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[Nexus 6P General] gorman42:
Just wanted to thank you. Followed the instructions, unlocked bootloader, installed TWRP, rooted, installed XPosed. Thanks a lot!
[Nexus 6P General] mohdfahad47:
Hey guys, how y'all doing? I have a question regrading twrp, it's kinda off topic and maybe this problem has been addressed before but i can't seem to find any thread or answers that can solve this. I can't copy or move the TWRP nandroid backup from it's root folder, im on stock nougat with root and twrp. Anyone knows the fix for this issue?? Thanks...
[Nexus 6P General] Einwod:
Have you tried in the TWRP itself? Sometimes on the computer it will not copy to another folder. Usually it works in the file browser in TWRP.
[Nexus 6P General] mohdfahad47:
Thanks for the suggestion to try from TWRP, i managed to copy the backup folder from the file manager in TWRP. But i wonder why i can't copy or move using file managers like es and solid explorers?
[Nexus 6P General] huuur:
I would like to express my impression here, I just bought this device after noticing how sorted/updates this thread is..

-updated to Nougat.

-rooted successfully.

Many thanks for the amazing work, please keep it up!
[Nexus 6P General] ShinDragon44:
I have the bootloader unlocked. Can I install TWRP, Root the phone, and decrypt the data partition without wiping data? Excuse me for the noob question.
[Nexus 6P General] sjhill:
Constant reflashing of TWRP

Getting a bit frustrated. So, I have followed all the steps and I get booted into TWRP. Once I boot normally and then turn the power off. Booting into recovery gets me a dead android with "No command". So, then I have to reflash TWRP again....and again....and again.... What is going on?

Secondly, I have downloaded the SuperSU .apk onto my phone, but when I try to install with TWRP, it does not show anything in my /sdcard/Download directory. Could you maybe explain Section 6 a bit better? Thanks.

EDIT: Sorry, I forgot to say that I just upgraded to Nouget before doing all the steps. Boot loader is unlocked and I can get TWRP to install, just not stay installed.
[Nexus 6P General] CyberZeus1977:
Hi! First, download SuperSu in zip format, second flash twrp and third install SuperSu zip from twrp. Now twrp will remain

SuperSu thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=68475511

Nexus 6P with Chroma rocks!
[Nexus 6P General] SlimSnoopOS:
Nope. You must fastboot format userdata to remove encryption. Transfer your files, run that command, then transfer them back if you want.
[Nexus 6P General] joooe:
I'm on Nougat 7 NRD90U, unroot, but bootloader unlocker. From what I've read then, it's not possible to root the phone and install twrp without decrypting the device and thus erase user data, right?
[Nexus 6P General] kyzn:
That is no longer true. Starting TWRP 3.0.2-1 you can root Nougat without decrypting.
[Nexus 6P General] therock3181:
Running stock, TWRP 3.0.2-2, rooted and encrypted.
[Nexus 6P General] sjhill:
Success after 'No command" in recovery

That worked perfectly. Everything is remaining even after power up/down. Thank you!
[Nexus 6P General] CyberZeus1977:
Use thank button [emoji6]

Nexus 6P with Chroma rocks!
[Nexus 6P General] dpeeps74:
3. When issuing the fastboot flashing unlock command it doesn't work, I only get a list of possible commands. What's going on?

This is usually due to having an outdated adb/fastboot setup. If you installed adb/fastboot by any means other than via the Android SDK this is probably the cause. Visit the prerequisites section in the beginning of this guide to properly install adb/fastboot and ensure that it's up to date.​

