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[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gdroid666:
noob here, i just picked up a used 6p 128gb in mint cond on ebay for $400

so what do i do now? i want to root it and install xposed framework and i want to know if it is safe to setup the phone

are there any updates that can block root on this device ? or will it still be possible to root no matter what?

do i need to avoid connecting it to wifi or do anything special or can i set it up now ,

i do not want to find out i should have rooted it before setting up and that i should not have set it up

also if i want to create a new google account for this phone and use the phone number of my already existing sim card to verify the account

then can i call my carrier and give them the sim card number (from my current iphone)and IMEI of this phone, and have them switch it, then insert the sim into the 6p and go about creating a new google account and then still be able to verify it with the phone number from a call or text?

or should i just use another device to create a new google account 1st
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Brookspeffer:
You'll want to unlock the bootloader before you set it up since that will wipe the phone. After that, you can root and do whatever else you want and you should be fine.

Your sim should work in it but if you need/want to depending on carrier you can give them the new imei. I don't think it matters which device you use to verify as long as you use the same sim, since that carries your phone number.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gdroid666:
this thing says the phone was factory reset but it will not let me set it up ,i just had to create a new google account on another device because it does not give you the option to create a new account on the device at all , it says i have to log in with a google account that was previously synced to this device WTF is this BS? why can't i use my account? did i get ripped off?
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SlimSnoopOS:
In short, yes. Marshmallow introduced "Factory Reset Protection" which means you can only sign in after a factory reset with the last used account. The seller failed to remove their account in Settings before selling you the phone. You need their account and password to sign into the phone before removing their account and using yours.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gdroid666:
thanks, but i already figured out how to bypass the FRP lock

i guess everyone already knows how to bypass it because the seller already got positive feedback on the other 4 nexus 6p phones he sold unless he just failed to remove the account on the one he sold me

i got in and added my account , i just wonder what is going to happen when i unlock the bootloader and the phone is wiped again will it revert back to FRP and ask for the account i just linked or will it want the old one causing me to have to do the FRP bypass again , isn't there a way to disable FRP in the settings so when i unlock the bootloader to root it it won't do it when the phone is reset again?
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SlimSnoopOS:
Sounds like a shady seller. It shouldn't revert, but try it and see.

That would defeat the purpose of FRP in the event that the phone is stolen and booted beyond the lockscreen.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gdroid666:
well he has 100% positive feedback and the phone came in the box with everything like new and it is in mint cond , 128GB for $400 is a really good deal for this phone

he had 4 or 5 others for sale that sold same day as mine and i just checked back in his feedback and saw that 2 got positive feedback so far i dont see feedback for the other 2 yet

i contacted him and he told me that he has an extra one and that he would exchange for another one if i want

he does not have that many sales though like 34 and only a member since june

and it seems like this has been an ongoing issue with FRP for sometime ,my phone only has jan 1 security update

but i looked at root junky channel on youtube and he has videos how to bypass it for up to the latest security patch , and it has not changed at all

i am just wondering what happens when i factory reset it again now, if it will want the account i just linked or the original one i do not have , i need to unlock the bootloader and root so i guess i will find out if i will have to do the FRP bypass again ,but i think there is someway to disable FRP in settings

but i am not sure how this all works , does google still keep the 1st account to synch to it as original owner account? their whole user account shceme just plain sucks , i had issues with my fire 7 5th gen amazon tablet on resurrection remix rom the way they implemented user accounts in lolipop is just a $hit mess

i used my account to set up a tablet for a parent and could not switch the owner account to their account without factory reset ,this is just retarded ,they should have made it so you can hand off the owner account to another account when you are logged in to the owner account ,without having to factory reset the device , also they made it so there is no promt for a google account password when switching between users ,it relies on each users lock code instead ,i do not like to use a lock screen password on a tablet though ,it would have made much more sense to just prompt for the user account password to switch users, now you have to enter a lock screen password everytime the device goes to sleep instead of just entering a password one time to switch between users

these developers are really clueless they have no idea what they are doing
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Einwod:
It's the users that are clueless. It's called security, if you don't comprehend.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gdroid666:
what do you mean , no i do not comprehend , their security is broken and their user account system just sucks

what else is there to comprehend

took me all of 5 minutes to bypass FRP and i never even heard of it or knew what it was or the their term for it, till 5 minutes before i was able to bypass it ,all i knew was i was locked out of the phone

and the user multiple user account system they implemented in lolipop is awful it took them forever and when they finally did it they managed to F it up royally , no reason you should have to factory reset the device to change who the owner account is , you should just be able to log in under the owner account and then hand over the ownership status to another

user account

and there is no reason to rely on lock screen passwords being set up for each user when they could have just had a prompt for a google account password when switching between user accounts on the device

their whole user accounts and security is a mess

worlds largest coropration

nearly trillion $$ in resources, i do not understand how they always manage to fail so hard all the time also google maps navigation has been broken for months if not years
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gdroid666:
how can i get the hotspot icon to show up in the quick setting menu?

