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[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NLBeev:
The latest. No provider specific factory images for version 6.0.1.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] recoome777:
Understood. I'm reading now.

Thanks Philip
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] a.demarco:
ok, so i tried to flash mmb29s through fastboot, and i am getting the following error messages:

archive does not contain "boot.sig"

archive does not contain "recovery.sig"

failed to allocate 2097948428 bytes

error: update package missing system.img

not sure what i did wrong, i followed the steps from here: http://xdaforums.com/nexus-6/general/guide-flash-factory-images-nexus-6shamu-t2954008

now every time i go into fastboot, i just see the dead android with text at the bottom saying "AP Fastboot Flash Mode (Secure)" in red and "Device is unlocked" in yellow.

how do i proceed?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NLBeev:
You used the Google .bat file and that gives known errors.

You need to extract all the images and start the phone in 'fastboot mode' or 'bootloader mode' and flash the images one by one.

There info is in the OP of [MENTION=5244502]micmars[/MENTION].

Read that first.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=59785833
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] micmars:
Lol...thanks! I really appreciate your kind remarks.

Sent from my Nexus 6P, #WhiteUIsMustDie, #EndDarkAppOppression
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] micmars:
Thank you for stepping in and helping...always appreciated.

Sent from my Nexus 6P, #WhiteUIsMustDie, #EndDarkAppOppression
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] a.demarco:
Ok, so I did that, and everything seemed to flash fine.

But when I went to boot into recovery after flashing all those .img files, I get the small dead android with the red triangle in its stomach and it doesn't boot into recovery.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
That IS stock recovery. Hold volume up and tap power button. It will open a list of options and in that list you scroll to factory reset/wipe data using the volume buttons and select using the power button.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] a.demarco:
Yeah, that is what I am talking about. I held the volume up button and pressed the power button to get into recovery, and it did nothing. Just stayed on the dead android screen.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
It doesn't open a new window. It just opens a list of things to do at the top half of the screen in dim blue color. You need to press power while still holding vol up. If it doesn't work then try holding vol down and pressing power.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PhilipTD:
In other words, while holding down the volume-up button, press and release the power button. (it took me a while to learn this)
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Right, thanks for the addition :)
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 93fuelslut:
Does anyone know if a qi charger works with aosp or cm roms like bliss, RR, or aicp?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
works fine with aosp and stock, im not ever putting cm on any of my devices to test but probably works with that as well. why wouldnt it? qi charging is hardware oriented, and the n6 has the hardware for it..
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 93fuelslut:
Well as far as hardware oriented, IMO sometimes the software can mess with things. On my g2, the GPS worked on kk roms and stock but not on LP.

sent from your moms phone
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
I've always been a nexus person, but my GPS has always worked on whatever android build and/or ROM :)
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 93fuelslut:
What aosp roms do you recommend?

sent from your moms phone
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
as of this moment, I'm on pure nexus(with despair kernel). do I recommend it? well, I've only been on it about 10 days or so, and every portion of it works. I've tried other 6.0.1 aosp ROMs as well, but it seems as most are missing some major files as most have things that don't work properly(like OK google with screen off). but everything seems to work on pure nexus.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 93fuelslut:
OK thanks. I'll give it a go this weekend
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 93fuelslut:
Anyone having luck with Android auto

sent from your moms phone
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] James Bartlett:
Bootloop Issues

Hey there guys. I'm having a real headscratcher of an issue. My Nexus 6 is (was?) running the latest version of Chroma, and had TWRP installed as recovery. On top of this I was running Xposed with a small handful (about 5/6) add-ons. Very occasionally, One of these add-ons would put the phone into a boot loop (the price to pay for wanting customisation). Normally a fix for this was just to reinstall the latest version of the zip I had for Chroma on TWRP and start again. Certainly frustrating as I would have to reinstall a few bits and bobs, but a fix nonetheless. However, the most recent time this has happened, this does not work. Normally when this would happen, and I had reinstalled the OS, my Nexus themed bootscreen would be replaced by Chroma's one until I changed it back. Makes sense. Now though, It keeps booting into the custom one, suggesting it hasn't actually wiped the OS at all. I have tried all the 'wipe' options available in TWRP, I have tried everything at this stage. At first I was being a bit more cautious about trying to keep my stuff, but at this stage I just want a working phone! TWRP <i)appears</i> to be working OK. It has let me reinstall other OS's (apparantly) or anything else it should be able to do. but NOTHING is actually working when it comes to a normal boot. An interesting note, when I've used TWRP to wipe EVERYTHING on the phone (either using 'wipe' or 'format'), if I then choose to install something from a zip, my entire folder structure is still there, including all files. This leads me to suspect that TWRP isn't doing its job properly. Any ideas anyone has, any links to the correct forums maybe, anything at all would be so helpful. XDA community, I am in your hands...
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
Try in cmd and fastboot the following stock img`s (BACKUP FIRST) :

