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[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Valkyrie743:
unlocked bootloader allows you to boot unsigned boot images. which allows for custom roms, recoveries, kernels, radios.

in the past for nexus devices, you had to have the bootloader to root the device (probably to not waste a exploit) that was the case for the nexus 5 when i had mine. have not read to much up on the nexus 6 in regards to rooting and bootloaders. when it comes to nexus's i just use wugfresh tool. its amazing
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] markusf21:
I used wugfresh on my nexus 5 after I learned fastboot. Now with the nexus 6 I don't have a pc available right now. I still managed to get root, twrp, and terminus on my phone and never unlocked the bootloader. I guess I'm trying to figure out if I should still be trying to figure out how to unlock it without a computer because I haven't found a reason to so far.

Sent from my Nexus 6
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SamuriHL:
I would advise caution. If you're screwing around with custom roms on a locked device, very bad things could happen. As we've seen, the NX6 is the first Nexus that you can truly permanently brick because of some....poor design decisions. At the VERY least ALWAYS have the enable oem unlock option enabled in the developer options. And after you install any new Android build, religiously recheck it. I did before I installed the 5.1.1 factory image earlier and found it had reverted to being off. That would have cause me some grief.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] markusf21:
I'll make sure to keep it checked. I'll unlock it next time I have access to a computer

Sent from my Nexus 6
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
Unlike the Nexus 5, you cannot unlock the BL from the phone, you must use fastboot.

How did you root by the way? I haven't been made aware of any rooting solution that works from the phone - so I would be interested to find out.

The enable OEM check box resets after each boot.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] markusf21:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3107461

Then I used flashify to flash twrp and the flashed supersu in recovery

Sent from my Nexus 6
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
Yes the flashing part is easy once you got root.

Interesting thanks for the link. Only works up to 5.0 apparently though.

The benefit of this method is not wiping the device. The downfall is not having an unlocked bootloader. But a nandroid backup can now be taken and the entire SDcard moved to PC then it can be unlocked properly so it's not the end of the world.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] markusf21:
I'm on t-mobile and was on 5.1. The m release don't remember the whole build number. It took a few tries to root

Sent from my Nexus 6
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SamuriHL:
Negative. I've rebooted several times since re-enabling it, including flashing the 5.1.1 "sprint" build, and it remains enabled. It seems "random" as to when it gets disabled.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
On stock devices it always resets on reboot. When you start messing with device encryption, security locks and device protection, you may see unexpected results, but always assume the worst case - it resets on every reboot.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SamuriHL:
Um, hmmmm. Cause I run stock except for root. I haven't messed with anything other than installing supersu. And it's not resetting upon reboot. Have they changed it for 5.1.1?

(For anyone reading this and thinking I'm arguing with what's being said, I'm not. I'm trying to understand it. The advice stays the same. ASSUME it resets on every reboot until we figure this out)
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
I can confirm, rooted stock 5.1.1 LMY47Z and setting has stuck through several reboots.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
my phone has been on 5.1.1 for a while, the aosp version. and oem unlocking has not turned off once by itself. it has stayed on for 8 days straight.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
Are you all encrypted with passcode lock and device protection enabled?

Edit minus simms22 - AOSP doesn't count ;)
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
i am encrypted with a "password", mostly. on occasion i will remove the password, but will put it back later. on 5.1.1 they seem to have fixed that option disabling itself.

edit.. :p
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
Yes maybe they decided on 5.1.1 that it was a bad idea to turn it off on reboot, but it definitely used to on 5.1.0
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
it did. but i never paid attention to it considering my bootloader was already unlocked.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
Yes me neither. Still got original bootloader, unlocked.

Well if they changed it, good. It seemed to be mostly modders who got bit in the ass with it, so it makes sense to let it remain unlockable.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Yes indeed.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SamuriHL:
Looks like either it was a bug they fixed or they made a conscious change. This is very good. Thanks for the reply.

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I am, yes. Completely stock with passcode lock. No custom kernel or anything like that.

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I agree. It definitely used to. Looks like they either fixed or changed it. Thank you, Google.

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Mostly, yes, but, if you are unlocked, have that stupid bit set to off, and brick for whatever reason, it will not allow you to flash anything in some cases. It's a REALLY poor design.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
Yes I'm fully aware of that :p
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SamuriHL:
I know you are. ;)
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mt_xing:
ADB Sideload no devices connected

So I'm currently running 5.1 on my TMobile Nexus 6 with unlocked bootloader, trying to update to 5.1.1

I have the zip on my desktop. I'm running ADB. I'm running TWRP 2.8.5.0 on my phone. When I boot into TWRP, adb devices shows my phone connected in recovery mode. But as soon as I activate adb sideload through TWRP, I hear Windows make the device disconnected sound and ADB on my cmd is no longer able to find my phone. I've tried running it with wipe cache and wipe dalvik-cache, as well as without. Neither work. I'm sure it's not a driver issue because, again, the device shows up in recovery mode, just not sideload mode.