i tried to use system UI tuner but it sucks and it does not work like everyhting else, there is no way to make the icon show up

also how do you get the volume rocker to invert when it is in landscape mode?

do i need to use an xposed module for this? jesus christ why can't they just just include the most basic of common sense $hit in their crappy OS
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] explorer-10:
Dunno if it's only me, but anyone else's bootanimation for Nougat still the same as Marshmallow?
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SlimSnoopOS:
It's unchanged, everyone has the same one. Maybe the maintenance release will introduce a new boot animation
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zacharybinx34:
So I am running Pure Nexus, latest build for my Nexus 6P. However, I am updating the radio, and would like to know if I should also flash the newest vendor and bootloader.

Could someone explain what those two do?

Thanks!
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Heisenberg:
If you're on the latest build of Pure Nexus you'll already be on the latest vendor too, so don't change that. You shouldn't need to update the bootloader, what radio do you want to flash?
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zacharybinx34:
I just flashed the newest 3.7x radio. I can't get band 12 working and it's driving me nuts. Any recommendations? I can get band 4 outside of my office, but neither 4 or 12 in my office. I am in a band 12 area too.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bogomil4e:
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!

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

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:

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

and

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

This should fix it for ANY Nexus 6P users. Users on other phones with the same problem await instructions!
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tsuttie99:
Has anyone on nougat had issues with Hangouts Quick Replies? For me, I notice about 60-70% of the time my messages don't send , but instead just spin after hitting send endlessly.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nexuscarface5:
Hi,

Noon question. Play store download issues. Mad slow downloads. I'm going crazy here. Switched on mobile hotspot and shared the net connection with my g4. Checked to see if download speeds of the carrier at specific times were to blame. However the G4 was blazing fast compared to the poor speeds on the 6p. (I tried downloading the Twitter app on both phones, at the same time). Tried all the quick fixes given on a couple of websites. Nothing seems to fix the problem permanently. Thanks!
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SvenHee:
Hi Guy!

I'll be receiving my p6 today and will probably go the custom rom route. But before I get in to that there is something that puzzles me, regarding the forced encryption I have been reading about.

I read that some custom roms have the "Forced" part taken out so I wondering how the whole process of having it forced to start with works.

I'll start with the stock setup and I read that the data partition will be wiped if I install another rom.

But what about copying the data somewhere else?

Can I still do that?
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Heisenberg:
Forced encryption is enforced by the kernel. You can decrypt your storage with a fastboot command:

fastboot format userdata

(This will obviously format/wipe all data from the device)

You must flash a kernel or ROM that has forced encryption disabled either before formatting or directly after formatting ( before booting the phone up). If you don't flash one of these the storage will start encrypting again on the first boot.

Simply flashing a ROM doesn't wipe the data partition. You must wipe the data partition (along with system, cache, and dalvik cache) prior to flashing a different ROM, this is so you don't have leftover incompatible data that will cause problems on the new ROM install. There's no point to backing up your data partition because you can't restore it on a different ROM anyway as I just explained.

Or are you possibly confusing data with userdata? They're two different things. Userdata is the entire internal storage, this includes all of your personal data (photos etc). Data is another partition within userdata, this is where app data, settings etc are stored. So you can wipe data and it will only wipe settings and apps, this won't affect your personal data. But if you wipe userdata it will wipe everything: your personal data and the data partition that holds apps and settings. Do you don't need to copy your personal data anywhere because you don't wipe userdata when flashing a ROM, you only wipe data.

You might benefit from reading my guide here:

http://xdaforums.com/nexus-6p/general/guides-how-to-guides-beginners-t3206928
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SvenHee:
Ok, thanks for the heads up, and putting together a very helpful guide.

But about copying files, if I want to take them from the phone and put them on my pc, are they then decrypted automatically?

And if I then copy them back to the phone (another rom perhaps) they are again encrypted? (if set to do so)
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Heisenberg:
It isn't encryption at a file level, the storage as a whole is encrypted. As soon as you boot into Android the storage is decrypted so anything you copy from the phone is decrypted.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SvenHee:
Ah! Now encryption in general starts to make sense!

