but i got the following message when i booted into recover: twrp has detected an unmodified system partition

No i clicked on keep read only. But i havent got a clue if that was good or not

Been googling but get mixed answers. So question is was it good to click on leave as read only or should i have swiped to allow modifications?

Thanks for your help
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blitzerking1:
Is anyone having trouble flashing the blue spark kernel over purenexus? I've tried flashing r45 over purenexus 10/30 but it won't boot. It's stuck at the boot animation screen.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
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[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blitzerking1:
I flashed chainfires boot IMG and it worked. Thanks
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TMG1961:
I just flashed twrp 2.8.7.1 but when i looked at bootloader logs i saw Mismatched partition size (recovery) Did i do something wrong? I can boot into twrp, but get the message twrp has detected an unmodified system partition the first time and then can select to keep as read only or swipe to allow modifications..not sure which one to use.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
No, nothing wrong.

Will you want to modify system? I would imagine you would.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TMG1961:
yes, looking now for a good and stable custom rom.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
Cool, set it appropriately then. Really it's for OTA protection on other devices, if TWRP doesn't modify system, you may still be able to get an OTA. Doesn't work for us though, because you need stock recovery now too.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TMG1961:
But that is the problem..i have no clue what to choose..do i use swipe or the keep read only button? Is first time i encountered this message..never saw it on my previous phone
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NLBeev:
TWRP says that the change is needed to prevent that it will be overwritten and for enabling OTA. But the N6 needs to be complete stock to install OTA's. so ... It does not matter.

I have use both options N6 works the same. I choose for change.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TMG1961:
Thanks..i did use the swipe option. Now on to find a good custom rom. Never saw that message on my LG G2 so wasnt sure what to do.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
But we answered this question together.

You: do I chose to allow modifications or read only

Me: do you want to make modifications?

You: yes

Surely you got the answer from that exchange?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TMG1961:
i did read that again and then i did swipe to allow modifications..me thinks that was the correct choice..if not then i did not read it correct and made the wrong decision.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] muppetmaster916:
Really need help with kernel flashing. I've been rooting Roming and modding since the OG droid, but for some reason every way that I've tried to flash a custom kernel on this phone I bootloop.

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Can you link the boot.IMG. every time I try I get a failed message In recovery.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blitzerking1:
I just googled chainfire nexus 6 boot.IMG it is a zip file but you don't flash the zip. Extract the zip on your PC or use androzip on your phone to get the boot.IMG file. After that flash it in flashify. Then reboot to recovery, flash SuperSU 2.52 then the kernel then profit?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] muppetmaster916:
I'll give it a shot.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] woe:
I have elementalx and my phone is rooted. Today i got the OTA for 6.0 but i do not understand how to get 6.0. I can't download and install it because then it just brings me to the twrp menu. I'm new to this, very confused and need help.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NLBeev:
OTA needs complete stock. An alternative is to flash m-bootloader and m-radio first and reboot and flash a rooted custom rom. Like JDX or a light rom. You should in any case read the OP of the jdx-rom. And also the thread of ElementalX especially post about 'permissive' and 'enforcing' kernels.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Oniska:
Galaxy S6 ported to Nexus 6?

I love the feel of a Galaxy S6 rom. Is there any roms build on this? I know the different launchers but it doesnt work the same way.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] falcon9094:
Is there any root procedure for marshmallow that i don't need twrp installed for? I like to try and stay as close to stock as possible.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NLBeev:
Than leave the idea of root access.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] falcon9094:
thanks for the help i use root for a few things and have no need for custom recovery your response was extremely helpfull
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
Problem is you do need TWRP recovery if you are rooted. This is used to help you *recover* your device if something breaks, which is common in a rooted environment.

There is no benefit to sticking with the stock recovery and only causes issues later if you keep it and you are rooted. It really is a case of do it properly or don't do it at all, because a world of pain is very close to you if you go into this with a half-measure.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] falcon9094:
If something goes wrong then i would just reflash the whole phone i was just trying to avoid an extra step in flashing the stock recovery after i root. All I need root for is the work around for teathering, ad blocking, and on extra app i use so i have no need for twrp or any other custom recovery
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
Why do you want stock recovery so badly?

Well, keep your bootloader unlocked as a minimum. You dont have to flash TWRP. You can boot it.; "fastboot boot twrp.img" - you cannot root M without TWRP at this stage.

