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[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] the.scientist:
AMOLED issues (pink screen tint) - RMA or refund?

Just received my Nexus 6p today. Gorgeous build quality, fantastic feel in the hand. However, I turned it on and the first thing I noticed was a pink-tinted area in the upper-left corner of the screen, which I simply cannot stand. I've seen this exact same issue before on the AMOLED screens of the Nexus 6 and Note 4. I'm debating whether to simply return my 6p and get a refund, or whether to try one or two rounds of RMA to see if I can find a device with even color temperature. Does anyone have any advice for me? I can live with a slight tint to the screen, but what drives me crazy is the obvious color change across the screen.

Thanks.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pitflyer:
Is there a way to backup the EFS on this phone before TRWP or root? I had bad experiences with losing my EFS on a OnePlus One so want to get it backed up asap before I play with it. Or is it not as brick inducing on a 6p as it was nearly on my one?
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Heisenberg:
That problem was common to the OnePlus One but it isn't common to this device, you don't need to worry as much luckily. Just unlock your bootloader and install TWRP and backup your EFS that way. You don't need to worry about the same spontaneously-corrupt-EFS bug on this phone but it's still a good idea to have a backup.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rockyrocker:
Is it possible to move from Android N back to Marshmallow (May update) without losing data? Thanks.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nathanchance:
Without losing your internal storage, I believe so but your apps and data, no.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rockyrocker:
Thanks Nathan. Is it 'Unenroll' the device? That says completely losing the data and make sure you backup kind of a warning. Does it leave internal storage?

Else can you pls share the procedure to downgrade with internal data intact atleast? Thanks..
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nathanchance:
Yeah unenrolling the device will wipe the whole phone. You could manually downgrade by wiping system, data, cache and dalvik cache in TWRP (only if you are decrypted) then flashing the latest M factory images in fastboot. Otherwise, you will be forced to wipe the whole device.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rockyrocker:
:( Ok. Decrypting again wipes the phone right? So I am better off unenrolling. Kindly confirm. Cheers! Thanks for your replies..
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nathanchance:
Yes decrypting results in the same thing as unenrolling.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Az Biker:
Going to decrypt (giving into peer pressure). Want to make sure I have the proper steps.

(of course back up sdcard to pc first)

Flash rom

Flash gapps

Flash kernel

Select wipe

Format data

Reboot Recovery

Reboot system

These are from an older post I copied a while back, want to ensure they're still correct with newest TWRP.

Thanks in advance.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nathanchance:
Sound work out fine. Personally, I used fastboot format userdata instead of the process in TWRP but both work fine!
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Az Biker:
Can I follow the outlined steps while connected to pc and boot into fastboot to format userdata, then boot into recovery from fastboot?

Would replacing the new sdcard folder with the saved sdcard folder from pc mess anything? It sounds too easy to be true :p
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nathanchance:
Yes, you can. You can boot into recovery from the bootloader after fastboot formatting. I don't think it should mess anything up but I didn't do that myself lol.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] letterman316:
Is there somewhere in the settings or maybe a specific permission to stop an app from going fullscreen? Basically, I want the home/back button to always be on when using certain apps. Or am I better off looking for an xposed module?
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gizmoe:
If you slide up from bottom it's always there. Other than that, yeah, I would check out exposed modules.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yatezy:
A question I may already know the answer to but worth confirming. Is it possible to flash a CAF based kernel onto a non CAF based ROM?
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dennis_cu:
I recently updated to Android N, and I decided to downgrade to the previous version, I lost my photos and contacts. Is there any way to recover them?

I setup my google account to sync all options. Any help would be great.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gizmoe:
Contacts will sync back if you saved them to your Google account. Your storage is gone though so unless you used Google photos to backup your pics they are gone.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dennis_cu:
I have google photos sync option turned ON so i I don't know why my photos got deleted. Even if i I root my phone and download recover apps it still won't work?
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gizmoe:
If photos sync was on then signing back in is all you need to do. Unless a setting was turned off or a folder was turned off from backing up. You can try a recover app. It may find most of them since you just wiped. The more you use the phone though, the more it will overwrite stuff.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dennis_cu:
I tried signing out then signing back in still no luck. I don't believe i turned the feature off.

