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[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SlimSnoopOS:
"Why do "latest" vendor images differ from ROM to ROM?"

The 6P has had two images posted in each of the last few months. Developers base their rom on whichever Android branch they desire. Also, if a developer does not update their rom each month, then the vendor it calls for will be outdated.

Brief explanation about vendor in my Nexus 5X FAQ, read item #9.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KilgoreTrout71:
Thanks for the quick response!
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] area1509:
Noob boot loader question.

I have a Nexus 6P

Build: N4F26J

Can I have a custom recovery like TWRP and lock the boot loader so it doesn't display the error message each time it reboots?

Thanks.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Einwod:
No, it clearly states you must be COMPLETE STOCK before locking the bootloader. This is a quote from another thread:

Important: do not relock your bootloader unless your phone is fully stock. You must flash the factory images first in order to remove root and custom recovery (if you have them), if this precaution isn't taken you may end up with a brick. Please see section 10 of this guide for full instructions on how to return to stock.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] area1509:
Ok Thanks.

I am running the stock rom.

I was hoping I could keep root and custom recovery and get rid of the startup message about the boot loader being unlocked.

thank you for the response.

A.J.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ArnoFbr_:
Hello,

I have lots of problems on my 6P :

- When I start my Nexus 6P it automatically boot into TWRP ! I don't know how to change it !

- I have a security update to do and i think it's because of TWRP that it don't work.

-When I start my phone it always say that i have an error in my system

(I'm using my 6P on a Custom ROM : Pixel XL - non-rooted)

Thank you ! (sorry for bad English
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Einwod:
Sounds like you have no OS on the device. Pixelxl is not for you. The error is always there if you unlock the bootloader. Flash a compatible ROM for the 6P.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Neekapp:
I tried searching threads and the MegaPixel thread itself but hoping somebody can help me... I may have to RMA my phone for a camera issue and I flashed the stock factory images directly from Google... However when I plug my Nexus 6P into my laptop running Windows 10 its still comes up as a Pixel XL from the previous MegaPixel ROM that was flashed. I checked the build.prop and of course everything says Nexus 6P and angler because I flashed stock with fastboot but it still pops up as Pixel XL, can somebody help me with this issue?
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ArnoFbr_:
But it does work really well, it's a ROM for the Nexus 6P. I know for bootloader warning but my error message is after it !
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Einwod:
Delete the device from device manager, then hit refresh and it should reinstall and be OK.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] disclaimernotice:
Can I still get OTA updates from google after rooting?

I'm not using any custom rom. Just TWRP and superSU.

And if I can't, what do you guys normally do to keep the phone updated?
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Einwod:
OTA not available with custom recovery or root. usually the ROM developers will issue a new updated version a few days after the Google security updates. That's the easy way. Or if you're stock, just flash the factory images as they are released following the instructions in THIS thread to avoid losing your data. Post #2, step 11.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] urphonesux:
It's actually free to activate this phone on metro. Dial 611 and say my device (or change device) I forget. Then press 0. When the rep comes on tell her you want to do an ESN change. Then give her the imei from the about device menu of the 6p. Hang up, put old sim card into new phone and...

PROFIT!!!
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fiverings:
I see that people are complaining about battery draining fast on Pure Nexus. Is there something I can ad or adust to make battery stop draining so fast? I have this problem on my Nexus 6 pure Nexus draining fast. Want to see if there's a fix for the 6p
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Einwod:
Naptime, Greenify with aggressive doze. There are many things you can try, but I thing the 6P battery just sucks. Mine is almost permanently on charge.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fiverings:
I side loaded the new update and i lost root. When it tried to fix this, a older version of TWRP was installed. When i tried to fix this the ADB didn't recognize my phone and the older version of TWRP showed nothing in my phone. When i tried to boot into recovery and i tap to enter recovery, it goes to the red triangle of Droid . The phone is working OK but this problem needs to be fixed.