Thanks!
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SvenHee:
Another question.

I see that a rom may need a vendor image, and that this vendor image may be suitable for more than one rom, depending on versions (is that version s of android itself?).

Now I would like to start with slim rom as the first to try, but in the thread it nowhere mentions where to get a vendor image.

So where/how should I search for a vendor image?
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Heisenberg:
Vendor images are generic, they come packed in the factory images for the official builds. You'll find all vendor images in my index:

http://xdaforums.com/nexus-6p/general/index-huawei-nexus-6p-t3213583

The vendor image needs to match the Android build that the ROM is based on. There should be information as to which vendor is required in the ROM thread. If not, search "vendor" with the search box and the most recent results should tell you which one to use.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SvenHee:
Thanks!

You have done a lot of work for noobs like me ;)
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] turatt:
How do i configure my apn for sprint? Im running copperhead os. Made a thread but got no replies any help would be great. I tried flashing sprint apn zip amd ejecting and reinserting sim card. No luck configuring your celluler network does not work under device config/carrier settings. I have flashed plent of roms on my s5 but im at a loss on this one
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SvenHee:
Edit: Solved, how at the bottom

Got the phone running three OS's so far (slimrom, bliss rom and CM, the most recent ones) but cannot connect to my own home wifi.

At first this must have been because of "the vendor images" but now, I see more wifi spots then I knew existed, except for my own.

I have been able to use my older phone and use that as a wifi access point, no problem.

I've tried two vendor images, MTC20F giving me the list of wifi spots, MTC19X gave me a message is was probably an older version.

Am I doing something wrong?

*Solution*:

Had to set the router back to auto channel selection instead of fixed channel....
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mil_OK:
Hello. After last update from MTC19X to MTC20F, i have got a problem with my microphone. The person talked to me on the phone only hear my muffled voice.

I tried to flash old MTC19X version, tried all wipes, but it didn't help me. I know about changing in build.prop from true to false, but why i got this problem? And this is only one solution?
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Osaab:
half screen is of a different shade

My new nexus 6p screen is pinkish at the top and greenish at the bottom. Replacement is not an option so I'm stuck with it. Is there any screen calibration app that works on certain regions of screen not the whole screen? All ideas welcome I'll try anything
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gizmoe:
No, but over time it will get better as the screen sort of "burns in". Increased brightness also helps. I got lucky with my 6p but my Samsung had a crappy OLED. It got better over time, but not completely gone.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Thedarth84:
I am sorry if this has been answered elsewhere, it seems i have the bluetooth bug on my 6p. I went from stock non-rooted 6.1 to stock non-rooted 7.0 and it seemed to improve for a bit, but ended up returning. I cant seem to find a fix for this anywhere that i have looked. I have read through the master bluetooth bug thread and all it seems to be is people confirming that they have the bug also. Will rooting and installing a custom rom fix this issue or would it return like when i went from 6.1 to 7.0? The only devices i have connected are my smartwatch and my car. It wont connect to the car at all and it drops signal to the watch a few times a day. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

**Update**

Well a couple of weeks later the bug managed to come back. So just in case anyone else was wondering if that would work.... It won't. I am going to return to stock and see if I can return it.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] subhjvlz:
Any way to use VoLTE on this device (in India with Jio)? Any Custom ROM?
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bucika:
Hello,

I am running stock 7.0 and I am decrypted and have twrp installed. How can I root the thing? Also can I flash custom krnel like ElementalX?

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

i tried to sideload the OTA zip from google but at around ~25% i get an error:

E3003: can't install this package (wed aug 17 23:11:29 utc 2016) over newer build (Mon Aug 29 19:46:52 utc 2016)

E: unknown command [log]

E: error in /sideload/package.zip (Status 7)

installation aborted.

I re-downloaded the ota zip but i still get the same error.

Any solutions?

