yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 5.1:
Unfortunately, there's no way... :(

You're welcome...

Cheers...
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dwh2o13:
Could someone point me in the direction of the N4F26U vendor image?
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 5.1:
Hey,

You can extract it from the factory image: https://developers.google.com/android/images#angler

Cheers...
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dwh2o13:
Thanks so much. Should have edited my original post. Went ahead and did that after I came to my senses almost immediately after I posted.....sorry . When flashing a ROM that requires a different vendor image, is it usually the first thing you flash after a clean wipe? Also, when doing a backup in twrp, if you want to back up your current set up so that you don't have to worry about flashing the vendor img which item do you check in twrp....vendor......vendor image.....or both?
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 5.1:
Hey,

Google: what to backup TWRP

And you would have found: https://twrp.me/faq/whattobackup.html

Cheers...
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dwh2o13:
Sorry to be a bother... thanks for providing your customary backup resource :), you've actually sent it my way not to long ago when I inquired about backing up. Most of it makes sense. Since I'm pretty knew to backing up on N6P and the need for correct vendor images. I was hoping to get definitive answers to my two original questions: 1. flashing vendor img. before or after rom/gapps..... 2. the difference between the vendor and vendor img options in twrp.. Appreciate your help.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 5.1:
Hello,

1 - Install the vendor.img just before or just after you install your custom ROM zip.

2 - For custom ROM backup: Backup system, data and vendor.

System or vendor images backup should be used for stock firmware backups. As restoring those shouldn't break dm-verity (as stated on TWRP what to backup page).

Also, just backup your EFS at least once and keep it safe on your computer.

You're welcome.

Cheers...
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kenbrownstone:
Anyone know how I can turn on band 12 on my n6p...My v20 works no problem but my n6p won't go to band 12
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DEVILOPS 007:
Anyone know why this is happening?

Fetching projects: 98% (471/480) Fetching project platform/prebuilts/gcc/darwin-x86/host/i686-apple-darwin-4.2.1

Fetching project platform/external/sqlite

Fetching project platform_system_extras

Fetching project platform/hardware/qcom/msm8x27

Fetching project platform/external/skia

Fetching projects: 99% (476/480) Fetching project platform/external/oauth

fatal: Not a git repository: '/home/grimy1928/SAOSP/.repo/projects/external/bouncycastle.git'

error: Cannot fetch platform/external/bouncycastle

warn: --force-broken, continuing to sync

Fetching projects: 100% (480/480)

error: Exited sync due to fetch errors
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gizmoe:
Looks like an invalid path. Someone is probably in the process of pushing commits. You could try to hard reset.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DEVILOPS 007:
Hard reset as in turn laptop off and on?
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gizmoe:
No. A git reset

https://git-scm.com/docs/git-reset
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DEVILOPS 007:
Okay thanks. I read through it but I'm not sure exactly what I need to type. Do I need to type the hard version in the directory I created with the .repo? Thanks, I'm a bit of a noob at this kind of thing.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gizmoe:
Yes. Do the hard reset on your repo and try to sync again.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DEVILOPS 007:
So all you did was git reset - - hard?
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gizmoe:
Yep just do the hard reset. If all else fails just nuke your working folder and start over.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DEVILOPS 007:
Hi, I've done repo sync successfully now but when entering the directory I did it in the folder is empty. Any idea why? Thanks
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fiverings:
When you in an area where band 12 works, it will switch to band 12. I'm on fi and when I go to the west part of town, it will switch to 12.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] krs360:
Oops!

Contacted Google yesterday to report that my release day phone has started shutting down at 60%. Replacement arrived this morning... so far so good!

Booted the phone up, skipped all set up (including passwords/fingerprint), went to settings and enabled bootloader unlocking.

Then fastboot unlocked, flashed TWRP, rebooted....

Now I'm being asked for a password! I assume for encryption, but I have no idea what it is, or how to remove it...

HELP!

