[Nexus 6  General] CapitalParallax:
Go Easy On Me

First off, let me thank you guys for not only your time, effort, and talent, but also for putting all this out there before the world. I am not a developer, I do not understand code, I am not that smart. Secondly, this is going to be long, because I talk to much and over explain myself all the time.

I have read through this entire thread, and re-read a few pages several times. Admittedly, there was a bit of skimming as the majority of this content is way over my head. I understand this is a work-in-progress and all that entails.

I recently experienced a bit of a cluster-f with my device, that ultimately ended up with me back on Google provided stock (coming off CM). I've avoided re-downloading my apps and customizing anything, blah blah blah, as I've been reading up on rooting methods for MRA58R. Loss of data/apps means nothing to me at this point, only that I can use my phone as a phone. Still very much the amateur, I do have a little bit of tinkering under my belt now, and am trying to be aware as I continue to tinker. After all, I bought the Nexus 6 so that I may (relatively) safely learn to tinker a little more (but it IS my daily driver).

So I want to give this a shot. If I understand this correctly, all I really need to do is to install the Superuser.apk and flash the shamu-6.0-boot.img found in the GitHub link at the beginning of this thread. Is the order in which these two tasks are performed of any significance? I ask because.... *deep breath*

my recent cluster-f included me doing a

Wipe > Format Data

from TWRP, which truly wiped every shred of everything from my device. I understand this level of wipe is rarely necessary, but this cluster-f put my device in a state that consistently failed to restore a TWRP backup. Not a huge deal, as I made peace with the data loss, got the latest factory images from Google, and flashed them via fastboot. Flash-all failed, which afforded the opportunity to learn flashing the individual components (with a great success). I later came to learn that my freshly wiped/flashed phone only recognized 23 free GB on my 64GB device. Turns out that this is a common issue with flashing the provided userdata. Some found success with a factory reset (I did not). As always, the solution is to do it right the first time. The "correct" way appears to be to

fastboot format userdata

rather than actually flash Google's userdata. Noted.

My intention is to

Format Data

again (with the purpose of obliterating all traces of other failed root methods), and starting over again with Google's files. Can I flash doitright's boot.img in place of Google's at this time?

My understanding is that the boot.img provides the root, and the .apk manages it, so the order of operations is negligent. Is this correct?

I saw that another user posted the issue of Google's warning that "your device is corrupt and cannot be trusted", but failed to notice a satisfactory conclusion to that (which may certainly be my own limited understanding of the conversation). Are others experiencing this? (This issue arises for me if I flash and use TWRP, it isn't breaking, but bothersome). Does this boot.img address this? This is not a make-or-break thing, more a curiosity.

Thank you for your patience. I will be happy to return with updates on my experience in an effort to at least contribute some user feedback. If there is some other way a dummy user like myself can help out, certainly let me know.