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[Nexus 6P General] kchao1213:
i must be missing something but what does formatting the data partition for decryption actually erase? does it delete everything like a full wipe? my concern is that i unlocked my bootloader the first day thinking it was the only wipe i would have to do in case i wanted to root, and now that i want to root, i'm not sure if i want to go through everything again. apologies if this has already been answered or if it seems incredibly obvious. thanks all.
[Nexus 6P General] MYxdaUSERNAME:
Can I ask which version yours is when you run 'adb version'?
[Nexus 6P General] combat goofwing:
it says version 1.0.32

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it says version 1.0.32
[Nexus 6P General] scoot0073:
Once to go to N u can not go back to MM .

ATM there is several peeps that tried to go back to MM and are bricking/ boot looping their 6P's. With no fix or method to get your 6P back to working..Have u not read all the horror stories in the Q/A forum. Most of them have Google Insurance and have already made claims and are receiving their new 6P's.

Others that don't have the insurance is at a complete lose ATM.

Pretty much your only best bet is to wait for Google to post up the Factory Image for 7.0.

Even then it's not a sure thing but it's leaving a lot of peeps with some hope.

I'm on N and I love the experience and can tell a difference in battery life a lot better .

Best of luck my friend

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http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3445709

You can go here and join the rest who is having same issue as u.
[Nexus 6P General] Jammol:
Seeing that you already lost your backups and such and are now on 6.0.1 stock bootloop. Fancy me please a moment...

Run the flash-all script, don't even worry about booting. Just reboot the bootloader again, flash twrp, reboot bootloader again, reboot recovery.

You should be greeted with the pin or swipe code prompt, ignore and then allow modifications. Full wipe, including using the format data option and type in Yes.

Reboot recovery again, side load the latest MM Vendor and flash it. Reboot to bootloader, flash-all script and let phone reboot. Please let me know what happens.
[Nexus 6P General] forty9er49221:
To get back to MM from N, I did the following:

Instead of flashing the latest 6.0.1 (MTC20F) (as this one was giving me errors), I went to the previous stock image (6.0.1 (MTC19X)). It worked fine.

https://dl.google.com/dl/android/aosp/angler-mtc19x-factory-83a34810.tgz

Try that for those having the problem.
[Nexus 6P General] mukesh22584:
Hello [MENTION=4153349]Heisenberg[/MENTION]

I'm in endless bootloop after ota update of N...

I've tried your guide FIRST same as per YOU have written........

I've tried all available method,

1). I've flashed factory image MM, Everything goes fine But still BL...

2). I've installed latest TWRP and flash CM13, RR and many others, But still BL..

3). According to build I've flashed Radio & Bootloader But no luck...

4). Tried restore my Backups but no luck....

Note.... At every above point I've got "Successful" Message, Never seen any error message but Can't resolve my issue...

So finally I've flashed Factory image again and Lock my bootloader, And ready to go to "SERVICE CENTER"....
[Nexus 6P General] mswal2846:
V7 to V6 Saga

System background:

Stock

Encrypted - required to run Corporate apps

Unrooted - required to run Corporate apps

Unlocked boot loader

So I had successfully upgraded to 7.0 using the method in this OP (#14). The only "issue" I had was TWRP not sticking. In attempting to "fix" that I screwed it up (read that I should format cache and instead of cleared cache via fastboot ... Nougat did not like that one bit since cache was gone. I was trying this approach since my company requires unroot and I didn't want to go the rooting path.) Through various attempts to get back, I managed to get to the point where 7.0 would boot again but the dreaded "no sim" messages came up. I figured that I had somehow messed up EFS so I flashed EFS. Of course the version I restored was from 6.0 ... I believe (purely my opinion) that 7.0 has changed EFS, so flashing EFS for 6.0 did not help.

Decided at this point to go back to 6.0:

Reflashed TWRP and went in to Recovery and wiped everything

Rebooted into Bootloader and flashed the latest 6.0 - all img files (according to the first part of OP section 14)

Figured since back on 6.0 I should stick with the older TWRP so fastbooted it

Restored my EFS from my 6.0 backup

Booted up while praying

System came up and starting the google initiation stuff

I shut down immediately and rebooted into Recovery

Restored my Data from my pre 7.0 upgrade backup (yes, I really did do a backup)

Booted up while praying

BACK!