Will flashing factory image sort it out?
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Einwod:
Are you using the latest TWRP?
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] janwin84:
My rooted Nexus always goes into Recovery (TWRP 3.0.3-0) when I restart or power it on. Then I need to Reboot into System for it to restart "correctly". Is there any way to make this go away? Can´t find any options in TWRP.

Thanks / Jan
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 5.1:
Hello,

Try update TWRP to latest version maybe? 3.1.0-0 is out since a few weeks now

Cheers...
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Az Biker:
I searched the thread for "Wiping internal data" and nothing comes up other than "...will not wipe internal storage..."

Since I am flashing from PN 7.1.1 to PN 7.1.2 and I need a clean flash anyway, I figured it might as well be time to nuke the entire device and start from scratch.

Except I've only done it once, and that was a long time ago, and I don't remember how to do it.

I'd appreciate if someone helped me knock the rust off.

Thanks!
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 5.1:
Hello,

Try flashing N2G47H factory image, so you'll be on latest 7.1.2 bootloader, radio and vendor already, before flashing PN...

Factory image will wipe the userdata partition.

Flash TWRP, install SU of your choice, PN and kernel (optional)

Should be clean...

Cheers...
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Az Biker:
This wipes everything right? I'd like to remove all the fragmented files, code, folders, etc that have built up over the last 18 months.

Do I flash the factory image via TWRP or fastboot?

Doesn't the recovery partition get wiped too?

How do I flash TWRP? fastboot?

I thought I had to put all the files on the PC and fastboot it from there?

I apologize if I'm missing the forest for the trees, but I'm drawing a blank. I can clean flash no prob because I do it all the time, erasing the entire device I only did once to unencrypt, and I thought it was pretty involved, but again, long time ago..
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bryanx86:
If you're familiar with fastboot or adb just go into bootloader mode, get on fastboot with your phone plugged and recognized, type "fastboot - w" without the quotation, and it will format all of the partitions on your phone, and be ready for the flash. All. Bat in the downloaded factory images. Then i would suggest flashing pn 7.1.2 if you want a totally wiped updated 6p

---------- Post added at 02:02 AM ---------- Previous post was at 01:58 AM ----------

Download the factory image zip, extract until you see flashall. Bat, and make sure the factory img are in your adb folder or type the path to. If you don't know how to flash twrp, boot the stock system you flashed, enable usb debugging, and use flashify or official twrp app to flash twrp. Its also really easy to do in fastboot too, fastboot flash recovery /twrp_recovery.img
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Az Biker:
I'm familiar with fastboot, and I understand what your saying. Will this method wipe the EFS partition as well? I don't recall doing that when I unencrypted.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bryanx86:
Not that I've ever heard, it's not ever happened to me. But just to be sure i would back it up with twrp, and place those files on your computer.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nathanchance:
Copy over everything you want saved onto your computer, fastboot format userdata, boot into recovery, wipe, system, cache, and dalvik cache, plug phone into computer, move zips onto device, flash them, and reboot.

EFS will not be touched.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Az Biker:
Thanks! For some reason, I was thinking there was a ton more steps to it and it wasn't this simple.

I appreciate everyone's help knocking the cobwebs out of my brain :D
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ghisy:
Hey everyone,

I just updated to Pure Nexus 7.1.2 (clean flash) and I have a couple of general questions (not necessarily related to the ROM itself):

- the "color control" app I was using to calibrate my screen doesn't work anymore on Nougat it seems. Can anyone suggest a good replacement please? I'm using ElementalX kernel.

- when I plug my phone to my PC (Windows 7) in MTP mode, not all the folders show up. They used to work fine on 6.0.1 (Chroma). How do I troubleshoot this? Reinstall the drivers maybe?

Thanks!
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 5.1:
Hello,

I use this app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=flar2.exkernelmanager

Did you try uninstalling the device from device manager? Go in control panel > device manager > right click > uninstall.

Unplug the USB cord and plug it back. Let it reinstall the driver and see if that helps.