Any ideas? I've been trying to find solutions on Google for an hour now with no luck.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
You can't side load the ota via twrp anyway, if that's what you're trying to do?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mt_xing:
Really? Than any tips on how to flash the OTA? All the guides I can find online tell me to use ADB Sideload via recovery mode.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Stock recovery. The official OTA file will not flash if you have TWRP or root or unencrypted.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cam30era:
Forget about the OTA. If you have TWRP, then your bootloader is unlocked. Download the factory image from Google site and fastboot flash it in bootloader.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SamuriHL:
Has anyone tried flashing the M developer build yet? What I'm looking for is if anyone has flashed back to 5.1.1 successfully after installing the M build. I'm definitely interested in testing it, but, it has a new bootloader and I'm terrified of bricking the damn thing trying to flash back.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JimSmith94:
I just got this as my first Nexus device, and I have a very dumb question. I have used Nova Launcher Prime for several years on several phones, but I can’t figure out how to get into the Nova settings on this phone.

This is the first phone I’ve had that doesn’t have a menu button or the three dots to access them with and I'm lost. Google doesn't seem to know either, so I hope someone will take pity on me.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DebianDog:
When you unlock it you get a free phone wipe. :good:

I have heard this repeated over and over for years. I use 3 different banks and I have never in 5 years had one of their apps not work because I was rooted. Who are these banks? I am not saying it is not true just have never heard anyone say WHAT bank does this. Reason being, if I switch banks I wish to avoid them.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
Barclay's UK is one.

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Before lollipop, a locked bootloader was security from hands-on attacks. If your loader was unlocked, you could fastboot flash anything such as custom recovery. From there you can remove screen lock and steal the data.

If the bootloader was locked, it would force a wipe. Actually if you know what you're doing if it is unencrypted, we could still get some of that data.

Now though, you cannot do anything if the bootloader is locked and android is locked. You can't even wipe the device and use it.

If it was unlocked, it would be possible in theory to flash a modified boot.img that could unencrypt the data. I dont know where the keys are so I'm not sure how feasible it is really. They won't be hacking it...
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] recDNA:
Odds.of phone being found by geek pretty small. I worry more about developers using apps or roms to mine data
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cam30era:
[MENTION=2872010]rootSU[/MENTION],

If a nefarious individual gets ahold of one's device, and flashes an unencrypted kernel, they still have to format data, which wipes the device. Correct?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] micmars:
Even with an encrypted phone, if one hacks your password, and you don't remote wipe it, they can get access to anything they want, decrypted kernel or not. Again, a kernel can only disengage forced encryption, and never decrypt the phone. The decryption process wipes your phone, but no kernel can do that on its own. It can only prevent the encryption from starting.

The real benefit of an encrypted kernel and data, to me at least, is that it I believe that the device stores the encryption key in the same block as it stores your password. So, a remote wipe can be nearly instantaneous (destroy the decryption block destroys access to anything, immediately), whilst a decrypted device could take hours to fully wipe.

To my mind, Knox level security is as good as it gets, but here's my take on this...it's my phone, I bought it, I use it for personal use, none of my employer's information resides on it, and if I lose it, it's my loss. So, my hosted Exchange email is on the server I buy, it's my personal email, etc.

I decrypted it because the consensus on these forums and on even places like stack exchange, back in early December 2014, was that it slowed down performance. I've since stayed decrypted because, well, I don't care. My device, my property.

I'll do my banking with my laptop.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
You're talking about a non-force encryption kernel. I'm talking about the possibility of a kernel that would unencrypt the data.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DebianDog:
I have a question what app is in charge of the kernel? If I'm using a manager (Set CPU, Synapse, FKM, whatever) and then switch profiles in the battery section what dictates the outcome?

Sent from my Google N6 on VZ
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
I dont really understand the question. I you have battery profiles in Settings, it's a function of the ROM and the app is "Settings.apk"
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DebianDog:
Doesn't my current battery profile dictate at what speed I can run the CPUs at? I mean if it is somehow governing power wouldn't my overall speed be affected?