I would gladly go back to 7.0 as it seemed to run fine until I screwed it up (purely user error!!)
[Nexus 6P General] tuffluck:
so this has possibly been asking before, but if i already got the Nougat OTA do I still need to do step 1 and unlock my bootloader before proceeding to step 2 and step 6 per the instructions? is there any reason not to root Nougat OTA just yet?
[Nexus 6P General] 89titanium:
Yo Heis,

I am not that familiar with Linux, but I do have a Linux machine and plan to use it to do my update/root. Does your guide also apply to Linux at every step? Namely the shortcuts and command prompt stuff (shift+right-click, etc.)?

Thanks
[Nexus 6P General] scoot0073:
Yes you have to unlock your bootloader first.

And it fine to root Nougat use TWRP 3.0.2.1 then flash SuperSU Update 2.76 for root.

Jus follow the guide as u are and everything will be good.

But it's currently advised not to try to go back to MM jus yet as it's causing a lot of problems.
[Nexus 6P General] dratsablive:
I use Fedora Linux and the commands mostly work the same. However when I need to use fastboot I have to use sudo. /fastboot for it to execute successfully.
[Nexus 6P General] 89titanium:
So if I am flashing all those files, like this part:

fastboot flash bootloader C:\angler\images\bootloader-angler-angler-xx.xx.img

fastboot reboot-bootloader

fastboot flash radio C:\angler\images\radio-angler-angler-xx.xx.img

fastboot reboot-bootloader

fastboot flash boot C:\angler\images\boot.img

fastboot erase cache

fastboot flash cache C:\angler\images\cache.img

fastboot flash recovery C:\angler\images\recovery.img

fastboot flash system C:\angler\images\system.img

fastboot flash vendor C:\angler\images\vendor.img

I'll need to add sudo to each?
[Nexus 6P General] mswal2846:
After you install the Android-tools, open up a Terminal, attach your phone (via USB) and issue the command "fastboot devices" and see what happens. It should return your device and information about your phone. If that doesn't work, then try "sudo fastboot devices".
[Nexus 6P General] 89titanium:
Fair enough, I'll do that.
[Nexus 6P General] scoot0073:
Interesting I didn't realize u could run SDK Tools on Linux.. so u can do everything on Linux that u can on Windows Fastboot/ADB

I'm gonna have to Google this BC man Windows I'm getting tired of.

I got plenty of hard drive space to dual boot create a new partition..
[Nexus 6P General] Heisenberg:
Not only can you do it on Linux, it's far easier on Linux because no drivers are required.
[Nexus 6P General] browner87:
I feel like I've got a bad update ZIP here for MTC20F. The files to normally flash are:

bootloader-angler-angler-xx.xx.img
radio-angler-angler-xx.xx.img
boot.img
cache.img
recovery.img
system.img
vendor.img

But all I have is:

boot.img
bootloader.aboot.img
bootloader.hype.img
bootloader.keymaster.img
bootloader.pmic.img
bootloader.rpm.img
bootloader.sbl1.img
bootloader.sdi.img
bootloader.tz.img
radio.modem.img
system.new.dat
system.patch.dat
system.transfer.list
vendor.new.dat
vendor.patch.dat
vendor.transfer.list

Is there a new process??
[Nexus 6P General] SlimSnoopOS:
Download the factory image. You downloaded and unzipped the OTA zip, which is not meant to be unpacked by the user.
[Nexus 6P General] browner87:
Dammit, I'm just being dumb. Thanks.

The problem with monthly updates is there's just enough time between them to forget all the stuff I re-learned last time.
[Nexus 6P General] scoot0073:
Would Ubuntu work good for a beginner?

I googled it and Ubuntu is what come up for beginners to learn.. thanks
[Nexus 6P General] Heisenberg:
Ubuntu is alright. Personally I prefer Mint, it's based on Ubuntu but includes a lot of stuff that Ubuntu doesn't have. Plus the Cinnamon desktop is very good. Also great for beginners.
[Nexus 6P General] browner87:
Ubuntu is what I use. Works great. Make sure you get 64-bit and desktop version. Throw it in a virtual machine and you're good to go.
[Nexus 6P General] SlimSnoopOS:
Yea, it doesn't help that Google added a separate download labeled "OTA" to confuse folks that are not as well versed about factory images. OTA zips are a fairly new (cool) thing they have introduced.
[Nexus 6P General] dratsablive:
It depends on your system install, on mine I had to. Also I don't erase or flash the cache. I just flash the .img files. And in linux, you won't be using C:\. When you are in the directory that holds the image files you don't need to provide the path.
[Nexus 6P General] Savetheknot:
Has anyone made a step-by-step post on reverting to MM from N?
[Nexus 6P General] gdroid666:
i have read throught all three OP's and still have no idea what i am doing

nowhere in any of the OP's does it mention if this is a systemless root and a full root

i have seen people talking about this but i still do not really understand the differences

so what is the difference, in lay tems what can i practically do with s full that i can not do with systemless root?

