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[Nexus 6P General] XavierD8188:
Just wanted to create a quick thread for my fellow noobs. This is my first time using terminal and this is my first nexus device and I was able to unlock the bootloader, flash a recovery, flash the necessary files and flash a custom rom without any issues.. For the more experience guys, please take it easy on me if I put something incorrect :D Please make sure you have the Android SDK and adb/fastboot otherwise all of this is irrelevant. Also want to thank the community for all the help and giving me all this information as I was learning on the fly. Made the experience super easy and a lot of fun.

You can download the adb and fastboot here... Thanks [MENTION=4516295]corbin052198[/MENTION] : http://xdaforums.com/nexu...d-xda-t3226767

Disclaimer: I am not responsible for any damaged devices. These are simple commands and pretty hard to screw up so if you do I'm not responsible.

Here are the commands and what they do:

adb devices - shows adb devices (this is important, if it doesn't see your device then don't do anything else until is does)

adb reboot bootloader - reboots into bootloader

fastboot reboot-bootloader - reboots bootloader

fastboot flashing unlock - unlocks bootloader

fastboot flash recovery <filename>.img - flashes recovery (TWRP)

fastboot flash vendor vendor.img - use command to flash vendor image

fastboot flash boot boot.img - use command to flash boot image

fastboot flash system system.img- use command to flash system image

Note: If you are having issues with the commands try using "./" I didn't have to but you might. Ex: ./fastboot flash vendor vendor.img

PSA: 1) Make sure your terminal is pointed in the fastboot folder so you can type cd desktop then cd fastboot if that's where the folder is then you can type ls which will show what's in that folder to make sure you are in the right folder.

PSA: 2) If flashing Vendor, Boot and System files, I'd recommend doing it one by one and rebooting the bootloader after each one to be safe..

PSA: 3) A lot of PSA's, I know.. When flashing anything, instead of typing out vendor.img for example, you can just drag it from the folder and drop it into terminal.. Ex: fastboot flash vendor then drag the vendor.img from the fastboot folder..

Hope this helps..
[Nexus 6P General] johnandbodhi:
dont all the commands need to be preceded with "./" (without quotes)

ie to flash vendor image w filename vendor.img

./fastboot flash vendor vendor.img
[Nexus 6P General] XavierD8188:
Nope not anymore. I actually got an error when typing the "./"
[Nexus 6P General] dwertz:
this also helps

http://xdaforums.com/nexus-6p/development/tool-nexus-tools-2-8-featured-xda-t3226767
[Nexus 6P General] XavierD8188:
Will add to thread. Thank you.. This is where I added adb :D
[Nexus 6P General] RPelham:
Very simple to install to where you can use the commands ANYWHERE instead of having to CD to the folder..

Open a terminal

Make sure Java is installed "java -version" (Should say Java version "x.x.x")

Download the SDK from Google. (Don't worry about Android Studio, just the SDK)

Extract the folder and move it to ~/.android-sdk

In the terminal type "cd ~/.android-sdk/tools

In the terminal type "./android"

Install the Android SDK Tools, Android SDK Platform-Tools, Android SDK Build-tools, Android Support Library

Modify your shell (.bash_profile, .bashrc, .zshrc, ect...) to include (below the PATH variable): export PATH="/users/<username>/.android-sdk/platform-tools:$PATH"

Close your terminal and reopen it. Upon doing so, you should be able to use fastboot and adb in any folder you'd like.

Following these steps make it quite a bit easier to install factory images or sideload ROMs since you can use the fastboot/adb commands directly within the ROM or factory image folders. Let me know if you have any questions :)
[Nexus 6P General] designgears:
Just FYI, the commands are the same across all platforms. The "./" would be if you are accessing the in the current directory, if you were using a portable version or didn't install things properly so they are in the path.