Sent from my Google N6 on VZ
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
I dont understand how you're getting to these battery profiles. They don't exist normally. This is why I need clarification on your question. Maybe you're on a custom rom.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DebianDog:
Well that would explain it LOL. I swore I saw in stock but maybe that was just the battery saver.

Sent from my Google N6 on VZ
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
Stock and AOSP just has Battery saver.

You can have multiple kernel apps, but they all control the same things. each "setting" is basically written to a text file, much like you would expect in Linux. Which one wins is basically, which one writes the file last. It's never a good idea to have multiple kernel apps.

If you have one kernel app and also built-in profiles, if you change profile, it will set the settings. I cannot say for sure how long they will stick etc.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DebianDog:
Understood. The settings and the app are included with the ROM so, it's not like I added it.

My assumption is that when some flag is tripped the battery saver program moves to override what is in kernel configuration program. Which would explain why I could not set high values when my battery was low or when I went to power saver mode

Well thanks for talking me through this. I think I got it . See the max now?

Sent from my Google N6 on VZ
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bfederspill:
Just got my N6 yesterday (US T-Mobile) and wanting to root. I read that the boot loader is unlocked for the T-Mobile version and just wanted to verify. If it is, is there any root program that is the best to use.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
The bootloader is locked on all devices. It is unlockable on all devices. There are only two models. North America and International.

Same process for both. Unlock BL, flash recovery, flash ROM or SuperSU.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IRONJIM4101:
Great info! On this thread

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[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bajasur:
I personally think it is better to learn how to manually achieve these things via fastboot, it'll help you understand how your device works much better.

Mic has some great links in OP I believe.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] audscott:
Bootloader unlock question

I'm coming from a samsung device and have flashed many of them through the years, but I'm a newb on the N6.

I read the newby flashers guide and have done a search on google as well as this wonderful thread, however my question regarding unlocking the bootloader remains unanswered, so there it goes.

Once unlocked, and I supposed this lends itself to my anal retentiveness and understanding the device will be wiped; how do I get an OS on mu N6, or is that not wiped? (HUH?) When connected in fastboot mode I do not see the device on my windows PC. so I'm at a total loss on how to get a ROM on my N6 after the bootloader is unlocked if the OS is wiped too.

Any help for a nervous nelly would be apreciatited.

Thanks
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bajasur:
Simply unlocking your device will not wipe the os off of it, it'll factory reset and you'll be on stock.

From there you would need fastboot flash twrp and then supersu zip.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] audscott:
Perfect, exactly what I needed to know.

Many thanks!!
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jrbxx7:
If you hit the nova icon in the app drawer it should bring up the settings. Then set the double tap or swipe feature for nova settings if u desire.

TaPpEd FrOm My HeLlIsHlY eUpHoRic N-sIx
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Long press on a blank spot on home screen. Select settings, profit.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JimSmith94:
Well duh! I never thought of looking for Nova Settings in Apps!

And double duh! I "ass"umed that Settings icon was for System so I never tried it.

Thanks to you both!
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
Unfortunately you can root and flash twrp without unlocking the bootloader now. scared!

You can try not flashing the bootloader. You only really need system and boot.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cam30era:
Oh oh. We need to get the emergency field tent ready. Incoming! :(
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
Yep...
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SamuriHL:
Yea that's what I ended up doing. Used my house of Nexus to flash it and told it to skip the bootloader. Had to wipe data, as well. (oh come on, you know you'd try to dirty flash it, too, admit it. :D) So far it's not bad. No root yet, but, Chainfire said he'd look into it on his nx5.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jim777PS4:
I have the Nexus 6 on T-Mobile, it currently is rooted, has a custom recovery, and has the modified boot img (If I am remembering correctly) so encryption is not default.

Now the 5.1.1 OTA has hit and the persistent notification is buggin me. How do I best take the update and can I do so in such a way that I won't have to wipe?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Download and extract the system image from the factory image. Install via fastboot.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jim777PS4:
Thats it? No wipe and TWRP, root and no default encryption will persist? If its that simple I am going to feel silly.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
You will have to flash TWRP and root again. Just reflash SuperSU.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oufledingue:
Hi everyone,

thanks in advance for your help

i am receiving a replacement for my nexus who makes weird reboot after which i am loosing some configuration (like wifi or bluetooth connexions).

i want to prepare it right before i am resynchronizing data :

- i want to keep encryption (i know it is slower but i prefer)

- installing 5.1.1 (as it should arrive with only 5.0.1 or 5.1)

- root and unlocked bootloard

- eventually flash a new kernel (i am actually on 5.1 with franco's but it seems there are issue with the 5.1.1)

my nexus is based on international version (i am in france)

can someone just point me to the rights topics/tutorial/apps to make what i want, and tell me if i am thinking in the right order ?