i though ti have read that busybox and viper4andrid can not be installled with systemless root, si is that right?

what else can i not install with systemless root and is the root method in the OP systemless or full?

and what is step9 for? why would i want or nee to do this for? what dies it have to do with rot? do i need to do this to get full root?
[Nexus 6P General] scoot0073:
Read this it will explain what the differences is and u will have a good understanding which method would work for you best..

http://www.howtogeek.com/249162/what-is-systemless-root-on-android-and-why-is-it-better/
[Nexus 6P General] Heisenberg:
They're not steps, they're sections. Section 9 is pretty self-explanatory: It explains how to update the stock ROM using fastboot, it has nothing to do with root. Basically speaking, there isn't really traditional vs systemless anymore, SuperSU takes the systemless approach but should still give full root access.
[Nexus 6P General] gdroid666:
i now they are steps , but why would you need to do that? i read somewhere that busybox and viper4android was not working with systemless root , maybe the user was wrong though

also i watched some tutorials on how to root this device and it looked like they were doing section 9

i still do not understand the benefit of it

the tutorial i watched make it seem like that how you get the full root

i understand what a custom rom is i understand what a stock rom is but what is a modified stock rom? a custom rom? what is the difference? one is built from he ground up and the other is a based on stock with minor changes?

maybe the tutorial i watched was how to flash a modified stock rom that was modified to be prerooted?i dont know this has all got so confusing since lolipop since this whole systemless root business i am totaly lost

also i am getting a notification that says "system update available" "android system update"

what does this mean? is this just a security patch? or is it a full OS update to full N or developer preview of N? why does it no t specify what it is exactly or give me any details? if i click download then what? it downloads and installs and i have no option to halt the install? should i do the update before unlocking the bootloader and proceeding to root?
[Nexus 6P General] Heisenberg:
I'm not sure what you're asking. Section 9 has absolutely nothing to do with root, nothing at all. It simply explains how to update the stock ROM if you have modified it. When I say modified I mean adding root access, installing Xposed, those kind of things. You need to use this process (flashing the factory images) if you have modified the stock ROM because you're unable to take OTA updates if it's modified.

What are you trying to accomplish? Are you trying to root? If so then you must follow the instructions in section 6 (making sure you're met the prerequisites first). I'm not sure why you're bringing up section 9? I have no idea about V4A because I don't use it.
[Nexus 6P General] gdroid666:
yes i am trying to root ,flash xposed and install busybox and viper4android

i am asking if doing the prerequisite steps and step 6 will give me a full root or systemless root

and what are the practical difference between the 2? what can i not do with systemless root?

i watched this guide video and he seems to flash a modified boot image isn't that what step 9 is? he says something bout needing the modified boot image for traditional root, then he has another video where he says it is a systemless root and he does not flash the modified boot image i thought you need to flash a modified boot image to get the full root and thought you need the full root for some things like busybox and viper to work

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjDcOtLlcc4

( around 12:40 )

also i get a generic notification that tells me there is an android update system update, should i accept the update? will it prevent me from being able to root?

what kind of update is it and why do they not tell you it just says download, but what will it do? install immediately or take me to a screen that tells me what it is, how am i supposed to know if it's just a minor security patch or if it is going to update me to N or N preview?

my build number is MMB29P security patch level 1,1,2016

what is it asking me to download exactly?
[Nexus 6P General] azncapcom:
nvm
[Nexus 6P General] scoot0073:
http://www.howtogeek.com/249162/what-is-systemless-root-on-android-and-why-is-it-better/

READ THIS.. IMPORTANT INFORMATION
[Nexus 6P General] gdroid666:
thanks but i had already read that , full root breaks android pay, already knew that, the only thing i learned from it is that systemless root will not survive a factor reset

but what are practical differences to what needs or does not need the full root?