If you do something wrong and get a bootloop, it may be in system which just reflashing system can fix, however if you do something and have to wipe it, that is the long way round, where a recovery backup would just restore it to how it was before hand. Invaluable tool for rooted users.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] falcon9094:
thank you for the answer on the root needing twrp.

the long way around to reflashing the phone doesnt bother me. I like to keep everything that I dont have a need for stock so when an ota comes out i can just flash the system.img I am on and take the ota and then reroot and reapply my changes.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NLBeev:
It is better to follow the idea of [MENTION=2872010]danarama[/MENTION] and install TWRP. Recently I wanted to flash factory image mra58k, but that stops after m-bootloader and m-radio. Boot; system etc needed to be fastboot flashed from the pc.

With TWRP you can make a full backup and do a restore.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
Why cant you just flash the system.img of the version you want to OTA to? Isnt there one available?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shantanil:
Very new to Nexus. Running 6.0 with unlocked bootloader, not rooted. Can I just fastboot the TWRP recovery and flash any ROM straightaway. Please help as I do not want a bricked device.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] night_mare:
Any custom rom supporting moto g xt1033 bootloader version 41.1A??
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] falcon9094:
No other reason than It is the way I like to do it.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
So to be clear, you want to root without TWRP to avoid the additional step of flashing stock recovery so you can flash an old system image and accept an OTA to update you to a later system image when you could miss ALL of that and just flash the correct system image from the get go? No recovery changes, no OTA...

That makes no sense at all and is a complete waste of your time, but if that's what you like to do, go for it... We like to give logical advice here though, so when someone disregards it for illogical reasons, please understand that we will get butt hurt by it.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NLBeev:
Do you know the verb 'it's carrying water to the sea' [emoji23]
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
No but I have now.. The British equivilant is carrying coals to Newcastle.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nikeman513:
Hey is there an easy way to tell if I'm unencrypted? My phone boots in about 15 seconds. I read it takes longer if its encrypted? I'm just kind of confused on all of this. Been rooting for years, first time I've had to deal with encryption...

P.S. I'm on 6.0 custom ROM with latest TWRP.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
one question.. did you unencrypt? if not, then probably not. but you can go into the main settings, security, and itll say if youre encrypted or unencrypted. btw, im encrypted, and my n6 boots fast on marshmallow. about 20-23 seconds :)
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nikeman513:
Encrypted? I did not encrypt
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
if you flash a factory image, or an update, without flashing a kernel that will allow decryption, then you would be encrypted, since android encrypts the n6 by default.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NLBeev:
You are not encrypted, when you press 'Encrypt phone' the phone will start the encryption process. After 1-2 hours there will be shown 'encrypted' in stead of 'Encrypt phone'
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darthchilli:
are you saying I can just flash system.img with the following requirements and leave everything?

stock mra58k

elementalX

encrypted

rooted with su2.46
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
If you want to upgrade and there is a factory image available, then yes. But I would also flash the boot.img and use later supersu
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darthchilli:
to clarify

flash system.img and boot.img from mra58n or nra58r

and use su2.52 to root it.

preferring not to wipe device or will flashing system.img do the job but keep user data
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
If you are unencrypted and wish to remain so, you must also flash the custom kernel (elementalx in your case) before you boot, but yes. You will keep your data. It is worth taking backups in both titanium backup and recovery first though, just in case.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adi160699:
I have a dumb question, I'm stuck on Android 5.0 and I'm not getting any OTAs so I have rooted my phone . So my question is that can I directly flash a Marshmallow ROM since I am on 5.0? If not could anyone pls explain how to go about it? :p
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
Yes. Download a rom.zip from the android development forum (stick with stock if you dont want to have to wipe) and flash it via TWRP recovery. I think this is all covered in General > Sticky roll-up thread. Have a look there first.

Always take backups of apps using titanium and by recovery
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trent999:
Quick noobish question:

There are now new fastboot options,

flashing unlock

flashing unlock_critical

Should I now use one of those instead of the traditional fastboot oem unlock ?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
no.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trent999:
Thanks.

That worked fine, of course, but I heard that under Marshmallow you have to use one of the "flash" commands. Still curious about them.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TriguyRN:
This might be the wrong place to ask as it's probably written somewhere but, I can't seem to find it. So, does flashing a recovery image or a system image wipe device data? I guess the better question is what files that you flash cause your device data to be wiped, and are there any harmful effects to not flashing those that do wipe it.