Good luck...
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ghisy:
[MENTION=4550510]5.1[/MENTION],

I thought of Ex Kernel Manager but it's a little expensive because I would just use this option. Weirdly enough, the color control app doesn't open but still applies my settings at boot...

I'll try uninstalling my 6P from the device manager and report back. That was my next step. Although, I found out that booting TWRP and plugging the phone to the computer shows all files! So in the worst case, I still have this solution...

Thanks!
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 5.1:
Hey,

What are those files not showing up by the way? Sometimes Windows used to act strange for me too. Sometimes a reboot fixes it.

Good luck...
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ghisy:
A whole bunch of files and folders at the root of my (virtual) SD card. Like half of them. Even within the folders showing up, only some files were displayed. It's very weird.

Edit: just tried uninstalling/reinstalling drivers, doesn't make a difference. It's a bit annoying but I guess I'll just boot into TWRP whenever I need to copy stuff.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CoffeeGrinder:
I am on stock android 7.1.2 (N2G47H)

with security patch 5 April 2017

I have it rooted through Magisk

and I've got ElementalX kernal installed.

I just got an OTA update notification.

Can I just go through the update procedure or do I have to flash the full OTA from the android website?
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Einwod:
You're rooted and will not be able to install the OTA update which will fail. If you have a custom recovery (TWRP) it will also fail.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thloe:
I´m faced with with a similar challenge. I want to update from N2G47H to N2G47O. Can i take Heisenbergs Factory Images? I don´t want to flash clean and then a full setup for personalize, can I make it dirty with flashfire? should I have to wipe? If yes, what all?

Sorry for my english and thanks for answers!! :D
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abyz12:
Is it anyone have pixel black & white both bootanimation for 6p
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] manoj8993:
Accidentally wiped system partition

I was running Android O beta (OPP2.170420.017) with root and elementalx kernel. Since it's buggy, I decided to revert back to 7.1.2.

I unrooted the phone first, then followed the instructions as per 10. How To Flash The Factory Images (And Return To Stock) in your post.

After this, the device doesn't boot up. TWRP gives an error "failed to mount '/system invalid argument" and also states that there is no OS installed. The device is still connected to the laptop and the internal storage is completely free (53.6GB free of 53.6GB).

Did I accidentally wipe system partition? How can I flash the stock ROM successfully again?
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Einwod:
If you have no OS, you simply use the flash-all.bat file in the factory image. That will reflash your device to out of the box condition.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] manoj8993:
No luck.

It gives the following errors :

archive does not contain 'boot.sig'

archive does not contain 'recovery.sig'

failed to allocate -1472501228 bytes

update package missing system.img

The package has all the image files. I tried a different factory image and I got the same errors.

When I tried flashing each image file individually, flashing system.img fails saying "FAILED <remote: data too large>"

I missed this error previously. Does anyone know a workaround?
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Einwod:
The bootloader IS unlocked? Right?
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gdroid666:
how do you restore from backup

stock phone will not restore any of my app or settings after factory data reset

why is android such and unreliable pile of ****?
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Filly2:
HELP!

So I'm an idiot lets go ahead and get that out of the way. I didn't backup jack until after i rooted but still didn't matter because i wasn't able to use the backup for some odd reason. I was about to install a new ROM but missed a file but I didn't find this out till after I did an advanced wipe so I cant boot my phone up now. However I still can go into TWERP recovery but I have no idea what to do now and I haven't been able to find a tutorial on how to flash back to stock so I can start from scratch. Any help? :crying:
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Heisenberg:
I have a tutorial on how to go back to stock here:

http://xdaforums.com/nexus-6p/general/guides-how-to-guides-beginners-t3206928
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Darkne0:
So I installed the Android O beta OTA over 7.1.2 before I read about the error it causes. So I'm stuck on the error. Phone just bootloops. Phone is stock, bootloader is locked. Is my phone bricked?
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aheeejd:
Ok something weird I'm noticing. For a while now to but didn't pay allot of attention to it. I'll use the Tapatalk pro app as example, if I click on a link & choose chrome, or chromium or even opera browser I get the "this page can't be reached". But if I use uc browser it works.