- fastboot erase system

- fastboot flash system system.img

- fastboot flash userdata userdata.img

- fastboot format cache

- fastboot flash cache cache.img

- fastboot reboot-bootloader

- choose recovery

- in TWRP, type in cmd: fastboot push namerom.zip /sdcard/, do the same with the Gapps package and if needed unSU.zip/superSU.zip

- flash these files in recovery and all should be well imo.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aldi03809:
I'm currently on the stock MMB29S - unlocked bootloader. I wanted to get adaway, and I used the guidance of [MENTION=2743227]gee2012[/MENTION] to use systemless root.

Follow up question now...

Is Busybox needed for adaway?

And regarding adaway - I guess the regular adaway apk won't work - should I use the AdAway_systemless_hosts.zip from http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2190753 ?

If I run into the "no space in system partition" problem, I guess I need to delete some apks like youtube/Hangouts from the system partition (\system\apps), and reinstall those from the play store. How exactly do I delete these? :(
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
get a root file explorer from the play store, go to /system/app/ or /system/priv-app/ and delete what you don't need, then reboot for it to take effect.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aldi03809:
Thanks! Turns out I didn't need busybox for adaway - seems to be working ok.

Also, I followed the instructions at http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=64834262#post64834262 - didn't run into the "no space" issue on my Nexus 6 :)
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] regisso66:
Hi, coming from a Nexus 5 I now have a Nexus 6.

When I made a nandroid backup I noticed partitions that don't exist in N5: ie System Image.

Can someone give me details about them ?

After a Reboot Bootloader you can select your next boot with vol.up or vol.down.

Again there are new features that don't exist in N5. What are Factory reboot, BP Tools, Q comm, etc ?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
ignore the system image part, thats not for a nexus 6. do a nandroid backup just like youve always done them.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rajul:
Battery is draining upto 8% in night Rom-Evolvere Kernel-Hellscore any idea whats causing i and When i place screen guard proximity sensor permanently switch off the screen for placing calls
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] a.demarco:
Ok, been searching, can't seem to find an answer that makes sense to me.

Running a stock 6.0.1 ROM, systemless root, unlocked.

Trying to make adaway work, and keep getting errors such as not enough space, and then missing files.

Any ideas or links to get it to work?

Thanks!
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NOSTALGIA:
delete some system files..
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] baks:
Hi everyone,

I am currently on a Nexus 6 which is unlocked, rooted and running Chroma 5.1. Can anyone help with how I can upgrade this to Chroma 6.0 (MM)?

Is it just a simple case of wiping everything and installing the rom zip via TWRP? or do I need to install a new radio/bootloader?

What are the steps?

Thank You
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jj14:
just 4 posts above your question

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=64834262#post64834262
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NLBeev:
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24269982087014293

Zips to flash in TWRP the new bootloader and radio for Android 6.0.x.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] owyheendn:
I'm wondering the same thing
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NLBeev:
You need to flash the new bootloader and radio first

See for flashable zips post 1620.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ibraheeemz:
I need to download Google.map for offline navigation, but its not available for download in my area , any solution to that?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yash1229:
I have an option of buying a XT1100 or XT1103.

The latter is considerably cheaper and both phones will work where I am residing!

My question was whether there are different ROMs for both variants?

I am coming from a Galaxy S4 with Samsung having different variants and not finding any info regarding this on the Internet confused me a bit!
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
no. all the same roms and mods.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] anasmonster:
Hello guys i just bought my nexus 6 yesterday and i wish to root it and iv got no idea how, heres alook to where i have reached can i flash the K instead of the S ?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
want to learn to root? then stop using toolkits, you learn nothing from them. what does k and m have to do with root? nothing.

OK, there's this old tried and true method http://xdaforums.com/nexus-6/general/how-to-nexus-6-one-beginners-guide-t2948481

or there's a new method, its called systemless root. Google it if you want to try it.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] anasmonster:
The link is expired.