Dupe thread, we have all this info pinned in general.

http://xdaforums.com/nexus-6p/general/guides-how-to-guides-beginners-t3206928
[Nexus 6P General] XavierD8188:
So you don't really need to put the "./"? I didn't use it at any point and had no trouble at all.
[Nexus 6P General] wwevoxnj:
I had to use ./ when typing commands to unlock my bootloader. The regular commands without ./ gave me errors.
[Nexus 6P General] XavierD8188:
It was the opposite for me. "./" gave me errors but when I just typed the commands without it, worked perfectly fine. Weird..
[Nexus 6P General] Magnum_Enforcer:
There are at least 2 other threads with this same information, therefore, I'm closing this one.
[XDA Assist] EXOluX'ion:
Help me. especiall to those filipino XDA devs. My phone has always redirecting to systemrecoverymode. It happens after an unsuccessful sw update. I don't have cwm, twrp, and backup roms since i dont know how to use that. Can you suggest something so that i can use it without to service centers? :(
[XDA Assist] Droidriven:
Hello,

Welcome to XDA.

I have sent you a PM with what you are looking for. Check your XDA inbox.
[Nexus 6P General] hispeedworm:
Anyone using bought nexus 6p with project Fi deal. If so how was your experience
[Nexus 6P General] RPelham:
I did, I am actually using the Fi network and financing the device through Fi. To start with, the Fi network seems to be great so far (could be just my area though). I have full signal no matter where I go and haven't dropped a call yet. Download speeds seem to be anywhere between 20-30Mbits down and 10-20 Mbits up.

The ordering process was simple, the app is great, and Google upgraded me to overnight shipping free of charge. I already installed TWRP and PureNexus custom ROM, everything works flawlessly! All-in-all I'm very impressed with Google and Fi. As long as it stays like this, I will more than likely use Fi for the foreseeable future.
[Nexus 6P General] anglerstock:
What are the benefits of ordering the phone as a bundle with Fi?
[Nexus 6P General] knitler:
Loving Fi with it.
[Nexus 6P General] Citizen_Snips:
I pre-ordered through Fi the very day I got my invite from them on 10/16. I bought a 32gb graphite outright. I have LTE more or less everywhere and I get similar speeds as posted above. Google also upgraded me to overnight shipping free of charge. Honestly not bad.

Aside from that, when I signed up on their site there was no option for nexus protect like when you order from play store. I inquired with Google and Fi does not yet have device protection, but when it is available it will be a monthly charge on your bill (no price available yet). It will cover the device as long as you have it on the service from what I was told.

He had no other timeframe besides a few months. You can also call to have your email added to a list to be notified when device protection is available.

Call quality is never an issue and I really love the phone. I love the FI app as well. It makes everything pretty simple. No complaints so far.
[Nexus 6P General] RPelham:
There are no added benefits, order through Google/Fi or Huawei, it's all the same phone, only difference was I was looking to get out of my current Carrier and decided to try out Project Fi. So far I do

not

regret my decision.
[Nexus 6P General] anglerstock:
I will try it end of this month. I suppose it is worth it only if you use low amount of data.
[Nexus 6P General] SLJ:
Ordering through Fi gives you the option of 0% financing for 24 months.
[Nexus 6P General] 3's&7's:
Bingo. I love the concept and used fi for a few months, however the economics do not make sense if your data hawg just quite yet IMO.

I already have an unlimited plan w/T-Mobile and coverage for where I travel didn't merit the switch at this time.
[Nexus 6P General] FrayAdjacent:
I got on Fi with my 32GB Nexus 6P.

I was previously on AT&T on a friend's account since he got a pretty good discount through his previous employer, and splitting a shared data plan ended up being pretty good for me too. I was only paying hi $60 a month. I barely used any data, so I went with Fi.

I requested the invite and ordered the SIM right before I purchased the 6P. I bought the phone through the Play Store instead of through Fi. I was debating going with the 5X, but went with the 6P. Since I had the SIM before I had the phone, I just filled out the account information on the Fi webpage and when I got the phone, slapped the SIM in it, fired it up and went through the transfer. Took about 2 hours to be complete, but it went smoothly.