Any other things that can cause this? I had the android-tools-adb and fastboot which seemed to work fine for things like sideloading but I have been itching to use custom roms again. I downloaded the full sdk as well and still just get the help listing from fastboot. fastboot devices shows a device and I have usb debugging enabled and the oem unlock option. Is this happening because I'm on stock Nougat? is there something I've missed that I should be doing different? Surely they haven't decided to keep me from unlocking.
[Nexus 6P General] Heisenberg:
Have you tried updating the platform-tools package via SDK Manager?
[Nexus 6P General] dpeeps74:
Well, I was able to do the flashing unlock and it was successful, i get that annoying message I've read about everywhere. Unfortunately, now fastboot will not recognize my phone at all so I'm not even sure I can back out at this point. I even rebooted into windows and setup the sdk and everything and the same result. i just get a waiting for device response from fastboot. I've tried different cables/ports as well and adb recognizes the phone just fine. would sideloading relock the bootloader or that can only be done with fastboot?
[Nexus 6P General] Heisenberg:
Nothing locks the bootloader except for the "fastboot flashing lock" command which you have to enter manually. It's probably your drivers, have you tried updating them manually? Go to Device Manager, right click and point out to where the drivers are (under the extras folder in your SDK location).
[Nexus 6P General] rchtk:
"rebooted into windows". So what Linux distribution you were running? Some fast boot are old. For example Debian (stable) doesn't ship a sufficiently recent fast boot package.

Also take care of your path by checking with "type fastboot"
[Nexus 6P General] dpeeps74:
You're correct which is why I had downloaded the whole sdk in Ubuntu, but then after unlocking the fastboot command ended up not recognizing my phone. I got it sorted in windows with updating the drivers.
[Nexus 6P General] GingerSmurf:
Cannot create a back-up

I'm not sure if I missed something but I am unable to create a back-up. I am running Nougat so I use the unofficial TWRP. Upon loading recovery I hit cancel when asked for the encryption password and selected "to allow changes". When I go to make a back-up it fails. I looked at the storage and it says 0 mb... Do I need to de-encrypt my phone first?

Thanks ahead of time!
[Nexus 6P General] scoot0073:
TWRP 3.0.2.3 decrypt fine for me .

And I'm on 7.0 encryption enabled
[Nexus 6P General] GingerSmurf:
Yeah I don't think I missed anything but the recovery is not working... even though I am on the latest Nougat update
[Nexus 6P General] scoot0073:
So u are using TWRP 3.0.2.3 ?

And do u have security enabled if so u have to enter it when TWRP loads after that it will allow you to make a backup
[Nexus 6P General] joy_fun_man:
I flashed nrd90u on my new nexus 6p, after I flashed the twrp 3.0.2.3 mod, rooted with super-su 2.78-sr1 and installed busybox stericson 1.24.2. All was OK but after install of titanium Backup 7.5.0 I have noted that ROM memory was about 600 MB free of about 3 GB available.

I tried to remove Google music, videos and games app but the ROM memory remains about 700 MB free.

Any idea to free more ROM memory? I think that it's not normal.

Thanks in advance and sorry for my bad English.

Tap & Talk Nexus 7
[Nexus 6P General] scoot0073:
If u use Chrome u can uninstall it as it uses 132mb System ROM .

Facebook /Snap chat are other big ones .

Jus make sure you backup anything u not sure about b4 you uninstall .

Incase it's something that force closes or errors then you can restore the last thing you uninstall .

Also I'd recommend making a nandroid backup first in TWRP jus to be on the safe side.

Then here it will show you your app hogs
[Nexus 6P General] mbutandola:
You probably mean ram. Why would you want to free up ram. Although you'd want to avoid badly used ram, free ram is wasted ram as the saying goes.

Envoyé de mon Nexus 6P en utilisant Tapatalk
[Nexus 6P General] joy_fun_man:
@ scoot0073

Thanks for replying,

from your answer I understand that it is normal that nrd90u fills that amount of system memory ROM on the Nexus 6p.

I wonder how much ROM memory can take Android 7.0 on the Nexus 5x, I own, but I still have not converted from MM to Nougat.

I think more or less the same amount (as it has about 3 GB of system ROM) even though it only has 2 GB of RAM memory rather than 3 GB of nexus 6p.