I thought it may be a theme I was using, nope. I'm running RR 6.0.1. And I'm pretty sure it happens if I flash N ROM as well.

Now I have an old l900 (note 2) & an ls990 (lg g3) & it does not do this on those. Goes right to the website. It makes me think its nexus 6p specific. This happen to anyone else? Thoughts? Thank you
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aboalghool:
hey guys,

i have an issue when connecting my nexus 6p to windows 7..

it shows the phone connected and i browse the shared internal storage..

yet my problem is that there are folders and files i need to transfer from my phone to my pc yet i can't see them on my pc..

tried to search for the files and folders yet they aren't found..

what could be the problem that the pc can't see such specific files and folders?
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Einwod:
Has been a problem for some time and cannot remember the fix. However, you can see and move any folder from the TWRP recovery. Give it a try.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aheeejd:
I was running Tesla on 6p, 7.1.2 & I felt like flashing 6.0.1 Validus, like I've done 100 times in the past. Went to recovery (latest twrp) wiped, flashed ROM, vendor, gapps & now the phone is in a bootloop. Between logo & bootloader warning screen. If I boot to recovery twrp freezes & then goes back to its bootloop. Even if I power it off, it'll power back on & do the bootloop again. I noticed battery was at 50%, I'm letting it charge up before I try again. I've heard of twrp acting funcky when battery low. Any thoughts

Edit - It won't even boot into recovery anymore. I can't even tell if its taking a charge while its bootlooping, & the only thing I can put the phone in where it doesn't bootloop is bootloader mode. This f-ing sucks

Edit 2 - Nothing I did fixed it. Already fired up old lg g3. Love my nexus 10 still going strong, stump & sledge to angler. F this phone, $400 wasted. Still pissed. Thanks for all the input.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pwichhart:
Good day everybody!

I'm looking at buying a 6p off of eBay. I reside in the Netherlands nowadays, and this phone was never really promoted here.

My question is will the modem of an American 6p work here? If not, is it possible to flash a new one? I've done it on my old S4 a million times, until my Sim card reader busted.

Thanks in advance!
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] diegocelisp:
Hey guys, i just finished install android O dev prev 3 on my nexus 6P and i can't find the way to disable de pop-up notifications, is there a way to do that?
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LapanNaxela:
Since i flashed the latest security update I don't get any mobile data anymore, any idea on how to fix it? Do I need to flash the radio again or something?

EDIT: After a few hours it seems to have fixed itself
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spuri78:
Hi guys - Need your advice with something. So, I've had Nexus 6p since January 2016 and last year I had to send in the phone for repairs due to microphone issues. Anyway, I've been experiencing an issue with skype recently. So, when I call someone and I have the call on speakerphone using skype, people complain of background noise but when the speakerphone is off, people can hear me fine. To test it out, I used the skype self recording service to hear the background noise and yes, it was bad. Using speakerphone when on a normal voice call is not that bad. People still complain of crackling. To make matters even more complicated, I tried calling using whatsapp and surprisingly, people could hear me clearly. So, I don't know what to make of this. I'm on the latest 7.1.2. I even tested it on the last 6.0.1 release and skype calling on speakerphone was worse. Is anyone else experiencing this with skype? Any help/ideas would be greatly appreciated.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] elevatorguy:
Can you use a nandroid made on one phone and put it on another?
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Einwod:
Yes, but if it wasn't stock, you'll have everything from the parent device.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] elevatorguy:
I have tried moving the nandroid to the new phone and it booted and everything was there. The new phone is giving me issues the fingerprint scanner will not work. The backup I restored had no lockscreen or fingerprints saved. Any ideas on what could be the issue? Anyone?
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Einwod:
Was the new phone completely clean/wiped? Did you format the data partition in twrp?
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] elevatorguy:
No and no ? didn't think it mattered. Had bought another 6p for a spare started setting it up and figured there had to be a shortcut so tried it. Needless to say I just cleaned flashed everything and did it the long way. Guess next time I need to start with a wiped phone? Thanks for the info.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SlimSnoopOS:
Known problem. Fingerprint sensors present an additional layer of complication for restoring nandroids between different devices. See the first post of this thread for solution:

https://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3245070
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] elevatorguy:
I've known about that one has saved my bacon a few times. I tried moving a backup with no type of password/fingerprint and had the same problem would break the scanner
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mousefai0922:
Anyone had this problem

Phone died on 25%
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SlimSnoopOS:
Just being as clear as possible, there are two separate issues listed in this link. One for the lockscreen and another for fingerprint sensor. Are you certain that you performed the second method?

It actually does not matter if you have lockscreen/fingerprint enabled or not in the nandroid, this issue still occurs. The new device and new fingerprint sensor are being overwritten to the first device and first fingerprint sensor ID but the fingerprint sensor ID is not meant to be transferable. It is tied to that old device.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] elevatorguy:
I tried the second but I may have not deleted the correct files. I ended up just starting from scratch, but will screen shot the instructions for next time. I really appreciate your help. Thanks
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] celahudini:
Anyone having problems with the official Android O beta?

I've been using it ever since it came out, never rooted the phone, never installed a custom recovery, unlocked the bootloader or whatever. Last night I connected the phone to its charger and went to sleep. When I woke up the phone was turned off and when I tried to turn it on I get the flashing white google text/logo and it never boots up. I tried going to the stock recovery to wipe the cache, but that didn't help either.

Anyone have any suggestions? This is the first phone I never rooted or installed a custom rom and I already regret it
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stickperson:
I haven't flashed anything in well over a year, but I think it's time. Is it ok to use Android's backup and restore feature for my apps? I don't necessarily care about losing my text message history, and I don't feel like rooting just to get my apps back. Thanks.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tuborg68:
Just sharing an experience that might help others:

My 6p had during recent weeks developed lag and freezes. Especially in the camera and photos app.

Tried several times to clear cache for individual apps and also clearing system and dalvik cache in recovery mode. But nothing helped. Until I did found this:

In Android settings under the "Storage" tab, I discovered that the cached data was over 3GB in size. I cleared that (just by tapping on the text and then "ok").

And boom! Phone was back to normal. No lag and no crashes in the camera.

Don't have a clue what was wrong with the cache storage. And I was mistakingly thinking that clearing cache in recovery would be enough. But apparently that did not clear cache files saved by apps.

From now on I'll try to clear that cache from settings->storage every now and then. Hopefully it keep my 6p running ok.

Hope this can be helpful.

Skickat från min Nexus 6P via Tapatalk
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dukdukgoos:
Is there a way to tell the US from the International version in the phone UI? I bought what was advertised as an International version on Swappa and now I'm suspecting it's really the US version, but don't know how to determine it...
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SlimSnoopOS:
Boot into the bootloader. Model H1511 is the US version. Model H1512 is the international version. Or just read the box for the model number.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gurlove:
Hello everyone,

My nexus 6P stuck in bootloop, while performing OTA, bootloader is locked and I have never rooted it. I don't know what to do and I am totally new to this. I would really appreciate if someone can help me with this.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Einwod:
There's no model number shown in bootloader.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SlimSnoopOS:
Aight, well ADB it is. Type this in adb then hit enter:

Your device serial number should pop up. Enter the next command and replace ## with the serial number:

Scroll until you see H1511 or H1512.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] baldybill:
Looking to buy a 6P. There's one I'm looking at, which the seller has swapped out the housing, camera shield, and battery for new ones. Could that indicate that the phone might have problems?
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Einwod:
Definitely indicates the battery replacement was botched. Camera shield is very fragile anyway. I'd say go for it as long as the price is right.