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I tried signing out then signing back in still no luck. I don't believe i turned the feature off.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gizmoe:
[MENTION=4434532]dennis_cu[/MENTION]. When you open the photos app, if you have photos backed up, they will just appear. Kind of like Gmail. If you are not seeing any photos and you are certain you had them backing up then I would open a support ticket with Google. They may not be allowed to help you though because you were on beta. I assume you are opening the photos app to check? Because it will keep them server side until you download them. They won't just show up in your folders.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dennis_cu:
[MENTION=4248385]Gizmoe[/MENTION] thanks for the info. Still no luck. If I upgrade to Android N again will it appear back? Lol I know it's a long shot.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DJBhardwaj:
Practically, no. Installing N again wouldn't bring them back, at all. Open up photos.google.com on PC, and check if the pictures appear there. If they don't, then the only chance to recover them, is by using a recovery tool. Not sure if many of them work on internal storage, but it's worth a try.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] quorn23:
With the news about systemless xposed i figured i look at systemless root again, i couldn't really find an answer to my question (also searched this thread), so i allow myself a noob question for once.

Is systemless root possible with a current NP6? (Patch lvl May) From the looks of it the boot.img i'm able to find is for a rather old version.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] snapilica2003:
So this might be answered somewhere else around here, but I can't seem to find it. If you go into Developer options and check the "allow OEM unlocking" option, then factory reset your phone, and don't enable again the Developer options menu, is that feature still enabled? is unlocking possible without going into developer options?
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SlimSnoopOS:
Just flash SuperSU if you're on stock. I *think* you need to enter the echo systemless command line to force systemless root on a custom rom:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=64161125

Maybe? Try it and post back. OEM Unlock is enabled all the time after the bootloader is unlocked. Not sure if it sticks without actually unlocking the bootloader.

"OEM Unlock" must be enabled to unlock the bootloader. Fastboot will not allow you to go forward with unlocking if this is turned off.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] veitograf:
hey guys, i just switched from a nexus 5 to the 6p. as on the n5 im using the pure-nexus rom.

i would love to shift the navigation buttons further to the right since its hard for me to reach the back button with my right hand. is there a mod or anything to shift the buttons?
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gizmoe:
Have you checked out xposed modules? Also I know cm13 will let you rearrange them and add things.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] veitograf:
the pure nexus rom has settings to add other buttons to the navbar but not to move them around. i also tried gravity box which has kind of the same options but not the one im looking for :(
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DJBhardwaj:
If you're trying to re-arrange/move the navigation bar buttons, it could be done within the PureNexus settings. Just hold and drag the icons. :good:
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] veitograf:
i dont want to rearange them. just move them a bit closer so they are easier to reach with my thumb.

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[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] quorn23:
Thanks for the heads up :good: the command breaks OTA, so sadly no advantage for our N6P (at least for people like me, who don't have anything in the country to pay with google pay).

Anyway, thanks for pointing it out mate, appreciated. :)
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] i9100gcap:
stuck while doing nandroid backup using twrp

Hi all,

I was in the process of rooting my new nexus 6p and was following all the instruction to the T but while doing nandroid back up i accidentally checked boxes boot,data,system,system image,vendor and vendor image and swiped to back up. Now my phone is stuck at "Simulation Partition" part of the process and there is neither any progress nor i am able to cancel the process or go back to twrp home page. How do i solve this problem? have i bricked my phone ? do i wait till the the battery drains out? Please help.

Thanks in advance
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mswal2846:
All you are doing is a backup of your system, so I doubt that you've "bricked" your phone. To where are you backing up? If to your phone (versus USB) you may be filling up the SDCard (the space on your phone). I think you should be able to hold down the power button and reboot the phone. Note that

1. The backup you've taken, since it wouldn't have finished, will probably not be usable (at least not trusted)

2. You should delete the backup taken so far on your phone's internal SD Card

Then you can reboot into TWRP and try again.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gubro:
Hi guys, I have a noob question.

I would like to try the N beta, but according to the notes, I should make a backup in order to be able to go back to Marshmallow if needed.

I do not want to root. What is the best way to create a full backup I can return to, in case I am not happy with the N?

Thanks
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mswal2846:
The best way is to follow this guide (items 10 or 11): http://xdaforums.com/nexus-6p/general/guides-how-to-guides-beginners-t3206928

It's an EXCELLENT guide!

edit1: I realized I may not have answered your question. Items 10/11 will get you back to stock. You wanted to know about how to backup your existing stock environment. You can use the same guide and follow item 2 to install TWRP, then go into Recovery (TWRP) and backup your system.

You can do the above without being rooted.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yatezy:
Is there anyway to flash a radio.img without resorting to pc and fastboot?