Thanks!
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trent999:
You have to unlock your boot loader before you can flash a recovery, and that wipes device data. Flashing things after might, it depends on which partition you flash. There is no user data stored on recovery, so flashing a recovery won't erase user data.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
only thing that will wipe your device without you enabling it to wipe your device is unlocking the bootloader. nothing else will wipe anything, unless you manually wipe.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TriguyRN:
I have unlocked the bootloader already so I'm good to go there. Thank you to both of you :)
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nikeman513:
I just changed my password and saw an update on the ROM I was using. He said to do a wipe, so I did... Now it won't let me log in. From what I've been reading, am I really stuck for 3 days without my phone? What can I do? Will flashing 5.0 then updating work around this? I'm so pissed off right now, there really needs to be a warning. I have never heard nor encountered this before...if
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zombolt:
I am a Verizon nexus 6 noob. I unlocked my 5.1.0 bootloader, edited build.prop for tethering. I have seen posts saying you need to update the bootloader to install certain roms. Can I use twrp from here on out or is executing fast boot commands essential? Does the radio get updated through twrp or do I need to do something special?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RayEdmondson:
You need to update to the marshmallow bootloader and radio. There are TWRP flashable files on xda.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Martend:
Grab the official factory image from here:

http://https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images

Unzip it, inside you find the bootloader and radio .img you need.

When flashing those two is done, flash the latests recovery img which you can find here:

https://dl.twrp.me/shamu/

Boot in to the recovery, do an advanced wipe & copy custom rom zip + gapps of your choice from computer to your phone. Install them, reboot and enjoy the rom :)
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] veesix:
Hi guys, is there any way to get tinted navbar on Marshmallow? (something that doesn't use Xposed, of course)
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NOSTALGIA:
any other way to root the latest stock marshmallow aside from doing it chainfire's way or flashing a custom kernel ?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mikeprius:
Is there a place where I can learn all the manual commands in adb ? like for example fastboot flash recovery recovername.img

commands like this so I know how to manually do them ?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NOSTALGIA:
my reference is the oneplus one thread . look for the one created by heisenberg. its just more or less same fastboot commands as the nexus 6
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
you need MOAR learnin..

thats not adb, thats fastboot. completely different than adb.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mikeprius:
I've been watching a lot of youtube videos. It's very scattered.

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This one ?

http://xdaforums.com/oneplus-one/general/guides-bacon-timmaaas-how-to-guides-t2839471
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
youtube vids are alright to get some visual knowledge, but reading about it will/should get you further.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NLBeev:
In many yt-video's there is more talking than visual knowledge.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NOSTALGIA:
yep.. thats it
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mikeprius:
So let's say for example, the Nexus 6 is rooted and unencrypted and on Lollipop and I wanted to upgrade it to Marshmallow without losing root and data.

I'd hold down and power button to reboot into fastboot mode, then go to a command window and type

fastboot devices

fastboot flash bootloader bootloader-xxxxxxxx.img

(new bootloader is installed)

fastboot reboot-bootloader

fastboot erase system

fastboot erase recovery

fastboot erase cache

fastboot erase boot

(keep /data.img)

(flashing new Marshmallow files)

fastboot flash system system.img

fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

fastboot flash cache cache.img

fastboot flash boot boot.img

?

do you always type fastboot devices when you first start up the command window, or adb devices ?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NOSTALGIA:
fastboot devices... to make sure that the device is being seen by the system
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sookieball:
I feel like a fool asking but here goes,

I'm not a noon but can't find the answer and I'm a paranoid flasher.

Do I have to upgrade to official marshmallow before I flash a 6.0 ROM?

Edit: found my answer. Thanks anyways :)
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mikeprius:
so the fastboot commands were correct ? wipe all files except data, then re-flash the newer bootloader and system.img, so it will be upgraded, yet the data file (root and unencryption) stays in tact ?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
Dont wipe or flash userdata. You do not need to flash cache.img. You would need to flash the boot.img (kernel) BUT you would need to flash a modified one to allow you to remain unencrypted.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mikeprius:
So keep userdata, but flash boot.img first then flash a modified boot.img to stay unencrypted ? Not just flash the modified boot.img without flashing the original ?

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Actually I don't have the Nexus 6 YET......buying it Black Friday, so a few more weeks, but I'm excited and getting familiar with the commands. I'll have to find something with the stickmount from Chainfire. There's no microsd card support. My S4 had a card slot, but my removable battery swelled and Samsung did not honor replacing it so I decided to try a Nexus. I've been wanting to try anyway. I had to buy the battery on my own. My understanding was that this was an issue for a lot of the S4 before.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
You can flash the modified boot.img instead of the stock one. BUT it MUST be a stock modified boot.img, not one of a custom kernel and you must boot with that modified stock boot.img before you flash a custom kernel, otherwise, you likely will get a bootloop.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tenhi:
At the moment I am on locked 6.0 MRA58N rom and would like to root, but I can not find any modified boot.img for this build. Is it safe to use MRA58K one (someone on N5 tried it and ended up in a bootloop), or there's some other way to proceed? Sorry for asking this dumb question, but last time I did this was 2 years ago :)...
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NOSTALGIA:
i think its fine to use the modified boot image on mra58k.. thats what i think.. someone please clarify on this pls...