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[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nrfitchett4:
No, only financing through google is for Fi. You can get the sim without getting the phone. Mine is still sitting in the kit they sent me.

You can add to drop down shade through system tuner that is unlocked when holding the settings gear in the pulldown. Hold it for about ten seconds and then let go. Might take several tries.

For everything else, you probably need root or a custom ROM. I tried the softkeys switcher on stock rooted and it broke my system and had to flash the stock ROM over.

Xposed is supposed to be ready maybe this week.

Two finger pulldown of navigation shade, long press settings gear until it unlocks system tuner. Battery percentage can be turned on there. Why do you need to close all your apps? Is phone lagging? This phone has the best memory mgmt I've seen on Android.

Hard to tell without seeing computer. I used mskips toolkit to install drivers even though I probably already had them.

You can become any of them. After flashing ROM, you will have to flash vendor.img through fastboot.

Thats a snapdragon chip feature you don't need to worry about. No breaking warranty. You will get a message during boot when you unlock saying your device is insecure, no big deal. Android pay doesn't work with full root. Some people have used it with systemless root but that isn't proper root. I'm saved by the fact my bank wants to do their own mobile payments system so they won't play nice with Android pay (chase).

Any changes to the system folder breaks OTAs but you can flash them through twrp.

I used mskips toolkit and it works fine. I have done it several times testing and flashing.

Whats wrong with mskips toolkit? You can root without flashing twrp, but you still have to flash the modified boot image for it to work.

You should be fine as long as those apps don't need persistent root to function. I'm not sure if they do or not.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kaped31:
Because I'm running a mac :D Worst case I can just install virtualbox and run a windows on that. But if there is a more linux/mac friendly guide please let me know.

Also am I right in assuming that for installing updates after rooting and with a custom recovery, just grab the new factory images, flash the system.img and a modified boot image?
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobokun:
I recently received a new nexus6P RMA's since my last nexus6P had a pink hue. This one came with the brand new box with cables and accessories (power plug etc....) Do I just return the old phone and ship it back to google or do I return it in its original casing with all the old accessories with it as well.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Heisenberg:
Return everything that came in the original shipment; packaging, charging block/cable, all of it.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Moeinjeddah:
How can I connect my 6p to my TV....my note 4 did that easily.....
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dathaeus:
Overall the 6P is a GREAT phone, even better if you like taking quick photos, literally 1-2 seconds from phone in hand to pressing the shutter, not sure if you can get any faster. The 6P is a generation ahead of all the past phones, I may keep it for another 2 years, and I am pretty anal about electronics. Just make sure if you have the battery issue, just pay the local guy $80 to do it, its NOT worth doing it yourself, unless you dont care about wasting some time and money on that. I paid my dues, hindsight 20/20.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dmwill69:
Hi, I'm hoping someone might know a suitable way I can root my Huawei Nexus 6P running Oreo 8.1.

Do-able I hear u think, but here's the rub. While I WAS a software engineer for 30 years, I now have a brain injury which can make what should be straight forward into a nightmare to get to grips with.

I doubt I'm lucky enough that there is a one click apk to root it, but I'm fine with that self delusion for now.

Any help, which preferably can be spelled out in short sentences, and is able to cope with a canary like memory, would be very much appreciated.

I can even be converted to a cult or even an organized religion if it will help.

Thanks in advance

David
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Einwod:
Hi David. Welcome to the 6P. This thread should work OK. I had stock Oreo 8.0 on my device and rooted without problem. There are 2 different superusers now, SuperSU and Magisk. Magisk is a simple root method and can be used to hide apps that would normally fail the safety check. I.E. banking apps. Give it a go and if you have any problems, come back to us here.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cor_mann:
Hi,

Noob question. I used this tutorial (https://xdaforums.com/nexus-6p/general/guides-how-to-guides-beginners-t3206928) to return to stock. I originally purchased the Verizon version and unlocked/rooted using the exploit (I believe). Now that I've used the this tutorial, is there any remnants of the Verizon bootloader (or anything else), or is the phone now unlocked like from Google directly? I ask because I'm planning to sell it and I want to make sure I list it correctly. Thanks in advance.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SlimSnoopOS:
For anyone else who reads this, I've already answered their question in another thread here:

https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=74671693&postcount=6123
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dmwill69:
Thanks for the reply.

I seem to be stuck at the boot image.

I'm trying Magicsk BTW. It sounded easier to use.

I've downloaded the angler image I'm running, but what do I do from there?

With my memory such that I forget the start of a paragraph b4 I reach the end, I'm not sure what I've missed.