On Nexus 6p i converted Chrome, maps and youtube from system app to app user.

Currently I have 1,08 GB free of 3,07 GB of ROM SYSTEM.

We hope to soon install Xposed Framework of Nougat.

Tap & Talk - Nexus 5x
[Nexus 6P General] zer0se7en:
Can't seem to update to NRD90U N using Factory Image file. I've been flashing factory images since Nexus 5. On my Nexus 6P this is the first time I am having this issue. (Flashed every MM update) I always flash every .img file, but today it seems to not accept System img. It always show "Failed. Data too large" after flashing it.

I already downloaded same version twice. Both have the same issue. So I flashed back MTC20L MM. And without any problems. I'm using Mac, by the way.

Anyone also had this issue? If so, what solved the problem?
[Nexus 6P General] SlimSnoopOS:
Do you have updated sdk and platform tools for 7.0?
[Nexus 6P General] zer0se7en:
All I have is the whole ADT Bundle which I always use on my Mac to flash any Nexus or OnePlus device. The updated Fastboot is all I need. But now I am not sure which one or where to get the update. Will search for it in the meantime.
[Nexus 6P General] SlimSnoopOS:
I'm unfamiliar with the ADT bundle. Where did you get that? On my MBP, I just have the sdk and platform-tools installed as mentioned in the OP. I had to update both through the Android Studio when moving up to 7.0 though.
[Nexus 6P General] GingerSmurf:
I figured it out. It was my security settings. I'm not sure why my pin wasn't working but after reflagging the stock images I had no problem. After making my back-ups I set up my password and fingerprints and rebooted in recovery. After entering my password I had access to everything.
[Nexus 6P General] llmnm:
Thanks in advance for all the helpful advice. I just upgraded to 7.0. Everything went very smoothly. I upgraded all of my SDK tools in advance so I would be ready. When the phone turns on, it shows the warning message about the bootloader being unlocked, but when I look in the developer options in the settings, the option to allow OEM bootloader unlocking is not available (its grey). When I try connecting my device to my computer, and look for adb devices, I get an error like this:

C:\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools>adb devices

List of devices attached

adb server version (31) doesn't match this client (36); killing...

error: could not install *smartsocket* listener: cannot bind to 127.0.0.1:5037: Only one usage of each socket address (protocol/network address/port) is normally permitted. (10048)

could not read ok from ADB Server

* failed to start daemon *

error: cannot connect to daemon

And flashing TWRP 3.02.3 did not work...the system recovery is still there. Any ideas what is going on and how I can correct it? I am worried I will not be able to make future updates or changes since I can't get into the bootloader at the moment.
[Nexus 6P General] rchtk:
If you look carefully the option to allow is greyed out but in active position meaning you cannot disallow and that's expected as you are already unlocked :)

For adb maybe you have some old adb server running? Kill them or even reboot your PC..
[Nexus 6P General] Einwod:
As mentioned above. Plus, to keep twrp as recovery, you must flash supersu.zip. The recovery will stick then.
[Nexus 6P General] prb304:
I've had my 6P for just under a year. I upgraded to the N beta about a month ago and have been struggling with all the battery issues that brought with it.

However, yesterday morning, I woke up (my phone alarm went off) and then got into the shower, when I got out of the shower the phone was in a boot loop. It constantly cycles the white "Google" screen without completely booting.

I can get into the ?fastboot type menu where I have options for Factory, Recovery etc. However none of these work, clicking on recovery just ends up back at the Google bootloop.

I did manage to get to a different screen (something like "no command found"?)think but can't for the life of me work out how I did it.