I'm sure Flashify used to allow it but doesn't seem to be available now and can't find any zip files that are usually made.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Heisenberg:
No, you need a PC. Afaik Flashify could never flash radio, only boot and recovery. Nobody bothers making radio zips because it's so easy to flash with fastboot.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yatezy:
I think you're right actually. Cheers, just laziness on my behalf and not being near a PC at the moment.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gubro:
Thanks, I wanted to avoid TWRP as well, but I might give it a go.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kyuubie:
Taking into account how booting a device without the default Full disk encryption (from here https://source.android.com/security/encryption/) how would one decrypt their internal storage If he only has access to adb and fastboot? I am unable to mount data(internal sdcard) since it is encrpypted and my screen is broken and none responsive. Im currently trying to retrieve data and I know my pattern. TWRP recovery is also installed and its rooted. Nexus 6p.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ghudgins:
tethering + unlimited data

I...

have unlimited data with at&t

want to leverage android pay (so ideally no root)

now understand that as of the nexus6 carriers have gotten wise about tethering from nexus phones

given the above, what do you recommend? Do I really have to root to edit the build props or is there another way? Would side loading work or by unlocking boot loader & flashing something I'd basically be out of luck for android pay.

at the end of the day tethering > android pay but just wanted to see what people thought (and what people are doing with their nexus 6 and 6p's). It's been awhile :angel:

edit: best non-root solution i've found is here http://xdaforums.com/nexus-6/general/how-to-unlock-tethering-android-4-4-to-t3227206
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Frostfree:
I'm new to Nexus phones so bear with me. Is there a way of disabling vibrations on notifications but allow when the phone rings without rooting or any third party apps?

FF
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] itstsquared:
Ambient display

Is ambient display more consistent on the 6P? The screen doesn't always wake on my N6 and I'm wondering if it's better on the 6P. I'm guessing the Android sensor hub should help.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shawnten:
How do I update this phone. I see the new image on Google Page. Do I just extract it to my tools folder and run the bat file?
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobby janow:
So I've been reading about rooting and unlocking along with getting TWRP to run. When you unlock the bootloader it says userdata is wiped. So that's just anything on the sdcard, correct? System will remain intact? Then if I want to install TWRP I would need to decrypt the partition. That too wipes userdata, so I presume to do both at once then get on with configuring the device? So the question is, what does decrypting do? Is there a reason to not do it? Will that prevent the OTA from getting to your device? I'm not going to install a custom rom yet, I'll leave it stock for Android Pay to work, but at some point I might go the custom rom route, especially if we can get multirom to work.

As for AP working with unlocked bootloader, I have a custom rom running in multirom on my N5 right now with just root removed. AP works fine. It's the encryption thing that I'm curious about.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] emiwonder:
Anyone has any issues with ambient display? I actually thought it would be as great as one on Moto x, but mine works when it wants :(
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] schwab16:
Alright, so I'm having quite the issue... Throughout the day today I have been getting crazy lag spikes, like the entire system is running two seconds behind, essentially unusable. I have even had it where the Android UI just seems to crash. At first I thought it was an app causing it, but now I'm thinking it has to do with the WiFi. I switched over to just cellular data and have had no issues. As soon as I reconnect to WiFi, same issue arises after a couple minutes of use. Also a weird thing is it only seems to be when I'm on my University's WiFi. I will check again at home and verify my home WiFi works. But has anyone had a similar issue? It's really frustrating considering I'm on University WiFi for almost the whole day. Any suggestions to a fix? Any help would be appreciated! Also as a note my Nexus 5 has no issue with the WiFi. So it is definitely related to the Nexus 6p. If you have heard of any apps that are causing issues too let me know and I can see if I have been using them. Thanks!

As some info on the University wifi settings: https://it.umn.edu/wi-fi-network-general-wireless
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nrfitchett4:
Ambient display has never worked well on Nexus devices. I use android wear so im not too worried about it.

Might need to start with a hard reset.

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How do we get all the butthurt Samsung fans upset over reviewers calling this the best Android phone out of these forums? ?
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] martinezma99:
I'm on AT&T and showing LTE with Nexus 6p. You may need to call AT&T.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zechizen:
Is it normal for the phone to feel warm while charging? Does rapid charging deteriorate the lifetime of nexus 6p's battery?
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] galaxys:
No, will not be an issue.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] matesc:
Nexus 6P ringtones

Hello guys. Does Nexus 6P have new / different ringtones from Nexus 6? Thanks in advance
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cturbos:
I saw one packaged in aluminium box ,64 GB,I was told it was a gift they got at the google conference.What do you guys know about it.

Thank you
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iduser4:
is project fi supported on a rooted 6p?
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FuMMoD:
Im stuck guys. My nano sim works fine with an adaptor in my Oneplus one but my Nexus 6p doesn't detect my sim. Any ideas?

I'm also getting an error when my rom is booted that goes.

"There is an internal problem with your android device. Please contact product manufacturer"
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NordomTT:
My previous phone was also OPO but the same sim works just fine on my 6p.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cmo220:
Are you sure everything is put in right and facing the proper direction?