Since I'm mostly at home or at the office, I haven't had much time outside. Works fine on wifi. Only made a couple calls, so far it's been fine. I've got a coworker that likes the idea so much, he's getting on it soon, too.
[Nexus 6P General] ncsuwolfs:
i bought my 6p outright from google with the plan to transfer my work account to it, but verizon gave me the run around. i figured i'd try FI since it so cheap, but worrried about service since it uses tmobile and sprint towers. Fortunately it had far exceeded my expectations. the week i have had it has had full service when my verizon note 3 has had very little or no service. only once has it lost service, in the middle of nowhere, which is also a complete dead zone for everyone else . i have no complaints, and love the fact my boss gets angry everytime his verizon s6 edge doesnt have service and he has to use my phone. my experience is in the triangle area in north carolina.
[Nexus 6P General] teknomar7:
I had a few hiccups setting up the service and getting SMS to work with Messenger instead of Hangouts, but Google Support was available immediately on chat and helped resolve the issue (I figured out the SMS problem before them). Their email support is definitely not as knowledgeable as the chat folks from my experience.

I haven't ventured anywhere too crazy to make an in-depth statement about the service quality, but I had TMO before... so I wasn't expecting it to be significantly different.

My biggest complaint so far is not having a standard greeting option for voicemail... meaning you have to leave an actual voice recording for the greeting. More of a personal annoyance I suppose. The nice thing about their voicemail service is that the visual voicemail translates the message to text.

One other thing I noticed... I couldn't list files on my FTP server running at home via the project fi network, but I could over a remote wifi network. Also, seems to be an issue connecting to my VPN configuration at my house over the fi network which I believe has to do with IPv6 implementation on TMO. There is a way to modify the APN on TMO to correct this, but I don't think there is a way to do this with Fi.

I ordered the SIM card separate from the phone.
[Nexus 6P General] anglerstock:
Does call forwarding work on project fi? I plan to forward all calls of another line to my project fi account
[Nexus 6P General] jawmail:
What did you do to fix the SMS issue on Hangouts, I've got the same problem, slow or no SMS unless I use Messenger.
[Nexus 6P General] teknomar7:
That wasn't exactly my issue. Basically, I found that there was two settings to change to make Messenger the SMS app. Even though I had Messenger set at the default, I was still receiving incoming messages in Hangouts. If you go in the Hangouts app, settings, your account (xxx@gmail.com), then uncheck the box next to 'Messages' under where it says "Project Fi calls and SMS - your phone number". That wasn't intuitive because where I was originally going was in the settings of Messenger and setting that as the default app for SMS... which I believe is still necessary.

Not sure if this will solve your issue, but I haven't had problems since changing it. Maybe clear the hangouts and/or Messenger data too?

Edit: Sorry, seems like you want to use Hangouts as the SMS app? I wanted to use Messenger.
[Nexus 6P General] BigOnes69:
I ordered the 6p 128gb direct from Fi they upgraded shipping to over night for free. Had a few problems with Boost mobile porting my number but the Fi rep conferenced called them to port it over. A few hours later everything worked. I live about 80 miles from DC and travel there quite a bit. I noticed on my LG F7 because of all the wifi connections I use I was only using about .5 gb per month even though I listen to a lot of music and watch a lot of video. The last month i experimented with the F7 and turned off wifi and I used 2.5 gb of data. I figured why pay Boost for the extra 2gb when I am not using it, and Boost phone suck even though their rate is good. With Fi I only pay for the Data I use so it should average about 25 per month instead of the 35 I was paying Boost. The Nexus 6p wifi connects faster than the f7 also so that might save an additional amount. I have travelled to DC several times and my Data usage was 49 mb next to nothing since every where I go has wifi. The connections were flawless and the features on the phone are fantastic. FI also says it has a relationship out there for wifi networks. I dont know who that is but Google should have a lot of connections available. I also have a xfinity password from my best friends network so that should increase coverage.

I would recommend Fi to anyone that has the coverage of the Sprint and Tmob. networks. It would help to have a concentrated area such as Wash DC so as to take advantage of Wifi. I am not looking back.
[Nexus 6P General] plokm:
I am using Fi right now in Louisiana.....been only a few days but so far it has been good.
[Nexus 6P General] EmmaHAARP:
I'll be using Fi in Puerto Rico tomorrow. I'll be posting a review soon.
[Nexus 6P General] 91SDLegend:
Even though I got invited to Fi, my data usage is the issue for me. I currently have "unlimited" data with T-Mobile which is why I haven't budged yet. On average a month, I use 12-15 GB's a month. I do a lot of web surfing and watching videos.

