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[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fury683:
Thanks, I didn't think it did previously, but I've seen people saying it specifically for the 6p that it does. I thought it might have something to do with the new unlock command, which I assume also has a new relock command.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Heisenberg:
I could be wrong, if people are reporting that it does.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fury683:
http://xdaforums.com/nexus-6p/help/relocking-bootloader-t3246138 This thread says it does.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tvdang7:
How do I install ota if rooted and want to keep data?
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Heisenberg:
Read my guide:

http://xdaforums.com/nexus-6p/general/guides-how-to-guides-beginners-t3206928
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dj_aj:
Is the Nexus Imprint API available to developers? I need an app like FingerSecurity that allows certain apps to be unlocked via the fingerprint sensor on the Nexus line.

Is anyone aware of an alternative?
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mousefai0922:
Guys

I have a unlocked bootloader, no root nexus 6p and thinking should i root or not.

main question i have

if i rooted the phone and ota updates r available. I know i cant install them using ota... but let say if i download the ota and flash them using toolkit. Am i going have to re-root again?

and if i install xposed before ota update, am i going to lose xposed too if i ota update?

Thanks
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Heisenberg:
You can't flash an OTA over a modified system, so root and Xposed need to go before taking an update.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mousefai0922:
so sound like i have to remove them before ota...

but how do i remove roots and xposed? does it cause problems with the phone if i remove them??
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Heisenberg:
http://xdaforums.com/nexus-6p/general/guides-how-to-guides-beginners-t3206928
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] C5Longhorn:
Heisenberg and others,

I'm getting ready to root my 6p using your guide and am trying to understand the pros/cons to the two methods available (traditional vs. systemless). Is there one your recommend or prefer? I've got a Nexus 7 (2013) on Marshmallow that I used the traditional root approach on I believe.

I plan to remain on the stock Rom and only root to take advantage of app functionality for Ti Backup and a few other apps.

I haven't come across any documentation that explained the difference. Any input would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Rick
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Heisenberg:
As far as I know, the advantages of using systemless root are that it's easier to take OTA updates, and Android Pay might work with it (I'm not sure about that though).
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] C5Longhorn:
Ok, thanks for the fast reply. Which approach have you taken with your 6p?
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Heisenberg:
I've just used the traditional method, I have no use for Android Pay and cleaning up in preparation for an OTA is pretty easy anyway.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] C5Longhorn:
Great info, thanks again. That is what I used and I've now moved on to making a Nandroid backup and EFS backup before I add back my screen lock. Do you compress your backups?
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Heisenberg:
I do compress them.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ten24bytes:
Is anyone having TrueCaller force close on their Nexus 6P? I got my phone yesterday and since then haven't been able to even launch the welcome screen of TrueCaller.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sick_DMP:
I was checking my battery life in an attempt to map out average battery life for my daily use. So far everything is great including amazing battery life. But, yesterday I noticed an unidentifiable application using battery life. It v it just says "99046" for the name and it's icon is an android... Anyone ever hear of this or might know what it is? Could it possibly be battery stat for something that I uninstalled? When I tap for info there is none so, any help is greatly appreciated.

A foot note, I'm noticing about 4.5 - 5 hrs SOT average and if I have a light user day I can easily get through the day until I go to bed w. 40-50% battery left (bed time usually around 11pm)... Starting at 730am
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sisarka:
good
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobbyput:
Nexus Imprint Failed?

Last week I started to see "Fingerprint Hardware not available" from time to time but it always started to work again. On Friday I contacted the Nexus Support team and did very little trouble shooting. Basically just booted into Safe Mode. Over the weekend it seems to have completely failed and Nexus Imprint doesn't even show up in my security settings. I contacted Google this morning and they didn't seem to know anything about how to fix it other than escalate to an Engineer and get back to me in 1-4 business days. I saw on Reddit that a few 5X owners were having issues but I have not seen anything about the 6P. Any ideas?
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fury683:
Have you flashed the factory image? Have you modified anything with the phone at all? Root/custom rom/any other mods/etc?
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobbyput:
Nope, no mods done yet. Just daily use. My gut says it is a hardware related issue. I don't know why other threads are saying people were able to get an RMA and a new phone on the way but for some reason my ticket has to be sent to engineering for 1-4 business days.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nrfitchett4:
Is that a third party app? Try clearing data or maybe its not marshmallow ready.

Reviews on app show others having issues on marshmallow.