I've tried flashing a stock 6P rom using fastboot, but can't flash because my bootloader is locked "Device is locked. Cannot flash images"

Is there anything I can try or am I hard bricked?
[Nexus 6P General] mbutandola:
If you can get to stock recovery you can try and sideload an OTA zip file with adb

Envoyé de mon Nexus 6P en utilisant Tapatalk
[Nexus 6P General] PhillyFlyer:
Hey all in your experience what would be best method to flash back to a 6.0.1 ROM (say DU 10.6) if I am currently on SAOSP 7.0. I am using latest TWRP.

Sorry if it is repetitive, I did do some searching. But I would like to avoid flashing stock image via fastboot. I dont mind a clean wipe from TWRP but was hoping someone would say its safe to flash MCT20F vendor image and a custom 6.0.1 ROM in TWRP he he...
[Nexus 6P General] mb88_peace:
Hi all.

I enrolled in Beta and got the Nougat (and then unenrolled); but the device is really laggy. Can I sideload the latest OTA to see if anything changes? Can we sideload the same build that we are on?

Tnx.
[Nexus 6P General] Einwod:
Why not download the factory images from Google and start with the full, proper nougat and not the developer issue? Make a complete clean start. I did and it's fine, no lags at all.
[Nexus 6P General] mb88_peace:
Well correct me if I'm wrong, but first I have to unlock bootloader, right? And that means going through all the tedious process of backing up and reinstalling my apps.

Thanks for the answer btw!
[Nexus 6P General] Einwod:
Yes, the bootloader needs to be unlocked. Better to start fresh rather than using a backup. Most apps will download in the background anyway and it shouldn't take more than an hour. If you intend to stay stock, just lock again before updating anything.
[Nexus 6P General] Freshtojeff:
Just wanted to double check for those a little more advanced than me when it comes to flashing.

Currently on N and would like to roll back down to MM without losing internal if possible. I would just follow step 11 right?

11. How To Flash The Factory Images (Return To Stock But Leaving Internal Storage Intact)

This wouldn't relock phone bootloader and need to go through the entire process? Just flash a stock MM image and reroot?
[Nexus 6P General] Badger50:
Yep, section 11 of the guide has got you covered. You wouldn't need to flash the bootloader and radio if you didn't want to since they are backwards compatible. And no, it will not lock the bootloader [emoji106]
[Nexus 6P General] mkp52mkp:
i flashed nougat September patch n then tried to flash twrp. i used the unofficial file as mentioned by the tutorial. for the first time my phone booted into twrp, but then whenever I'm trying to boot into recovery its going to the 'lying android' screen. any way to fix that guys?
[Nexus 6P General] nathanchance:
Try flashing TWRP again, boot into TWRP, boot into the system, then reboot into recovery.
[Nexus 6P General] mkp52mkp:
bro i did the same. first time it boots into twrp. then i booted into system n then again into recovery. this time it did not boot into twrp.
[Nexus 6P General] zer0se7en:
Should be rooted.

Try this:

Boot to TWRP via Fastboot

Flash SuperSU

Boot to System

Return to Fastboot

Flash TWRP via Fastboot

Return to System

Reboot to Recovery

TWRP should be up and running

It's what I always do.
[Nexus 6P General] Freshtojeff:
Awesome. Thanks for the confirmation Badger!
[Nexus 6P General] Einwod:
Everything appears to have flashed OK except the vendor image. Look at what I made bold. You have sent the wrong commands. Reflash the vendor image again and reboot. Should solve the problem.
[Nexus 6P General] kahila:
That was the trick! Thank you very much : ) I was confused because with MM the system booted and informed about wrong vendor, but now it just hanged stuck.
[Nexus 6P General] CyberZeus1977:
Bootloader and radio were not flashed. Look at the two reported errors.

Check file names

Nexus 6P with Chroma rocks!
[Nexus 6P General] rchtk:
Just remove the -w in the flash-all script and run it.
[Nexus 6P General] jesssiii:
It's safe if you never restored your efs backup made with twrp 3.0.2-2.