Thanks in advance
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Einwod:
You need to update your version of TWRP. If your computer still does not see your device, then update the drivers for your device. Failing that, remove the device and drivers from within device manager on Windows, reconnect the device and allow it to reinstall the drivers. Give permission on the phone to allow the computer to see it. The "problem" as you call it, will then be fixed. Of course when you sideload an update, especially a factory update, you will lose root.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fiverings:
It will only maybe use sideload TWRP is that ok

---------- Post added at 11:00 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:10 PM ----------

OK, fixed it without having to wipe it. I decided to have a look at NRT tools. It wouldn't detect my 6p so I erased it. Then I saw it was still listed so I clicked and when it booted up it immediately detected my 6p, I had hope. So I put the version of TWRP and SuperSU in the down thing and when I hit root, it downloaded the TWRP and SuperSU I wanted and restored recovery. I have no idea how NRT got stuck on my Nexus 6 info.

So thanks slot guys

Have a great day
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IonuZ:
Deleted. Problem Solved.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] davo04:
Hi. I am running 7.1.2 beta. No issues with Android pay until today received this notification when using. "Android Pay can't be used on this device this may be because your device is rooted, has an unlocked bootloader or is running a custom rom". I have checked the bootloader it is locked. Rebooted & cleared the cache. Also safety net test is showing red. Any ideas thanks.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fiverings:
Hi, yesterday my Nexus 6p went into a bootloop. It shows the boot screen with the warning then goes to the start screen then back to the boot screen. Adb says no device or Emulators. I can get into Twrp. I have a backup I can see.

If I use the backup will it restore my 6p or due more damage. Or is there a better way to fix the bootloop.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fiverings:
Einwod, need your help again, after I fixed the last bootloop, it happened again. This one is a bit different. The phone 6p was on the table and it went into another bootloop. It would go from the boot warning screen to the google screen and back again and again. I can get to the regular recovery screen, but the only can use turn off and recovery. Recovery will open twrp and in twrp I have a backup I made in twrp for my previous system, N4F26O . if I flash this backup will it restore my N6 to working condition. Or should I do something different. I also tried NRT, it keeps saying waiting for phone and in adb it say no device or emulaters.

Thanks if you can help.

I was on N4F26T when this happened.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shaftamle:
Does anyone know why some ROMs(DU, PN) the google camera works fine, where as with other ROMs (Aosip, Aokp, Aosp Extended) video recording is sometimes broken producing no video?

Sent from a Shaftamle Nexus 6P

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[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Einwod:
If you can restore your previous Nandroid then you should be OK. If not, then download, extract and flash the factory images from Google, available HERE. Remember, doing this will erase your internal storage, so backup everything you want to your PC first.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fiverings:
Hi, can't use backup, it says read only

I tried to flash a ROM wipe the correct partitions, I set up the right zips and when I went to install, it started then stopped saying and went to the boot screen . I had downloaded the files from my nexus 6 using otg. In adb it won't recognise my phone and when I try a command it says No Device or Emulator found. I don't remember if I left developer option on. The NRT will stop, saying Waiting for device. I checked my adb with the 6 and it works on the 6.

Any ideas Einwod
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Einwod:
First and foremost, FORGET about toolkits. It's far easier to do the commands manually and also, if it f74ks up, at least you'll know where you went wrong. Check you have the right drivers installed on your PC. If you go to device manager while phone connected you should see it as adb android device or something similar. Use the manual commands to flash your zips, TWRP etc. All the commands you need are in this thread in the first few posts.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fiverings:
If adb won't recognise my phone, it says no device or emulator. So how do I Flash my zips?
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Einwod:
Are you on the bootloader screen trying to use ADB? Only fastboot commands work on the bootloader screen. ADB works from TWRP and also when the device is turned on. Check in device manager on your computer and make sure there are no yellow triangles next to your android device.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fiverings:
OK, my device manager does not look like yours, I got adb to finally recognize me serial number with recovery next to it. I tried to install a zip, then I tried sideload a zip. Comes back with no device or emulators . I can get into my phones storage and everything is there. It like a phantom os took over my phone I can get any files out or into the phone. Maybe something is amiss with twrp. If I can get at all my files maybe removing something or adding something could. This phantom system is what's wrong, but how to fix it. Anyway all my stuff is still on the phone.