No doubt something clearly explained somewhere.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Einwod:
Did you flash the Angler image using the flashall.bat file? Or have you flashed each piece manually? The flashall.bat file is the easiest way, however it will erase everything on your device, so be careful. Once it has finished, you should reboot to make sure it boots properly. You can setup the device at this stage if you wish. Or, you can go back and flash the TWRP from the bootloader screen, then flash the Magisk file with TWRP to gain root.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dmwill69:
I haven't tried flashing anything yet.

Oreo was OTA, and despite documentation saying it would wipe it, it didn't.

So I guess my next step should be a nandroid backup, then flash with the image I downloaded.

I was hoping there might be a way to do this, using the current flashed image for a workaround of sorts.

I guess performance and battery life should improve with a total wipe.

Tho it's going to be a painful process to reinstall everything I use.

Doing things without making any obvious and fatal mistakes is the challenge these days.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] squidblaster:
So recently I changed my GPU governor from stock to userspace. I don't know much about gpus in phones and have only messed around with you kernel settings since the early days of Android.

A few things happened.

1. Cpu temps decreased. (I can infer that GPU is taking a lot of the load now instead of cpu). Talking 10 to 15 c in general use of phone.

2. Phone is massively faster. In literally everything. Playing games, multitasking, web browsers, the keyboard feels instant now rather than noticing the tiniest bit of latency before.

I'm really confused by this. My phone doesn't feel hotter physically. At first I was worried that GPU was taking the load of the cpu and possibly being overworked. Battery drain doesn't seem to be worse St all yet, haven't had much time to compare yet.

It is just really strange to me how much faster my phone is now. I am unexperienced with gpus of phones and their governor's so I am not sure how it could improve my performance this much while my temps have not shown same results. Both software monitoring and physically touching and monitoring the phone confirms this to me. I'm seeing 40s in exds labs and less than 50 on most erb pages. Even through phone feelings ten times of fast while typing on the keyboard and at least twice as fast loading basically any app,.

I would like to know more details about is what is causing this and if there is anything I should be worried about (more than normal then running custom kernels and ROMs.

It feels like a completely different phone. Feels at least 5 times faster. Even just ng on keyboard on the phones keyboard feels a hudnred times better.n

I would like to also know if anyone has any or answers on my situation.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shashankk1988:
Hi Devs,

Thank you so much for being kind enough to take noob questions here. I have been using my N6P since the past 2 yrs with absolutely no problems. Running Stock android, updated to 8.1.0 dev preview version, non- rooted. Since the past 2 months, I've been experiencing really **** battery life, with phone automatically switching off at battery levels< 30%, only to be switched on after charging it. All this has really drove me to the extent of finally Unlocking/Rooting my phone.

A few of my work related apps won't work on a rooted phone, so I am not too keen on rooting my phone. I guess that leaves me with the option of unlocking the bootloader, Flashing TWRP, Flashing the stock 8.1.0 factory image available from google & further flash a custom kernel while still not rooting the phone. (Kinda did the same on my backup Nexus 5 last week, flashed PA 7.3.1 with WhitePug Kernel, It's working like a charm so far). So, my question is how do I go ahead with this? Which Custom kernel would you suggest for a really good battery life with the stock 8.1.0 ROM?

Thank you so much once again.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] graybeard5:
Sounds like you need a new battery.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BigBoss0327:
Okay, so I finally managed to purchase a Nexus 6P~

One of my friends said that flashing custom ROMs or OTA updates are ways that might trigger the bootloop issue. Is this true? I haven't read about this in any threads yet.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] graybeard5:
I have never had any problems.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gizmoe:
I don't think they know the exact scenario but yes. Anytime you change a partition you could be at risk. It's like Russian roulette. You could get blasted right away or never. Who knows. Mine did it right after my warranty expired but they replaced it anyways. But they aren't replacing them anym ore outside of warranty. Mine didn't die while flashing though. It died in its sleep. Never woke up. So even if you don't mess with flashing it could still happen.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shaikhsumair99:
i am also searching for the same thing
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Neilkesh:
Hey there, I'm trying to get the launcher pixel 2 mod from cortex rom for android 8.0 and make it work with aicp or nitrogen? Any help on how to proceed would-be appreciated. Iknow those roms are aoso based if I'm not wrong. Would i still be able to port the launcher?
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sikewrdpryznr:
Alright, I've searched and cannot find anyone with my particular problem. I just got this phone and needed to root to get hotspot working with at&t. Installed twrp from recovery, flashed supersu, but the phone got stuck at the google logo during boot. Not a bootloop I don't believe since it never tried to reboot without me doing it.

Now I'm just trying to get it to boot, tried restoring to factory but now I don't have any of my backups. I've been trying to push an ota.zip for a while using adb but it gets stuck also. I don't know what to do now. Is there a way that I can go back to stock recovery so I can push the ota through adb?
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] matesc:
Tatanium backup not showing apps

Hi folks,

I am about to do a clean install on my Nexus 6p, therefore I rooted my phone (on stock Oreo 8.1) and tried to do a backup with Titanium Backup. Unfortunately TiBu is showing only SMS/MMS as the only app feasible for backup. Other apps simply don't show up.