Nexus 6P
[Nexus 6P General] Magnetox:
Hey guys just wondering how do I know what factory image to download for my phone? I want to go back to 6.0.0 from an unlocked bootloader and rooted device. I think that if I remember correctly my phone was MMB29N but I just want to make sure. Anyone know if MMB29N is for Bell Canada? Any way to know? Thanks.
[Nexus 6P General] mobileman88:
NBD90X has dropped. For those with COFD (Compulsive Obsessive Flash Disorder)

---------- Post added at 09:38 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:36 AM ----------

The latest 6.0.1 will work if you are unlocked.

Follow the OP to revert to stock.

6.0.1 (MTC20L)
[Nexus 6P General] Magnetox:
Doesn't it have to be the right version for my carrier? I plan on sending it in as it needs repairs so... Not just any version for me. Specifically looking for Bell Canada build... Thanks for your help.
[Nexus 6P General] Einwod:
That would be for HTC devices. We all have the same, as far as I know.
[Nexus 6P General] SlimSnoopOS:
Every factory image is universal for the 6P. No carrier specific factory images exist.
[Nexus 6P General] Magnetox:
Thanks!
[Nexus 6P General] stants225:
TWRP 3.0.2-3 requires password android 7

I tried to install custom recovery (bootloader was unlocked before, and I had booted before installing the custom recovery) however when I try to boot into twrp it asks for a password. Is there any way around this which does not involve wiping user data?
[Nexus 6P General] fury683:
No you'd just flash the latest version. See my post a few up from here. Steps would he same/similar if you don't have root. Just edit the flash-all.bat to not wipe data and you're done. No need to wait for OTA.
[Nexus 6P General] Swarai:
My phone is stuck with the screen constantly showing "unfortunately the process com.google.process.gapps has stopped". Supersu installed, bootloader unlocked, twrp installed. Please help thanks
[Nexus 6P General] Heisenberg:
Read the guide again, my guess is you didn't update as instructed.
[Nexus 6P General] pclaunch:
I feel like I am going to pull my hair out, what little is left. I have followed the directions to a T. I revived my nexus today and updated so I was on 08M. It is my understanding that you don't have to change the boot file if you are past 08D. I then flashed TWRP and went in and formatted the data. Then I booted up and set it up and moved SuperSU to the phone via MTP and booted back into TWRP and and installed it. Now, I am stuck at the bootup animation. I have reflashed back to stock and tried again using fastboot to decrypt and still always get the same result.
[Nexus 6P General] Heisenberg:
You still need to flash the modified boot.img regardless of what build you're on. I meant you don't need to update your current build if you're on K or higher.
[Nexus 6P General] combat goofwing:
Do you have to have custom recovery to flash the latest updates, if not once flashed can you just relock the boot loader
[Nexus 6P General] pclaunch:
Ok, will try with the the old boot. Thanks!
[Nexus 6P General] Heisenberg:
Which updates do you mean? As far as I know you need the stock recovery in order to take official OTA updates. You can relock the bootloader but I wouldn't advise doing that for two reasons:

If you need to unlock it again for any reason it'll wipe all your data again.

You may need it unlocked to flash factory images if something goes wrong in future.
[Nexus 6P General] combat goofwing:
Yes I'm on about the small stock updates out so far,also I want to alter the build .prop to remove the bottom black bar,I takenit that's done in a file explorer is it ?
[Nexus 6P General] teh_lorax:
Can someone explain this? Do I need to have TWRP installed?
[Nexus 6P General] jicama:
You need to have TWRP available, but it doesn't need to be installed. When the phone is in fastboot mode you can do

fastboot boot twrp-2.8.7.0-angler.img

to start TWRP without installing it. Within TWRP, hit the Advanced button, then the ADB Sideload button, then swipe as directed to put the phone into sideload mode. It will complain about being unable to mount /data, but that's not important.