I meant the model number is different with a single letter. I will google that but I'm actually afraid to mess the phone.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
ahh.. you want to be on 6.0.1, thats the latest build, and its the same build for all devices. but thats just if you want to be on the latest :)

about the link i posted, it works fine here. and the method is correct, just the supersu is probably old. you want to be on the newest supersu. i think that is version 2.66 right now(but i could be wrong).
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] anasmonster:
So i can use the unlock method for MMB29K instead of my current model MMB29S ?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
absolutely. and thats not a model number, thats a build number. the build number signifies which build of android you are on at the moment. im on MMB29T :)
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] anasmonster:
Ahh ****, i feel so dumb right now, so i will try the unlocking for that build then and see what happens. If its safe to use the same method for several builds why make one for each?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
its been the same for many years now. google make sit easy to root any nexus. all that has to get done is that you have to boot up, enable the developer options. go in there and enable oem unlocking. then boot into the bootloader, plug your phone into a computer at this time, then in fastboot type "fastboot oem unlock". then press yes on your phone. boot up to make sure your phones fine(it will empty your phone of everything in the storage, so this is a good time to download supersu). then go back into your bootloader and flash twrp recovery via fastboot. then boot into twrp recovery and flash supersu. then boot up. when you boot up, youll have root :)
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] khw1959:
My "Media Volume" will not stick at 100% consistently. Seems to want to be 70% after a reboot. Tried clearing cache with no help. Search for fix has not produced a fix. Looking for recommendations.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NLBeev:
You could try the app Volume Control Plus of Firestorm Apps. I use to correct low incall volume.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] walletless:
I have a rooted Nexus 6. I got a prompt for system update. When I click install, it reboots the phone and enters TWRP, but then does nothing.. how can I install the update?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kmias:
Are you on stock Rom? If you are then stock recovery is needed.

Sent from my Nexus 7 (2013)
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Calko2882:
RMA question

Hey guys, i have been talking with simms about the issue, but id like to get a community answer so i dont shoot myself in the foot. Ive scoured the forums, and even just blazing through google but i get a mixed set of answers.

My nexus 6 has been acting up for quite some time, and i have finally contacted google (who in turn gave me to motorola) and i have an RMA on standby with them. Before i commit to this, i wanted to know if they will reject me or make me pay for a replacement when my phone has an unlocked bootloader. It is 100% stock other than that, and i see no reason for them to deny me, but im still going to be hesitant about it.

Anyone send in a phone with an unlocked boot and get a new one back hassle free? please share me your stories, whether it be via PM or on the forum page itself!

THANKS TO YOU ALL!
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] walletless:
Yes, I am on stock rom.. how can I put stock recovery now that I already have TWRP?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DroidIt!:
I did an RMA...once or twice :) I just flashed stock and relocked the bootloader and never had a single question. It's not a guarantee, but I've had good results.

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Download the factory image. It comes in zip form. Unzip it and fastboot flash the recovery.IMG file to the recovery partition. The factory recovery img file will be a long name so simply rename it to "recovery". So the command would be "fastboot flash recovery recovery.IMG".
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] walletless:
Thanks! One follow-up question (sorry for so many questions, and thanks for patiently answering)..

I downloaded the factory image from https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images#shamu (MMB29Q) and opened the .tgz using 7-zip. Inside, it has a zip file (image-shamu-mmb29q.zip). That has a file recovery.img -- is that the one I need to flash? I am asking because you said that the filename will be different and I will need to rename it... Just want to make sure I am flashing the right file via fastboot...

Also, this won't wipe my phone, correct?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kmias:
What is your unit? There are countless guides in thosensections that depends in your unit.

Sent from my Nexus 7 (2013)
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] walletless:
My apologies if there is an existing guide... I tried searching but was not successful.. perhaps I was searching for the wrong keywords..

How can I find the unit? This is a Nexus 6/Shamu..
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kmias:
Well if you are already on twrp you can try custom roms too. Here is the link for your device try snooping around.

http://xdaforums.com/nexus-6/development

Sent from my Nexus 7 (2013)
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] walletless:
Thanks... custom rom is unfortunately not an option for me since my employer's MDM detects custom ROMs and prevents corporate emails from downloading :(
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DroidIt!:
Sorry :) I thought I remembered them coming out of the factory image named something other than recovery.IMG. That would be the correct one ;)
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] walletless:
Thanks DroidIt. I was able to successfully flash the stock recovery.... however, everytime I try to apply the update, it boots and shows the broken droid icon with red exclamation.

I googled, and got around it by pressing the power+volumeup+volumedown keys repeatedly... but then next time I apply the update, same things happens. :(

The recovery is not able to mount /sdcard, it seems..

If I re-flash TWRP, it is able to mount everything properly... But if I flash stock, it cant mount /sdcard.