Any clue what's this all about?

I can still do a nandroid backup, but I was wondering if the mistake is on my side? :confused:

Thanks for any help,

matesc
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SlimSnoopOS:
Are you familiar with using Titanium Backup?

Navigate to:

-Backup/Restore

-Click to edit filters

-The main toggles that you'll be using are "Filter by Status" and "Filter by Type." If you did your backup properly, you can set this to "Backed up" and "Uninstalled" then click the green check mark on the top right of the app.

-Now a list should display of all uninstalled apps that were backed up using Titanium Backup.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jimbomodder:
Ok so I'm currently on nexus 6 and I've found a nice 64gb 6p for £190, should I jump to 6p? Will I get better overall experience. I know for now Google still supports it. Just asking for a few personal experiences please.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Einwod:
If the battery lasts and it's still running on all 8 cores, go for it. I would.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jimbomodder:
They say they left it to drain on standby and it dropped to 1% before they charged it again so sounds like dodgy battery
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Einwod:
Not necessarily. If you can source a new battery and get it fitted, then it's still worth it. It's the 4 cores versus 8 cores that would do it for me. The 4 core fix worked on mine until it died after a few weeks. Luckily still under warranty and on the way back from repair as we speak. Mine will hopefully be here before the weekend.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jimbomodder:
So do 4 cores just shut down?

Also found 9ne with structural damage around volume button for £170 so got that one as they have said other than that is fully working. Ordered a new rear back with glass so it should hopefully be like a new phone. Pictures show the phone on and working so hopefully all good.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jimbomodder:
Here's the pics
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NOSTALGIA:
hi all

is there a new command if we flash stock 8.1 image for december on a mac? just helping someone.. not a mac guy here.. need your help. thnx
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SlimSnoopOS:
Ehh, new? No, as long as their platform tools are updated. Just input "./" before adb or fastboot commands. For example, on OSX I must use ./adb devices instead of adb devices or ./fastboot flash boot instead of fastboot flash boot.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Einwod:
The 4 core mod did that with mine. It was working fine until suddenly, I was looking at a picture on Instagram and it suddenly shut down. Battery was on 80%. Phone simply refused to reboot, start or anything. The only signs of life were the USB connection sound when connected to my PC and the battery charging light when connected to a mains charger. Nothing else. Luckily, as I said, I was still under warranty and had the motherboard replaced. That's the second motherboard I've had in this device. Hope it lasts now for a while, though I have my eye on one or two devices being released shortly.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jimbomodder:
O right I see, I will have to hope and pray then as it's essentially a buy/sell shop on eBay. Been posted today, is there a way I can test the phone to make sure it's all ok?
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Einwod:
Only way to test the cores is to flash stock. If it boots and runs OK, then you have the 8 cores working. If it doesn't boot, then you may have to look at the thread for the BLOD
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jimbomodder:
Ok well looks good for me then as it's on stock already. Thanks for the assistance :good:
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jimbomodder:
Well just arrived and so far it seems ok, was in 8.1.0 with December patch but just updated again now to 5th Jan patch and seems fine. No unlocked bootloader messages either so seems I may of got a good one hopefully.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Einwod:
Good luck. I'm in the process of setting mine up again. All going well so far.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jimbomodder:
Thanks, I'm hoping it's a good one as really want a smaller phone but needs the things I need like dual speaker's, still a big screen but can't afford a pixel XL 2
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jimbomodder:
Ok so I've unlocked bootloader and formatted the phone, then pushed over rr rom by neo and opengapps.arm64 and flashed, it flashed fine but now hangs on Google logo. Anyone know what I've done wrong or should I just try another rom
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Einwod:
Did you flash the vendor image? Look for BeansGapps-Mini-7.1.x-20170610, or a full version.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jimbomodder:
Erh no, flashed open gapps mini
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jimbomodder:
Is it because the ROMs 7.1.2 and phones updated to 8.1?
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Einwod:
That shouldn't be a problem. Just make sure you flashed all the parts, boot, system, data, vendor, then gapps, whichever version you choose, Whatever root method you want, (SuperSU or Magisk. Magisk is better IMO).
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rahulsampath:
Nexus 6P is not charging

I really need help.

My phone is acting really strange recently. It is not getting charged properly.

I have used 5 different types of chargers but it is not getting charged properly. Most of the times it shows "Plugged in, cant charge right now". Other times, it charges and discharges while plugged in.

Does anyone know what is causing this issue and what is the possible fix.

Thanks.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Einwod:
I'd say you need a new battery.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Face_Plant:
What is the temperature of your CPU and battery when that message is displayed? If they are too hot the phone won't charge to prevent damaging the battery.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Az Biker:
It's been a while for me, but IIRC, the mini gapps gave several users issues, and full gapps were almost always suggested. Just an FYI if you run into issues.