I tried to enter this before, but XDA kept crashing.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Einwod:
Sorry, I'm out of answers here.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gizmoe:
You need to figure out how to use fastboot to flash a factory image. That's all there is to it. There is plenty of guides around to do so. I'm not going into detail about it here. If after you flash a factory image and all goes well in the cmd prompt but phone still bootloop then you have the well known issue of the bootloop brick that affects the 6p. I had one myself. Google will replace it if that's the case. Good luck!
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fiverings:
When I try to install adb say no device or emulators

When in twrp, if I try to exit in anyway, I get a warning in red that says No Os installed. Everything that was on the phone is still in phone. I heard of a way to fix using the twrp emulator. I have warranty until Nov. But the phone was rooted and bootloader is unlocked, that would void the warranty right. I there a way around that.?

Thanks. PS I'll try fastboot factory image. Which image, the last one or a different one?
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gizmoe:
Just use the most recent. You could even edit the flash script and remove the -w then you won't lose data. If it won't successfully flash a factory image it won't matter to Google. I was running purenexus with root when mine just stopped working. I told them my bootloader was unlocked too because I had tried flashing the factory image. They seemed to be aware that it was most likely the same issue plaguing other devices and they just replaced it no questions asked except where to send it. Also placed a hold on my card until I mailed it back. But I was never charged for it.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fiverings:
Thanks so much for that information, you a lifesaver

Have a great day. I feel so much better.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fiverings:
I gave up on fixing the nexus 6p myself. I called in the warranty and their shipping me a phone tomorrow. No hassle at all, just like you said. Thanks

PS. I was getting the fastboot working good, think I had a stack overflow, because fastboot loaded every IMG file but when it got to the system, it stopped because there wasn't enough room. :cool:
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rchtk:
Fastboot unpacks sparse file in the temporary directory so you probably need like 4G of disk space on TMPDIR. While userdata is the biggest partition, it's full of zeros so the sparse file is small. For system, it's nearly full so if it wants to fail it will in system.img.

Worse on Linux (not sure about wintendo) it does not honour TMPDIR, it hardcodes /tmp so you can't even use a temporary TMPDIR in /home if you don't have enough space in /. That is.. a pain.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fiverings:
I had enough space like 40 GB but some other system was running over my system, it seemed like that. My system was still on phone but this phantom system blocked me getting to it. Weird.

Have a good night
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shaftamle:
Bump

Sent from a Shaftamle Nexus 6P

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[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 5.1:
Hi... I don't have an answer for you. But have you tried taking a logcat while the issue is happening on the ROMs you encounter the problem? I guess you already did it... If not, start logging and reproduce the issue. Might help to find the problem.

Good luck... :)
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hotshotbananaroll:
I've had some issues starting this weekend. First I noticed my Bluetooth doesn't reliably turn on (the quick settings button does nothing and if it eventually turns on the icon might not show up) and my battery is dying extremely quickly. Android system is showing very high usage.

I am running completely stock on the march security update.

Is my only option now to factory reset?
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 5.1:
Hi... Before taking a radical measure, you could start by clearing cache in recovery first... See if that helps.

Good luck...
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hotshotbananaroll:
Hi, thanks for the suggestion. I wiped the cache via recovery last night and it appears to be still an issue.

Looked like some of my Google accounts were hanging on sync so I reset them one by one. Maybe that will help.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 5.1:
I have never had this issue, so I'm probably not the best person to advise you on this matter...