And its 2 lines for $100 for unlimited text,talk and data. Can't beat that at the moment. If Fi offers unlimited data in the future, I might consider it.
[Nexus 6P General] midas69:
I ordered my phone through FI. But they have a big issue with numbers ported to FI from Google Voice. You can get SMS messages, but you can't send to some carriers. You can send if you use the GV app to send, but that's clumsy. They are working on it, but have no ETA for an actual fix yet. So I cancelled.

But the whole 'pay for only what you use' thing sounds great. But it makes you very conscious of every MB you use. Do you want to stream music on this trip? It's going to cost you a dollar. It just felt too much like the old days of paying 35 cents per minute for every call you made.
[Nexus 6P General] anglerstock:
I think Cricket @$35/month (tax included) unlimited talk+text & 2.5GB data is better. With Priject Fi you have to pay tax too. The only time it makes sense is if you use 100mb data/month.
[Nexus 6P General] Solutions Etcetera:
Can you expound on this a bit more? I was under the impression that this was fixed in hangouts. My phone gets here today, and I'm obviously concerned about activating it with my GV number if sms is broken.
[Nexus 6P General] adrman:
What carriers? This is the first I've heard of the problem. I've been on Fi for 4 months with my GV number ported in and haven't experienced one instance of not being able to send. I deleted the GV app from my Shamu when I switched to Fi and never even installed it on angler.
[Nexus 6P General] midas69:
https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/project-fi/MBiRkD3e1kw;context-place=forum/project-fi

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This seems to only be a problem with recent transfers.

If I remember reading correctly the problem was sending to someone on Verizon and AT&T.

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That's what I've been using. What interested me was the WiFI calling. Cricket doesn't support it. I also had to jump through a bunch of hoops to get tethering working on Cricket.
[Nexus 6P General] Solutions Etcetera:
When was it that you first noticed it?
[Nexus 6P General] midas69:
On the first day I got my phone. I got mine Nov. 5th.
[Nexus 6P General] joshuadjohnson22:
I'm enjoying Fi so far with the 6P. It has made me more aware of data and wifi because I see the money I am saving. So far I have had no issues besides the lack of text support from banks and other automated participants. For some reason it just doesn't work but luckily for me they have had alternatives of voice calls. Excited to see the future of Fi.

My wife has it on the 5X and has enjoyed it. We were on AT&T before and so far I haven't noticed any difference. That being said I live in the Atlanta metro area so we have good signal everywhere we go. When I travel we will have to see how it goes.
[Nexus 6P General] blestsol:
I'm considering it but waiting until I can get better data with Fi. Im on Verizon with True Unlimited and I rip through it. I dont even understand how i survived before Verizon.
[Nexus 6P General] joshuadjohnson22:
haha yeah unlimited is hard to give up. I had it for the longest time with AT&T and it was tough making the jump.

I love what tmobile is doing with their free music streaming and with some apps like netflix they don't charge your data plan. I would hate to be on verizon
[Nexus 6P General] WYO1016:
Ordered my 64gb frost when I signed up for Project Fi last week. I've been super happy with the service so far. I'm a big fan of the 0% financing they offered (gave me breathing room to pay off my Verizon phone and cancel service). Service has been great so far! I live in Cheyenne, WY, which is one of the only cities in the state to support the service. I'm getting excellent signal levels everywhere so far.

I have tested switching between WiFi and cellular networks during a call, and it's very seamless. I drove down to Fort Collins, CO last weekend and was picking up open WiFi networks all over the place.

I haven't tested network speeds yet (I'm on WiFi >90% of the time), but so far I've been very pleased.
[Nexus 6P General] slowpok22:
I tried Fi, didn't have a good experience, first off when I got my sim it told me it was giving me a new number, I signed up to use my GV number, called them up and they couldn't find any information on my account and asked if I had gotten an invite! I should have known right there to quit, so to keep my GV number I have been using for years they had me create another account and then transfer the number so I would not loose it, then activated the sim and had to transfer the number back($3), said they would credit it back, so I was in business, went to the store and had LTE inside where I didn't before(T-Mobile), did a speed check and got 76 download, great I think.

Then tried to text people, went out through messenger and came back through hangouts, Spent a couple more hours with them on the phone, had to disable hangouts, so no more video chats with the kids, then could not text iPhones, father and some friends have them so it's a must, couple more hours with support and they said that it was putting a 1 in front of the numbers, Tried to edit my Google contacts but can't remove the 1's from the numbers, they told me when I texted iPhones I would have to remove the ones (really) they also told me that the iPhone users I was texting would have to disable iMessage (again really).