and what will doing step6 and prerequiste steps do for me, full root? or only systemless root? it says that superSU will decide which one depending on the device , but what does it decide for 6p?

i know i read about people having trouble with viprer4android and busybox and they said that it was because it does not work with systemlesss root method ,i am trying to avoid problems like this , so i would rather just do the full root,so is this guide going to help to full root or only systemless?
[Nexus 6P General] Heisenberg:
There is no difference anymore. A modified boot.img hasn't been required for root for quite some time now so I imagine that guide is old and outdated. There is no traditional root method anymore because "systemless" has taken its place. Systemless isn't even a correct way to describe it anymore either because it does modify the system partition. The current root method that's listed in this guide will give you full root and should be able to handle anything you want to do. There's a V4A thread in our general section though, maybe read up there and find out if there's anything extra you need to do.

You should update first. What it's downloading will depend on what build you're currently on. If you're on MTC20F then it will be the update to Nougat. It won't be to a developer preview because the full version is out now. It won't stop you from being able to root. It should have a description of what it's updating to as well.
[Nexus 6P General] gdroid666:
ok like i said my build number is MMB29P latest security patch level is 1,1,2016

so if i update i will get nougat right? i want to to stay on on marshmallow for now though , so should i incrementally update manually then and not OTA? and is there really anything important that i really need to do the updates for if i am not interested in updating nougat?
[Nexus 6P General] Jammol:
It will update you to MTC20F which is the latest MM. Google releases a new update every month that contains new security patches for vulnerabilities that are found. You don't have to update to them but you probably should anyway. After MTC20F is Nougat, so once you're on MTC20F, do not accept any more updates if you don't want Nougat.
[Nexus 6P General] jdjaidev:
NO Command Error

hello, im a new Nexus 6p user. i got Nougat OTA yesterday and after that i flashed the latest TWRP . after going to TWRP , i rebooted my phone but its giving "NO COMMAND" erorr when im trying to boot to recovery afterwards. tried flashing twrp again but giving same error. pls help me solve this issue. thank you
[Nexus 6P General] mobileman88:
Updating to N will do this. LEt it boot N fully at least once, then go into bootloader and reflash TWRP. This is assuming you have an unlocked bootloader.
[Nexus 6P General] jdjaidev:
nope, it didnt work, im still struck at No command Screen :(:confused:
[Nexus 6P General] mobileman88:
That's strange, can you try to return to stock in the OP before starting again? No command screen is because you are not using TWRP but stock recovery. I have never had problems flashing TWRP in Bootloader with an unlocked bootloader.
[Nexus 6P General] Heisenberg:
Nooo! Definitely don't flash any Marshmallow factory images, reverting to MM from Nougat has bricked multiple people. I'm not sure what's causing these bricks but for the moment I'm advising people not to revert.

Try flashing TWRP, then instead of rebooting at all just try to boot straight into TWRP after flashing it.
[Nexus 6P General] jdjaidev:
wow, i returned to MM before seeing ur post. i following the instructions in the first page and now im on MM again. thank God i didnt brick my device..:D

When i was on Android 7, i was able to boot to twrp as soon as i flashed twrp. then i rebooted into system and when i tried to reboot to TWRP again it gave me No Command Error. :confused:

i even flashed twrp multiple times but still same issue :(
[Nexus 6P General] Heisenberg:
When you first booted into TWRP did it ask if you wanted to allow system modification? If so, did you select yes?

I really don't know how so many people have bricked when reverting to MM, it could be a case of user error, I know at least a few of them were.
[Nexus 6P General] jdjaidev:
yes, i selected yes and did a nandroid backup just like how it was said in the main post. after tht i booted into system ad tried to copy the backup to my pc but it failed. so i installed a file explorer and tried to copy the backup to a different location, it couldn't copy and it said TWRP folder is encrypted..
[Nexus 6P General] CyberZeus1977:
Does someone know why Google didn't release yet 7.0.0 stock images for our 6P?
[Nexus 6P General] Heisenberg:
Well I'm stumped. Which version of TWRP did you flash?