Thank you !
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aggro_Monkey3000:
I was wondering if y'all could help out. In trying to side load Android Nougat OTA NRD90U. While I'm in bootloader adb sees my device just fine, but as soon as I got to the stick recovery and try to sideload the ota adb won't see my device. I'm completely stock with a locked bootloader. What gives?????????????????
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ahmd gomaa:
Just a quick question

I am on stock nougat so if i installed twrp and flashed supersu now i gain root access what to do to get OTA updates?!
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Heisenberg:
You can't get OTA updates if you're rooted.

http://xdaforums.com/nexus-6p/general/guides-how-to-guides-beginners-t3206928
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ahmd gomaa:
The ultimate guide

Respect (thumbs up emotion)
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pitflyer:
My Nexus 6P in bootloader mode isn't detected by my Windows 10 PC. I have the latest Android SDK installed and ran the SDK Manager to ensure there were no updates for any of the required packages. ADB works fine -- I can see it in adb devices and do commands. However, fastboot mode does not. The device itself seems to be in fastboot mode (with the android on its back) and my computer dings to recognize it, but fastboot devices returns nothing. In my Device Manager I see "Other Devices" "Android" with an exclamation mark. Is this the problem, and if so, any idea how to fix?
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Heisenberg:
Download the Google USB Driver here:

https://developer.android.com/studio/run/win-usb.html

Connect your phone in bootloader mode, then go to Device Manager on your PC, find Android Device or something like that, right-click on it and select to manually update the driver, then just point it to where you downloaded the driver before.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pitflyer:
Thanks. I did something similar, I just went into the USB Driver window and clicked 'Install'. Then it automatically picked up the driver in Windows and now I am listed in fastboot devices. Thank you! It's off to flash Nougat I go.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mystique:
Loaded Resurrection Remix and custom kernel.. No problem..

Question is, what is the purpose of the vendor image file?

There is an update for RR.. Can I dirty flash? Or do I need to always flash the image file after each rom? Or rom update..

I've been custom Rom'ing since my Fascinate.. Never had to flash an img file for the vendor partition for a rom..

Little confused about the reason..

Thanks in advance.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SlimSnoopOS:
Vendor: https://plus.google.com/+JeanBaptisteQueru/posts/akHWypRNEn3

Must be flashed once per OTA. Sure you can dirty flash, just don't post if you have any issues.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Myrrhman:
Hello,

Flashed the Nougat factory images yesterday, rooted and everything.

Only thing i can't figure out is how to mount the system from read only to read/ write.

Someone know how ?

Thanx
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gizmoe:
Use an app like root explorer a free equivalent.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shaftamle:
Well buddy, you all ready typed the answer yourself.

can't install this package (wed aug 17 2016) over newer build (Mon Aug 29 2016)

Meaning the zip your trying to sideload is an older version then what's on your phone. OTA zips are incremental so if ur trying to update you need the newer one. If your trying to downgrade, you need the stock firmware not ota zip

Sent from a Shaftamle Nexus 6P

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[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] angelossssss:
It's the OTA zip from developer.google.com. I'm trying to upgrade from The sept 2016 patch to Android 7 so there must be a problem with the signature of the zip file i guess
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Heisenberg:
Why not just flash the factory images?
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CoNsPiRiSiZe:
Hello!

I'm looking to find a way to save all my app data from a current ROM and move to another then replace the data, like Titanium backup pro...

I have Titanium backup pro I'm just unsure if that would work being that the N6P doesn't have an external SD card to save the backup too, wiping the system to flash a new ROM would destroy the titanium file, correct?

This is my first device without an external SD card so I am just looking to get past that.

Thank you in advance
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Heisenberg:
The phone has internal storage (officially labeled userdata), think of it like a virtual sd card, it's completely separate to the system partition. Your personal data like photos and music, and the Titanium Backup data, are all stored there. You don't need to wipe userdata when changing ROMs, you wipe system, data, cache, and dalvik cache. Have you seen my guide? It's all explained there.

http://xdaforums.com/nexus-6p/general/guides-how-to-guides-beginners-t3206928
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CoNsPiRiSiZe:
Thanks man. I've read parts but it's been a while. Will give that part a read again.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aggro_Monkey3000:
I had a question regarding file encryption on Nougat. I read somewhere that if you enabled file encryption you would no longer be able to root or install custom recoveries. ???? Since I can't seem to find that thread any longer I was hoping y'all could help a noob out. Thanks.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ultyrunner:
So a quick question, particularly given the TWRP issues with encryption at present. I formatted userdata to decrypt my phone, flashed TWRP 3.0.2-0 and SuperSU 2.77. I suspect, with the pain that keeping it decrypted will be (and the virtually non-existent performance benefits decryption gives me after playing with it today), I'll probably want to encrypt it again. I'm assuming that I could run encryption from "Settings > Security > Encrypt Phone" then boot into bootloader and flash TWRP 3.0.2-2 and be good? Will root still stick? Or am I missing something here ... [MENTION=4153349]Heisenberg[/MENTION]?
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Heisenberg:
You should just be able to encrypt and have no problems. Flash the latest TWRP obviously, and yes SuperSU should stick just fine.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ultyrunner:
Thanks.