I popped my T-Mobile sim back in and what do you know using the same programs it all worked perfectly, didn't put the 1 in front of the numbers WTF?

Needles to say I cancelled in roughly 24 hours, have not gotten my $3 bucks back, and they just charged me $45.23 11 days later.

I had high hope, but they were dashed very quickly ?
[Nexus 6P General] codyrt:
I've been using Project Fi for the past week, and I can say that I have not noticed any issues at all. I have been using Straight Talk previously since before you were allowed to bring your own device (I still used my own) and switching was the easiest process ever. Just enter in the requested info and Google handles the transfer for you.

As far as network quality goes, it is actually much better and more consistent than my service with AT&T (Straight Talk used their towers in my area). Since I spend most of my day in an office, there are many areas with poor coverage. Utilizing the WiFi connection for coverage has made the no signal issue with other carries disappear. Everything works seamlessly together. One of the coolest features, which I had not noticed I had until I missed a call was visual voicemail. Previously, I just used YouMail for that functionality but it was not consistent in its performance.

Like others mentioned, Project Fi does make me more aware of the data I'm using since it will be credited toward my bill next month if I use less than my plan. I've never been a high data user in the past, and that still hasn't changed. On Straight Talk, I could stream music to and from work (~80minutes/day) and still stayed under 2GB of data used. Now that I've got a phone with 128GB of storage space, I just store it all local so the main data use is from web browsing. In the past 7 days, I've used only 0.032GB of data.

Overall, I'm very happy with the service. I'd highly recommend trying it if you can.
[Nexus 6P General] inspeckta_dek:
I thought while on a call I would still have lte. Every time I make a call I lose signal. No lte or 3g. Everyone experiencing the same?
[Nexus 6P General] jpeg42:
Do you mean no data while on a call? That is expected if on Sprint:

http://www.androidcentral.com/project-fi-doesnt-offer-simultaneous-voice-and-data-sprint
[Nexus 6P General] inspeckta_dek:
Wow that sucks my T-Mobile worked great when making calls I had 3g
[Nexus 6P General] mrjake1970:
been on fi for since the beginning of november when i got the 6p. i ordered through fi.. the coverage is excellent here on the east side of cleveland. i rarely find my cell signal below full. the only thing i noticed was odd - is that i am using quite a bit more data on fi than i was previously on an iphone. i use fi exactly the same as i used the iphone. i tracked my monthly data usage on the iphone for 2 months and i used just under 2G a month with heavy use, including daily facetime (using data). with fi, and not using hangouts for a video home at lunch im almost to 2G in 2 weeks. not sure why, especially after not using video calls. i did check hangouts after doing one, and it used a HUGE amount of data, and the quality of the video call was terrible. that is my only complaint so far. i will be spending the same amount per month as i was on virgin mobile. other quality (regular calls, text, mms, ect) is excellent. fast, reliable and crystal clear.
[Nexus 6P General] anglerstock:
Disable background data for apps that don't need it.
[Nexus 6P General] Reid Malenfant:
I've noticed an increase on data usage, even though I've kept the same usage patterns as well. At least I think the usage pattern is the same, however with my brand new 6p it might be that I am just using more data.

Anyways, I need more time on Fi to have a baseline to compare properly.
[Nexus 6P General] Ovrclck:
Noob here, where in setting is that option?
[Nexus 6P General] anglerstock:
Settings-Data usage- scroll down and click on the app you want to disable background data and there will be an option to turn on background disable for that specific app. This way data is used only when you use the app.
[Nexus 6P General] Ovrclck:
Thanks man!
[Nexus 6P General] anglerstock:
za ni6to :P
[Nexus 6P General] Ddjergins:
where bouts in Louisiana ? anywhere close to Toledo Bend area ? I ask because I received my Invite &am considering the move & was wondering about signal in the Rural areas

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True unlimited is that a plan that was grandfathered because you had it prior or is that a new plan
[Nexus 6P General] blestsol:
definitely grandfathered.
[Nexus 6P General] plokm:
lafayette