I'd ask for a replacement. You can try a factory reset but someone else on here had that happen as well.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobbyput:
I talked to Google support again today. They mentioned that it is a known issue and they are still trying to figure out what they will be doing for a fix. I have seen others talk about getting and RMA but I haven't had such luck. I wonder how many failures are really happening because it really isn't that easy to search for (as of the weekend) I have seen several 5X owners mention it but not many 6P. I am not crushed not to have the Imprint for a few days but if they are going to replace my phone I would rather have that sooner than later because I like to set my phone up and leave it alone. Doing all of these resets is getting old.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nrfitchett4:
I agree, if its still not working after hard reset and you haven't messed with any layers apps, I'm not sure. You could use skip's toolkit to flash the full M update but its probably hardware.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] asj0422:
I still haven't gotten my 6p yet, but if i decide to root it when i do, can i relock the bootloader and still have the boot verity determine if there are other non-user modifications to the phone that shouldn't be there? (or any other way of doing so, not necessarily relocking the bootloader... i just want to have root and boot verity at the same time).
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] asj0422:
also, if i root the stock rom, i can still get OTAs from google, yes?
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Heisenberg:
Not sure about this.

No you can't. You'll still get the notification but you can't flash an update with a modified system, it'll fail.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bams.:
tankyu xda
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] soldanho:
How to obtain PS4 remote play for Nexus 6p

How's it going everyone!

I myself, am great, as like many of you, own a 6p and am loving it! I would however, like to know the procedure for acquiring PS4 Remote Play on my device, as I am returning to Android after a 2-year hiatus.

Any help would be appreciated, thank you! :angel:
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aznriceballman:
I flashed CM13 and I can't update SU binaries or edit my build.prop any ideas as to how to fix this?
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ineedmoney2014:
Gyroscope, accelerometer, compass, is really jittery, stuttering in AR apps. I think it's software related.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Flipnautic:
Need some assistance. Did the systemless root route and flashed the k img.(since theres no modified 8L img. I made a bone head mistake of not downloading SuperSU when it asked me. Now I have an unlocked bootloader, TWRP recovery but no root. Would I have to start the process all over? Or can I just DL SuperSU and flash from there to get root?
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fury683:
Boot into TWRP and navigate to where you restart. It will tell you that your device does not appear to be rooted and ask if you want to install it. Say yes (or swipe to install or whatever it is) and it will root for you. Reboot to the system and you will probably have to update the SuperSU APK from Play Store and also update the su binary.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] saumil007:
Guys anyone know why do I have to turn on my location when trying to pair my fitness watch with bluetooth or any other Bluetooth device? It won't detect unless I turn on my location?
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fury683:
There was an article about this regarding Fitbits too. If you turn off location services, it won't sync in the background. http://www.androidcentral.com/psa-you-may-have-issues-using-fitbit-marshmallow-phone-0

I went into location and turned off wifi scanning, but kept bluetooth scanning on and it syncs fine with my Fitbit One.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] saumil007:
That sucks! Anyways thanks! :)
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pushtopen:
Guys, does anybody's 6p drop the lte/3g signal randomly? Mine will drop the lte/3g signal and fail to reacquire the signal. Using a third party app like lte discovery will cause the app not to respond when I attempt the cycle radio signal.

Manually searching for networks in the settings menu will take a very long time and not respond at all.

At this point in time I'm not sure if its a software issue or hardware defect but I've never dropped my phone.

I'm currently on the stock m build with catalysm rom flashed. On traditional root.

Appreciate if I could have your input. Thanks.

Edit: Soft rebooting the phone when this happens yields a no sim card error, could this be a hardware related issue?
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Flipnautic:
Thanks for the tip, that solved my issue.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Heisenberg:
Nevermind
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nycplayboy78:
How To Create An App Folder

Good Morning fellow XDAers :D

How do I create a folder in Android 6.0 please? I like to have similar apps lumped together like my social media apps, travel apps, financial apps, etc.

Thanks Guys
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fury683:
When adding items to your Google Now Launcher homescreen (the default stock launcher), just drop the icons on top of each other and they will automatically create a folder.

I don't believe you can make tabs or folders of apps inside the app drawer with the Google Now Launcher. For that, you would need to use a 3rd party launcher, of which there are many available. Some names are Nova, ADW, Apex, etc.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Skitzosik:
Hey guys, I'm new to all this, I just rooted my galaxy s3 from straight talk last week and don't know where to go from here, I want to get something like cyanogen or paranoid android where I can change the whole look of the phone and delete all the bloat and clock my phone as fast as I can, can some one help me? No clue what to do to achieve this.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fury683:
So are you asking for advice on the S3 or the Nexus 6p? If it's the former, this is the wrong forum.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] emiwonder:
guys anyone has issue with presenting battery level? Takes me 3,5 hours SOT to drain battery to 50 percent and then 1,5-2 hours SOT from 50 to 4 percent.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Skitzosik:
Oh sorry just saw noob friendly q&a help didn't realize it was for a specific device, my apologies
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Heisenberg:
It's normal for the lower 50% of the battery to drain faster than the upper 50% does.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mistermojorizin:
I'm not new to nexus, but i'm new to nexus 6p, marshmallow, and encryption.