Any ideas?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DroidIt!:
You'd need to search to find the exact reasoning for the dead droid. It's been quite awhile since I've seen that and can't remember the exact reason for it. It would be a pain but I know what would clear it up is to flash all partitions with stock: bootloader, system, etc. I'd do without flashing userdata first and see if she boots, that way you won't lose apps and Info's and such.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Calko2882:
Okay, but I'm on marshmallow and I've heard I shouldnt relock under most circumstances, and being that my phone is out of whack that might just be the nail in the coffin. Have you ever sent it in without relocking? Or anyone else has that's been successful? I appreciate the haste response :P
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DroidIt!:
If you're already at 100% stock with all your personally identifiable info wiped, then I'd go ahead and relock. The reason I say that is so if somebody goes to the bootloader they don't see the big unlocked sign. That's just what I've done just to cover all my bases. Maybe somebody else will chime in that RMA'd unlocked, but I just did everything I could to make it look untampered and never had an issue. Now relocking it might say relocked, but still never an issue here and aside form RMA's I have traded 4 or 5 phones back in with relocked bootloader.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Calko2882:
kk perfect i cant thank you enough! i am just going to cross my fingers and relock i guess. Im 100% stock because when yesterdays update came out i was able to see that and install it, so i am just going on that bases now (even though i had flashed to stock previously)
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ssuela:
Hi there. While I was on 5.0.1 I downscaled my N6's resolution to save battery, but it seems to have some compatibility issues with the apps. I.e., for example, when cropping a pic on Whatsapp, it shows like in the pictures I would paste links to if I could. I'll try and describe in words what happens: when I tap"crop", the picture widely zooms, and I can see a little area in the top-left of the picture and move the crop window without seeing what I'm actually doing.

The issue still remains even after restoring the resolution back to stock, and I still have this problem now that I updated to 6.0

Is there a solution? Or do I have to restore it to factory?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
yea, your screen resolution stays exactly the same. its your dpi that you are changing. you dont have to restore anything, but can if its really annoying. or you can just change your numbers some, maybe itll be better then.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ssuela:
Along the resolution, I changed the pixel density too, and restored it alongside when I went back to stock resolution. Also, I tried and reinstall Whatsapp, but the issue still remains.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
out of curiousity, what size do you have it at? flashing a factory image should restore everything again btw.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ssuela:
I downscaled it to 1920x1080 from 2560x 1440, changed the ppi from 493 to 390, then restored it to stock.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
390, huh.. pretty small. BTW, the n6 DPI is 560 actually, you can't change the PPi(I don't think so). BTW, DPI = dots per inch.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ssuela:
Here's what I typed in Terminal emulator to get it back to stock:

u0_a167@shamu:/ $ su

root@shamu:/ # wm size 1440x2560

root@shamu:/ # wm density 493

Did the same thing with the other values to downscale it.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DroidIt!:
Yep, PPI is the physical number of pixels on the screen, so unless you wanna break out a Dremel or something, that's pretty well set :p
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
i had to look up Dremel :angel:
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DroidIt!:
Lol :) Sorry, one of my favorite tools. Does a little bit of everything ;)
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wtherrell:
dremel, ftw!
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ssuela:
Hi there! Is it possible on a stock marshmallow to adjust the notification/ringtone volume more finely? I feel like there's to much of a gap between steps on the default setting.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DroidIt!:
If you're stock + rooted you could go the exposed route. Just type "official xposed framework XDA" into a google search box and go to the thread. Download the xposed alpha 3 version 4 (I believe that's the current version) apk and the appropriate framework for your device whether you're 32 bit, x64 or whatever. Boot to recovery, flash the xposed zip, go back to system and install the apk. Go into the app and have a look at the modules. One of them in there is bound to have volume step modification. Just look for a module that's been recently updated. I believe that's your only route without going custom ROM. ;)
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ssuela:
As much as I wish to install xposed, I can't seem to get the thing done. Every time I try to install xposed-v80-sdk23-x86.zip via recovery, I get error 255. I tried and google it, found a solution which involved installing supersu zip, but I can't install this either.

So frustrating.

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Oh, never mind, I was just being noob. Installing xposed-v80-sdk23-arm.zip worked just fine, now xposed is installed and running!
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DroidIt!:
OK good :) So now you'll just wanna look through the modules and see what fits your needs. There's a LOT of modules, but I tend to stay away from the ones that have 30 or 40 tweaks included in them. I've found they tend to cause problems just by the sheer number of tweaks. Maybe they'd be OK on stock, but my advice is to find a smaller one that does what you're looking for. You could do a google search now for something like "volume step xposed module". That might give you a direction to go. ;)
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ssuela:
Yes, I found the module, "VolumeSteps+", but it doesn't seem to work. Well, it was just a small whim I had, not a big deal. The other tweaks will keep me busy while I look for another solution :)
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DroidIt!:
Yep, some will work and some won't. It depends on your device and when the module was last updated. One of the modules I use hasn't been updated since 2014 but still works good. I'd just do a nand and try modules. Some of them can put you in a bottloop just because of incompatibilities. ;)