No idea. I would have thought they'd be available by now.
[Nexus 6P General] jdjaidev:
twrp-3.0.2-1-angler.img
[Nexus 6P General] Heisenberg:
Yep, stumped. Sorry I can't be much more help.
[Nexus 6P General] 89titanium:
I use Mint as well, though with the MATE desktop because I'm on an old netbook. I feel like most Linux users are on either Mint or Ubuntu (the beginners anyway). It might be a good idea to add some notes to your guide for the Linux folks, like the changes in path names and commands. I would def appreciate that.
[Nexus 6P General] tuffluck:
i tried to delete this but i couldn't, so ignore. i figured out the problem!
[Nexus 6P General] nathanchance:
Fastboot shouldn't recognize your device when it is on, adb should though. Are you on Android 7.0?
[Nexus 6P General] tuffluck:
yes, i had to manually install the fastboot driver for some reason. got it working now!

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I'm on N (OTA) and I installed TWRP, rebooted fully to Android, then installed TWRP again. Now when I shut down my phone, go into bootloader and select Recovery, I get the dying android cartoon and a "No Command" message on my phone. Is there a way to boot directly into TWRP, or at least a way to fix this "No Command" thing?
[Nexus 6P General] scoot0073:
U need to flash SuperSU Update 2.76 for root then the TWRP recovery will stick.

If not the Factory recovery replaces TWRP.
[Nexus 6P General] CyberZeus1977:
2.78 is out with full N support

Nexus 6P with Chroma rocks!
[Nexus 6P General] tuffluck:
I HAVE A BIG PROBLEM AND NEED HELP!

I wanted viper4android and installed ARISE and had to do this mod which worked for others on 6p/Nougat.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=68354852&postcount=12584

Unfortunately for me it got me stuck on boot Android animation screen. So I did factory reset and restore, separately or in conjunction I can’t get past the Google screen (this time doesn’t even make it to the boot animation). Even tried erasing system/data as well, this still doesn't work and leaves me stuck on the Google screen. Without a factory image of Angler 7.0 on Google's developer site, I have no idea what to do or for that matter what is even happening here...

Well, not exactly how I wanted this to play out, but I downloaded a custom Nougat ROM, wiped and flashed it and now I have a working Nexus 6p again somehow. And it has V4A pre-installed, ha.

Still not sure what happened, but if anyone can help me understand how to get back to stock Nougat I would appreciate it (although I'm fine toying with my phone for a while after this mess today).
[Nexus 6P General] scoot0073:
Honestly the best bet to get back to Factory Nougat is to wait for Google to post up the 7.0 Nougat Image. Then flash the phone with that Factory Image..

But glad to see u got it up n going [emoji106]

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OK I got Linux Mint 64bit 18 with Cinnamon installed . I clicked on Apps icon and it loaded the Packages and I searched (Android) and it showed all the Packages related to Android.

So I installed the top two one was Fastboot and other package was adb.

But I scrolled down and the was another package called sdk-tools something another and installed that as well.

Is these the Packages that I need or did I miss one ?

Thanks.

Sorry that I'm off topic
[Nexus 6P General] Jammol:
TWRP has released some info on how to fix all the bricks. The bricks were actually caused by 3.0.2-1.

Someone posted this in the "Lets figure this out" thread.

Begin quote,

"Hello everyone! I bring news from the TWRP developers from the #TWRP IRC channel! TWRP 3.0.2-1 has a fatal bug! If you backup and restore EFS it will brick you! Do not backup and restore EFS on 3.0.2-1! Use 3.0.2-0 instead! This has already been fixed in the newer builds! <br />

<br />

If you have been bricked you NEED to Erase the EFS partitions and that will fix it immediately. <br />

For the Nexus 6P go to TWRP. Then on PC Open Command Prompt with access to ADB ( Android Debug Bridge) and execute the following commands:<br />

ADB shell dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/block/platform/soc.0/f9824900.sdhci/by-name/modemst1 bs=16384<br />

<br />

and<br />

<br />

ADB Shell dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/block/platform/soc.0/f9824900.sdhci/by-name/modemst2 bs=16384<br />

<br />

This should fix it for ANY Nexus 6P users. Users on other phones with the same problem await instructions!"

End quote.
[Nexus 6P General] Heisenberg:
Some of the bricks might have been caused by that but not all. Quite a lot of them occurred simply from flashing the MM factory images. Good to know though.
[Nexus 6P General] ultyrunner:
And, they've just posted 3.0.2-2 on the TWRP website, so flash it over 3.0.2-1 and avoid any EFS disasters.
[Nexus 6P General] toadths:
In all fairness the one common factor between all the borks mine included has been either ota flash or backup after mm restore

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