Here are my goals:

1. unlock, decrypt, root, install cataclysm rom (which has a new installation method which makes things even more confusing)

2. install viper4android (in which thread some folks were saying that systemless root was causing issues)

3. install ad-away, titanium backup

4. install a custom kernel

5. install x-posed

6. I want to do all things which will require a wipe of data (e.g., unlocking bootloader, decrypting) at the start so that I don't have to go back later and worry about losing data.

I am getting confused because I'm reading a lot of different stuff about decrypting, systemless root, installing insecure boot images, what works and what doesn't work with android pay, etc.

I've read some of the guides, but what gets me is the guides are generally written in a "do this" sort of style (i.e., HOW to do things). And I am grateful for the guides and I will use them a lot once I UNDERSTAND what's going on and the only problem left will be "HOW."

So, please help me understand how everything works now.

questions:

1. which of my goals are compatible with android pay

-is there no way to cloak root? does systemless root work? What are the limits of systemless root? Does it mean I won't have rewritable capability on system partition? does android pay work with decryption? and why?

2. which order should I do everything in to avoid data loss later (ie unlock and decrypt first, what else)? and why?

3. do I need to flash a boot image? Or can I just unlock bootloader, flash recovery, flash SU? and why?

4. anything else i'm not thinking of at the moment just because i'm not familiar with the issues that are involved with this generation of nexus?

Like I said, I can figure out the "how to" from the awesome guides. I'm just having a hard time understanding the big picture here, especially as things change. I just want to know the current state of everything.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bweN diorD:
im sure this answer is some where in front of my face and im overlooking it.

is there any way to get rid of this startup popup saying there is an internal problem and to contact the manufacturer?

it either was caused by twrp or the rom. i didnt get it rooted stock with custom kernel and no twrp.

thanks :)

edit:

while im being noobish :p

what is the purpose of, or what is a vendor img? google was no help :(
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ten24bytes:
If I check "OEM unlocking" in Developer Options, which is the first step of rooting my phone, I get the following popup:

"Device protection features will not work on this device while this setting is turned on."

What does this actually imply? Will the fingerprint reader not work after rooting? What all functionality will I lose?

Kindly enlighten, as I really want to root my device!
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Heisenberg:
It just means that the protection provided by having a locked bootloader will no longer be present, the fingerprint reader works just fine with an unlocked bootloader and root.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bweN diorD:
Bump
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ten24bytes:
Thanks for your reply! And what protection exactly does a locked bootloader actually give?
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Elnrik:
It prevents files or images from overwriting data or partitions.

In other words, with a locked bootloader, I can't connect via adb / fastboot and muck about with your phone. Much.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fikide:
Hey guys, is it possible to change "copy, paste, select all" labels to icons?
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
It might be, but someone would need to develop something. Some apps like javelin browser already have that but it isn't natively supported as far as I know.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ten24bytes:
Thanks for the clarification :)
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fikide:
Then, I hope someone does, because it's bothering me. :)
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bweN diorD:
bump
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bax5:
Hi guys,

I was trying to load a video on my youtube app, and when I went to play it (even the ad) wouldn't play. It would show the play icon in the middle of the screen, and I go to press it and it immediately pauses the video. I tried this on the youtube app and on chrome browser using m.youtube.com both don't work. The video loads, and the bar at bottom progresses, and I can move to different parts of the video, but cannot play it. Closing the app doesn't fix it. Force stopping the app doesn't fix it. I found a complete reboot of the phone fixes it, but then it happened again later that day. I am running stock.

Any ideas?
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simo255:
I have this problem too in my s3 mini :(
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cabbieBot:
My question is about flashing zips in recovery. On AOSP/CM ROMs in the past, I seemed to always run into issues if I flashed the ROM and GAPPs together at once. I wouldn't experience problems with stability if I flashed them separately, so over time my practice became flashing the ROM, booting up, then rebooting into recovery to flash the GAPPs, then booting up once again. If I also had a kernel I wanted to use, I would again do that separately. Same song and dance for flashable themes or Xposed.

I was running the 11/24 build of MinimalOS, and when the 11/29 build came out I flashed just the ROM. I wasn't aware that it wouldn't keep my GAPPs, as they weren't there once I booted up. I noticed some really weird behavior, like the Camera app being gone completely, among other things. I rebooted into recovery and flashed the GAPPs and still continued to have force closes and weird behavior.