I don't want you to think I'm calling you dumb or anything! I've done that in the past. Sometimes the holders will go in the wrong direction. Sometimes the SIM card will fit upside down.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FuMMoD:
I had to call to add my imei to the database. The good thing about this phone is it won't go in the wrong way.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dualshoc:
hi,

i would like to know if the game cookie run by line works well with 6p?

thanks.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nrfitchett4:
Anyone else having call quality issues. Wife said I sounded muffled on her end until I used Bluetooth. Hope a mic isn't defective.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mswal2846:
You can see the instructions for #3 for decrypting here: http://xdaforums.com/nexus-6p/general/guides-how-to-guides-beginners-t3206928

I think, though, decrypting will erase your data. So I don't believe that is going to be your answer.

I guess your phone boots up but you can't see anything since the screen is broken? If this is true and you have the phone connected to your PC, you should still be able to see your files from your PC as you should still get the connection. Or you don't see this?
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kyuubie:
The #3 post is only referencing older versions of twrp, I'm running TWRP 3.0.2-0 which is the latest and is capable of decrypting the data partition providing you input the pin, pattern or password which i can't do neither since my screen is broken and non responsive. I've currently been looking into screen event commands to simulate touch swipes but it seems those aren't available in recovery mode which is the only mode i seem to be able to get adb to connect in. When i first boot the device be it in recovery or a normal boot, It requests a pattern to decrypt the drive. Once that is done, I should be able to mount data and gain back my userdata. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mswal2846:
I'm not sure the issue is the encryption. When I plug my phone into my PC, it defaults to "Charging." This doesn't allow me to see the files on the device, regardless of if the device is "unlocked" via pattern/fingerprint/code. It is only after I've changed the USB connection setting to "File Transfers" that I see in my PC the files on my internal SD card.

What do you see if you:

1. Plug the phone into your PC

2. Enter "adb devices"?

3. If you see a value come back, then perhaps you can use the:

adb backup [-f <file>] [-apk|-noapk] [-obb|-noobb] [-shared|-noshared] [-all] [-system|-nosystem] [<packages...>]

- write an archive of the device's data to <file>.

If no -f option is supplied then the data is written

to "backup.ab" in the current directory.

(-apk|-noapk enable/disable backup of the .apks themselves

in the archive; the default is noapk.)

(-obb|-noobb enable/disable backup of any installed apk expansion

(aka .obb) files associated with each application; the default

is noobb.)

(-shared|-noshared enable/disable backup of the device's

shared storage / SD card contents; the default is noshared.)

(-all means to back up all installed applications)

(-system|-nosystem toggles whether -all automatically includes

system applications; the default is to include system apps)

(<packages...> is the list of applications to be backed up. If

the -all or -shared flags are passed, then the package

list is optional. Applications explicitly given on the

command line will be included even if -nosystem would

ordinarily cause them to be omitted.)
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] El Niche:
THank you for all the helpful posts. Coming from a Nexus and a G2, I have a quick question about flashing the vendor img. If I am in the latest nexus image (the one from 6/6/16), can I flash Pure Nexus without flashing the vendor image? Or will I have to flash the vendor image from May after I flash PN (the one that ends with a "T").

Thanks... Been a bit confused with this vendor thing and dont know if everytime I flash a ROM I need to include a vendor image matching the build.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobbarker2:
You're one hundred percent wrong there are several zip radio flashable in TWRP
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Heisenberg:
My mistake. Is there a thread for this that I'm missing? I should add it to my index.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobbarker2:
I saw just a post where a guy made a TWRP zip that flashed the radio but there are a couple other floating around. Haven't been able to find it since, it was buried in another thread that was unrelated. So no you probably have nothing to update.

If and when I find that post I'll link it here just for convience sake.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IAmTheRad:
Got a couple of questions.

I already rooted my phone, as there are some xposed modules and some other apps I use that utilize root. It's my first smartphone, but not my first Android device. I previously used, and still have a Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 tablet, but I have mostly made the switch over to my shiny new 32GB Nexus 6P.

Anyways, I read that an OTA update is coming for the Nexus 6P. Will I need to reinstall TWRP and re-root the phone, possibly losing the apps and app data on the phone? I'm sticking with Marshmallow until N is officially out. If it's just re-rooting, it won't be as big of an issue.

Thirdly, is it a good idea to get a screen protector? I already have a case, I got that when I got the phone. $25 for the Speck Candyshell Grip from the carrier when I picked up the phone. I have no clue how strong the glass is on a phone and I'd want to protect it just in case. I'd prefer tempered glass because I don't like how plastic feels on a screen protector.