Does your Bluetooth turns on normally from:

Settings > Bluetooth

Have you also tried to remove all Bluetooth devices? Then reboot, retry to pair your Bluetooth devices. See if this fixes your Bluetooth/battery issue?! Maybe you already did that... :)

After this of course I don't see another option than a factory reset. Don't forget to backup!

Good luck...
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hotshotbananaroll:
Hey 5.1, seems like everything is functioning well again. No idea what happened, but all i did was cycle the sync items related to google and wiped my cache. I will try resetting the BT settings if that comes up again but it appears my battery is performing normally again.

Thanks again!
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 5.1:
Good. Sometimes it kind of magically start to work again... :good:

Cheers...
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aheeejd:
Ok I'm thinking about buying a used 6p. Or some other unlocked device. My question is when it comes to flashing roms. I'm on sprint, & I've always had a sprint specific device, like now I have lg g3. And when I flash a ROM I flash ls990 (sprint) ROM. But if I get a 6p, I don't see like different builds for carriers. Or does it not work that way. I don't want to get a 6p if Verizon has 40 ROMs & sprint has 10 ROMs. Any input please & thank you
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pwnurlife:
Nexus 6P with Verizon SIM - No APN manupulation

Good morning devs and community,

I have a nexus 6P with Triangle Mobile SIM card in it and I am unable to add new APNs. Similar to Verizon, adding APNs is disabled under settings\more\Cellular Networks\Access Point Names. I am looking for any support in getting this feature turned back on without root. I have done my research on XDA and it appears that once you unlock the bootloader you lose access to Android Pay because it will trip safetynet. There are workarounds with having root, but it appears that the devs and safety net are at an eternal battle with the devs finding a solution and safetynet blocking it. on and on and on.

Triangle Mobile is a part of the Verizon LRA program, so the SIM card is hosted with a Verizon Mobile Network Code (MNC) which it why the 6P only allows the use of one APN, VZWINTERNETAPN.

Doing more research, I am not convinced the removal of adding APN's was a feature added by Google, but rather a feature of the SIM card. Reading 3GPP doc 31102-d40, I see that the Access Point Name Control List portion of the USIM may hold this value, but I am hoping an engineer out there can verify. I have full access to the SIM card and can manipulate any field of the CSIM, USIM, and ISIM.

Help me out devs, community, engineers, and I will be forever grateful.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 5.1:
Hello...

Well, first I am not a Sprint user. So hopefully I'm not going to say wrong things...

As far as I know, there's no specific Sprint builds for the N6P. There are worldwide builds and also "Verizon only" builds. See the factory image page: https://developers.google.com/android/images

Also for custom N6P ROMs, there's only one build per ROM, unlike your Sprint G3.

Cheers...
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hotshotbananaroll:
FYI I think i figured out the actual cause. I noticed Chrome Beta was trying to sync over and over again when i was watching my account sync page. Hadn't been successful for over 24 hours. Uninstalled Chrome Beta and now using regular Chrome and I dont appear to have a drain anymore.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BigBoss0327:
I'm looking to buy a cheap 6p from craigslist but it's stuck on bootloop apparently. Should I bite or what should I ask to make sure it isn't ****ed?

So far I only asked if it bootloops from recovery, awaiting response.

Would love to upgrade from my current Nexus 4, though I've had tons of fun on it.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 5.1:
If you don't have access to recovery, don't waist your time.

I have also seen someone​ having access to bootloader and recovery with locked bootloader having bootloop. OTA Install failed to complete and even sideloading a newer OTA wouldn't work.

If the device is not advertised as working and you don't have physical access to the device, I wouldn't buy it. That said a simple factory reset could likely fix the issue.

Good luck...
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jpizle:
Could someone tell me what the most recent radio/baseband is? Thanks in advance!
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 5.1:
Hello...