I decided it would be best just to flash back to stock and start fresh. While reading [MENTION=4153349]Heisenberg[/MENTION]'s excellent walkthrough I noticed the phrasing of this part under section 7:

So my question is this: is it the case that GAPPs MUST be flashed along with the ROM, and not to be broken out into a separate flash as I had been doing? What changed to make this necessary from the past? And if that is the case, what can I safely 'stack' on a single zip queue in TWRP on the Nexus 6P? Could I flash ROM -> Kernel -> GAPPs -> Xposed on a clean install without worries (and would that be the right order)? As mentioned, I had broken them out separately out of an abundance of caution but it would certainly be nice to save some time, as I always wipe dalvik/cache before and after every flash. Thanks in advance for any answers.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Heisenberg:
It isn't usually necessary to flash the Gapps directly after the ROM zip, nor is it necessary to flash it separately (as you've been doing). The reason I wrote the guide that way is because there's no advantage to flashing them separately, any perceived benefit is purely placebo, so you save time by just flashing them together. You can continue flashing them separately if you wish to, I don't see how it would be of any harm.

As for what's safe to stack in a flash queue, I usually flash the ROM, followed by Gapps, SuperSU, kernel, and whatever else (radio if necessary). Flashing things like the Xposed framework should be fine in the same queue as well, as long as it comes after the others.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] asj0422:
If I root, then relock the bootloader, will I have the protection that boot verity provides? Or will it still say that my phone was tampered with? How would ota updates work if I did that?
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Heisenberg:
OTA updates won't work if you have root. Locking the bootloader will provide that protection but it'll also completely wipe your device, and then unlocking it again when you need to will wipe it as well. I wouldn't worry about having an unlocked bootloader, as long as you take care of your phone you don't have anything to fear.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jesssiii:
I'm beyond bad at applying screen protectors, so I buy from Best Buy or Verizon and have them apply it. Neither will apply one not purchased by them, however. Since Google offers none, nor do Best Buy or Verizon, anyone know where I can buy one and have it applied? I'm in Southern California, USA.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dmorriss86:
Help with Supersu 2.56 binaries

I did the systemless root method and installed cataclysm rom and elementalx kernel but when I check SuperSu it says "No SU Binary Installed". Anyway to fix this that won't cause me to give up android pay? That was my only reason to go the systemless root route. Thanks y'all.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] asj0422:
[MENTION=4153349]Heisenberg[/MENTION], relocking the bootloader wipes the phone?
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Heisenberg:
Yes.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] asj0422:
How does default encryption affect the whole unlocking, twrping, rooting process?

Is it encrypted out of the box or does that happen during initial setup?
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] force70:
Yes encrypted out of the box.

Cant comment on staying encrypted and root etc as i decrypted as soon as i got the device lol

Sent from my Note 5, Nexus 6P, Note 4 or Nexus 6
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mehmehmen:
after a little messing around on this device with a pal in IRC who develops Zombi Pop roms, we got to the point he had a bootable OMNI Rom zip for me to try. After i installed it, everything runs perfectly but my signal for my phone seems to be locked to H on the signal logo at the moment.

Can someone with a Nexus 6P based in UK that connects to 4G go to there options menu>about phone>baseband version and confirm what it says please. [MENTION=4153349]Heisenberg[/MENTION] Do you think it may be that the flashing of that rom may have given a slightly off radio.img which might cause me to be stuck off of 4G???

I will admit we only just recently did the install and i didnt move outside of my house. i will know if this is just a signal issue in my current area tomorrow, but i have sinced flashed the stock factory MDB08M image from google and the phone still does not connect to any 3g or 4G signal which im pretty sure is not how it should be. i was on 3 and 4G in this same location when i originally got the handset.

thanks for any help in advance

Meh
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Orlandogz:
I have a question,

When you root and change your color temperature, will the adjusted setting remain with the phone when you unroot?
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jesssiii:
How did you decrypt? Is there a clear setting to choose it? Never had an encrypted phone before.

Mine arrives tomorrow, I'm so excited!
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] force70:
You wont find a better guide than this.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=62924043

Be sure to thank the OP, he does alot for the nexus community!

Sent from my Note 5, Nexus 6P, Note 4 or Nexus 6
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Heisenberg:
Radio images aren't traditionally contained within a ROM zip. There could be some setting within the ROM that's causing an issue with the bands though.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mehmehmen:
Mmm, thing is this changed after the install of our built custom ROM, and having flashed back the factory stock ROM it persists to be an issue (in my experience that sort of thing happens when radio has been changed) Its also worth noting that when i looked at the thread about the "LTE" 1.29 radio image, it seems my baseband in about phone settings is showing up as the same base band as that radio image, which surely my phone would not be on if it was using the original radio it came with in the MDB08L (UK) rom