Also, saw your comment on the Pixel 2 XL being too expensive, Google offers a payment option that is equal to a two year plan on a carrier, with 0% interest. Another FYI. :D
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jimbomodder:
Ok cool, it was actually the vendor image that I'd forgot to flash so it's running good now, I have realized it's slightly twisted on the back frame so I've already got a replacement but will probably do battery at same time. As for pixel XL 2 I think I'll wait for the 3 at end of year and see what it has to offer, knowing this community it will have twrp and root on first day of release lol. Thanks for the heads up thou :good:
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scrin378:
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[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jimbomodder:
As far as I know the real updates are in bootloader and radio, sometimes there are some tweaks in system but just flashing vendor and bootloader + radio if needed should be fine if everything is running good. We all know google has a habit of releasing bad updates.

Sent from my Nexus 6P
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jimbomodder:
Ok so after some testing battery is going from 25-30% to 0 and shutting down, connecting charger brings it to 20% instantly. As it needs replacing would it also limit the charging power to 450-750mah? My nexus 6 can hit 2160mah so hoping it's a battery issue so a new one will fix it.i will be doing it myself so cost won't be an issue.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vaccines-cause-gluten:
The January OTA has been up on my phone for a while. Is there any way to update my phone while keeping root, and without wiping out all my apps and stuff? I have Flashfire, but it complains that some directories have been changed, and flashing via that does not work.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pgv100:
Hello all. I have a quick question about OEM Unlocking vs fastboot bootloader unlock/lock.

If I:

have the boot loader unlocked (by way of Having OEM Unlocking checked, then execute fastboot bootloader unlock), and

I disable OEM Unlocking (without executing fastboot bootloader lock), what happens?

Is the boot loader locked, or unlocked?

Is it unlocked, but unable to be locked (by fastboot)?

Is it unlocked, able to be locked (by fastboot), but unable to be unlocked by fastboot after that?

Thanks!
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SlimSnoopOS:
If OEM Unlock is not checked, your bootloader is not able to be locked (or unlocked).

Edit: Toggling OEM Unlock doesn't affect the bootloader. It's a flag that either enables or disables giving the user the ability to lock or unlock the bootloader. Your bootloader status remains unchanged until you use fastboot to change the status (un)lock.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] law16:
question about the cpu. recently ive noticed that the BIG cluster is always awake at 633MHz...i've tried a few different roms(7.1.2.)/kernels but i have the same result. any ideas?
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SlimSnoopOS:
That's normal. Big cluster only goes offline when under extreme heat. Which unfortunately is very often with this bugged CPU.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] law16:
I have been away from android for a while but i assumed these bigger cores would be for more intensive tasks. i just find it odd that all 8 cores are running constantly.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SlimSnoopOS:
I understand. That's all by design via Qualcomm. The power draw is negligible when idling at 633 mhz vs. offline. The CPU uses some sort of dynamic voltage scaling across the different frequencies so the power draw isn't what you think at 633 mhz. The big cluster does ramp up frequently. The problem you'll notice is that this CPU overheats very easily so the big cluster will go offline. If you live in warmer climates, you'll be dealing with this whenever you go outside.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] law16:
My main goal is to save as much battery life as possible per day. Would you recommend under clocking the BIG cluster?
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SlimSnoopOS:
You could do that. Might also help to try something like a governor profile as well. I think the thread below has a lot of info:

https://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3290605
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leotwix:
Hello to all the community, I am a little new in these topics but nothing more than guided me by instructions and a little intuition. I have followed this guide:

https://xdaforums.com/nex...nners-t3206928

In step 10, I've done everything I asked to format my nexus 6p. What I wanted to do, is that my Nexus 6p install root and TWRP as recovery. The problem is that, when trying to update my system to a new android version (from system configuration and update), the update was downloaded and the phone restarted, but when it restarted it sent me to the TWRP recovery and it did not let me install it, so I decided to find how to delete the TWRP recovery and format the phone to remove the root and I ran into that guide that I put above.

So, I followed all the steps in step 10 except the part where it says "block bootloader", so I have the bootloader still unlocked (thank goodness), install the angler 7.1.2 and restart the device but now I'm stuck in the boot animation (where there are circling circles and random things).

I ask for your help, which is the most expert topic I know about this. This was the topic I found to ask for help, if it is not the right topic I ask you please move it.

Thank you!
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SlimSnoopOS:
Flash 8.1 if you want to update. Follow this same instructions for flashing factory images.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Buddy3927:
Reset flash counter

Can anyone tell me where to find the terminal script to set the counter to zero? Used it a few days ago and now cannot locate it.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Az Biker:
NVM :D