Then you

adb sideload BETA-SuperSU-v2.52.zip

to install SuperSU, and you're rooted.
[Nexus 6P General] SuperSmashedBro:
So I can flash the angler-mdb08k-boot.zip even though I'm on MDB08M? This won't cause any issues?
[Nexus 6P General] fury683:
Yes I did it last night. But for clarity, you don't flash the ZIP in recovery, you extract it and flash the image in fastboot.
[Nexus 6P General] SuperSmashedBro:
Yeah that's what i meant. Can't flash it in custom recovery if I don't have it yet, haha
[Nexus 6P General] tcat007:
I did this the other day and my "phone" icon is missing. I can make calls from a contract and phone is listed in apps, but not in launcher drawer. Any clue what may have caused this?
[Nexus 6P General] Heisenberg:
What build are you on?
[Nexus 6P General] segfault82:
i'm a little confused.. what's the procedure if i just want to root the stock rom but not actually decrypt?
[Nexus 6P General] Heisenberg:
Just use TWRP to adb sideload the SuperSU zip.
[Nexus 6P General] tcat007:
K, rooted. Really odd. Tried clearing cane and data still no phone icon with Now Launcher or the Launcher I use. I try to restore "Phone" from Titanium and fails. But is listed in system apps.
[Nexus 6P General] fury683:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=63644329&postcount=457
[Nexus 6P General] scoot0073:
Are you on Android 6.0.1 or 7.0 ??

What version of TWRP are you using ??
[Nexus 6P General] stants225:
Sorry for not clarifying, I'm on android 7.0 and am using the recommended twrp 3.0.2-3 download in the guide
[Nexus 6P General] scoot0073:
Well u are on the correct version of TWRP same as me .

If u have a password or pin then TWRP should prompt for u to enter it then TWRP will decrypt system.

But u are saying that u don't have a password or pin and TWRP is still asking or u to enter it..

Idk then maybe try reflagging TWRP 3.0.2.3
[Nexus 6P General] NWTSCL:
I disabled the lock screen to perform a nandroid backup. But now an Android Pay alert pops up, saying that I must reenable it even after I have reenabled it.

What am I missing?

Android 6.0.1
[Nexus 6P General] Homeboy76:
Just Curious:

Why is there a 400MB difference between the N6P factory image posted October 3, 2016:

7.0.0 (NBD90X) 1.6 GB

4e17ed23bd461960996a32453d2d378ee3ac036b964bef68e5c1df55971a65af

and latest

7.0.0 (NBD90X, Oct 2016)	1.2 GB	4e17ed23bd461960996a32453d2d378ee3ac036b964bef68e5c1df55971a65af
[Nexus 6P General] mobileman88:
The hash is the same. They are the same time. Are you sure the sizes are different?
[Nexus 6P General] adrman:
I'm only seeing one instance of NBD90X on the Nexus Developer Page. Also, the hash is identical on both files you're listing.
[Nexus 6P General] Homeboy76:
Verifying information.
[Nexus 6P General] hikhokk:
Hey im coming from PureNexus ROM MM on nexus 6P but from the older update, not the latest one though and decided to flash latest factory images of Nougat with Oct security patch. I follow this thread "11. How To Flash The Factory Images (Return To Stock But Leaving Internal Storage Intact)" because I wouldnt want to wipe my internal but then after following all the instructions my internal were wipe/gone. May I know what I did wrong?
[Nexus 6P General] Einwod:
I wouldnt want to wipe my internal but then after following all the instructions my internal were wipe/gone. May I know what I did wrong?[/QUOTE]

First, edit your post to remove that massive quote.

Second, you formatted user data even after you were told not to.
[Nexus 6P General] hikhokk:
First of all, I already applied hide to the massive quote. I already noted I quote from the instruction quote and it is long. Not sure you were looking it wrong or something off with your way of seeing.

Secondly, at which part did I mentioned I formatted the user data? Even in Heisenberg's post already warned it and I follow it since it is my intention from the beginning, not to wipe internal data.