Latest 7.1.1 are:

03.78 International

03.79 Verizon build

03.81 7.1.2 beta version

Cheers...
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jpizle:
Ok I'm up to date, my signal just being weird today. I'm gonna try the beta
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 5.1:
https://xdaforums.com/nexus-6p/general/nexus-6p-radio-bootloader-recovery-t3433637/page21

People share radio reception/quality in this thread if you want to take a look...

Cheers...
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] asifm69stc:
Need help , I bought 6p from olx it's sounds and some censors like auto rotate function is not working. I have tried different factory images of Android 7.1, 6.0, 7.1.1, and 7.1.2 beta nothing work for me. I can only listen sound on Bluetooth for songs not for calls, LTE working fine when I place or receive calls phone is too slow. Sound on Bluetooth is also low. I went to Hawaii CSC in Pakistan the said phone is region locked and software is not optimized for this region we cannot help we don't have tools to optimize Australian model for this rrgion. Please help I am in too much trouble
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aheeejd:
Ok so I got a 6p, I've rooted it. It is on Android 7.1.1. I went looking for a rom to flash, read the instructions of the op & saw that it said make sure you are on the latest vendor files. That stopped me in my tracks. If anyone has some links, or an explanation of this can you help. I'm going to continue searching & reading, but if someone wants to chime in I'll save this page & keep checking it. Thank you
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 5.1:
Well...

https://plus.google.com/+JeanBaptisteQueru/posts/akHWypRNEn3

Starting with N6P, new Google factory images zip contain a new image:

Vendor.img

Check the flashing instruction of the ROM you want to flash. Considering it's based on March release, the vendor.img should be either:

N4F26T or NUF26N

You can download the proper factory image and extract it from the zip or sometimes, the developer include a link to download the vendor directly...

Check this to install vendor.img:

https://xdaforums.com/nexus-6p/general/guides-how-to-guides-beginners-t3206928

This part:

7.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aheeejd:
Thank you very much for that. N4F26T is the version it says in my settings. So I need to dl that 26T img file & flash it with every rom I flash? Is that right? And if it gets updated to a newer version I will have to pay attention when that comes out & dl & flash if I flash another rom? Say I wanted to run validus 6.0.1, do I still flash the newest or do I need to look for a different img file?

And that 26N img you mention, is that newer, & if so, even if my phone says 26T, I would want to flash that instead. Just trying to get things right, don't want a messed up 6p. TIA
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 5.1:
Well... Every month, Google release 2 security updates for angler. For March 2017 those are:

Worldwide N6P: N4F26T

Verizon USA specific: NUF26N

You want the one specified by your ROM developer, nothing else.

If you flash let's say the same ROM updated 3 times the same month, vendor will remain the same. But with the next monthly security update, vendor will also need to be updated. This will be specified by the developer anyway.

Now, if you want to switch to another ROM, you may have to flash another vendor.img. For example:

Your ROM requires N4F26T

Pure Nexus March build requires NUF26N

Imagine you want to install Pure Nexus, you'll have to flash NUF26N.

All this is normally written in the OP or in the first few posts of each ROM thread.

You're right. It's always better to read the maximum and be confident before messing with your phone. Hopefully I made it clear enough for you to understand. English is not my mother language...

Good luck...
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aheeejd:
[MENTION=4550510]5.1[/MENTION] thank you, very clear. I understand much more then I did. And I've also done some reading. I got it. Thanks again for helping.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Namuh:
Took root off my phone via super su and factory reset. I would like to also remove twrp and go back to stock recovery. I have a stock nandroid backup that I backed up with twrp before rooting. If I install this nandroid backup will it also remove twrp?
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gizmoe:
No it won't. But you can manually fastboot flash the stock recovery or flash the factory image with the -w flag removed after you restore your backup.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mswal2846:
You can also take a look at Post #2 Options 10 & 11 to learn a bit more about this here: https://xdaforums.com/nexus-6p/general/guides-how-to-guides-beginners-t3206928

I've found that forum to be extremely helpful!