ouf
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cam30era:
Go here > http://xdaforums.com/nexus-6/general/how-to-nexus-6-one-beginners-guide-t2948481
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DVS_Sokar:
Activate sync and say "Bluetooth audio"(for media)

With your phone connected
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Deryck97:
Flashing Custom-ROM

I have installed a custom kernel over stock Android 5.1 on my Nexus 6. If I choose to now flash a custom-ROM should I flash back to the stock kernel, or is it okay to flash the ROM over the custom kernel?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jerrycoffman45:
you can flash a custom rom over it the rom will replace the kernel with the one in the rom
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] markusf21:
Not necessarily. I'm not what you'd call a noob

Sent from my Nexus 6
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ncdub:
Is there anyone on that would be willing to help a brother out. I think I have done the impossible and bricked my N6. PM me for details.... humbly requesting help!
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] veesix:
Guys, I was looking for 5.1.1 International factory image... Should I flash the 47Z, even if it's listed as Sprint/USC only? Or should I wait for another version to be uploaded?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Deryck97:
Flashing Kernels

Should I flash back to stock kernel before flashing a new kernel? (Thinking about going from leankernel to vindicator)
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jrbxx7:
I've never had an issue just flashing a new kernel. Gone from lean to elemental to hells with no issue....

TaPpEd FrOm My HeLlIsHlY eUpHoRic N-sIx
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] d08speed3:
So if I got a Nexus 6 from Verizon what version software is preloaded these days? Its still unlockable correct? Keep going back and forth between waiting for LG G4 or this phone. Lady has G3 and I hate it lol. I unlocked, rooted, custom ROM and my M8 does circles around it. Want a bigger phone now. Just want to make sure it can be be boot loader unlocked. I can't live life without loading custom ROMs lol
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Deryck97:
I bought my nexus 6 from the Verizon store a few weeks ago. It came preloaded with android 5.1 (build LMY47E). I have root and unlocked boot loader. Still running stock android but have vindicator kerbel. Most ROM's look to be working however on some there are some radio issues so definitely do some research. But yes boot loader can be unlcoked, luckily Verizon did not mess up a nexus phone.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] d08speed3:
Yea I plan on staying on some optimized stock ROM. Kernel is what I'm more interested in. Good to know!
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] d08speed3:
The NRT toolkit will work on any new bought Nexus 6 device? The toolkit looks nice and easy to do everything!
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
Yea it should do however, its not much harder to do it without. Have a read of the OP as to why we think you would be better not using a toolkit
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] veesix:
another question for you guys, I'm having problems connecting the Nexus to adb. This is what I get when I type adb devices:

daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037

daemon started successfully

But then the device list is empty. tried every USB port on my PC (I'm running Win 8.1), reinstalled drivers and sdk, nothing works. Everything was fine last time, when I unlocked the bootloader and flashed twrp.

Any suggestion?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
Adb doesn't work in the bootloader. What are you booted into?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
fastboot is what you need, not adb.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] veesix:
damn, that was a foolish mistake. thanks guys! I see my Nexus connected now typing fastboot devices :D

just to clarify: I was booted in bootloader, I wanted to flash 5.1.1 img files, but I got adb and fastboot commands mixed up in my mind :D
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Torparn:
Whats the app name you use when you want to post a crash report?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
alogcat or pastebin.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Torparn:
Thank you.

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Thank you.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] canezila:
What is this "layers" I hear in discussion about roms and or kernels... Is it something to do with the ability to blackout framework?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
in a way, yes, since thats what I do pretty much. its mostly a open source theme engine, even though it can be used for many things, like fixing apps/ROMs. and code to support it is not only included in 5.1/5.1.1 custom ROMs, but its in M as well. download the layers manager from the play store, download some layers, and put them on :)
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
Instead of theming apps or making code edits, recompiling the apk, then distributing the new APM everytime there is an update, layers uses an enhancement of googles RRO to layer themes and fixes over existing apps. When the phone boots, if there is a layer to make Facebook red, it will layer that over Facebook to make it red. facebook can be updated in the background without having to reinstall it and re-edit it.

One benefit is we can now distribute themes for paid apps. Before, theming a paid app meant you could be aiding piracy
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NLBeev:
Great feature. Works as expected after flashing custom ROM. But I like and need keyboard layout's for different languages including the PC layout.

Back to stock for the keyboard/language stuff. [emoji27]

But there is a Blackout Team making apps with dark themes [emoji2]