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[Nexus 5X General] 6E 65 76 69 6E:
To make it the daily driver or not

Bugs (that I encountered)

This is an alpha so IT IS BUGGY

WhatsApp won't let you share pictures

Animations stutter at times

In the Settings app you get automatically navigated to the top of the list each and every time you click 'back' from a submenu

Solid Explorer crashes when you try to open cloud storages

Multi-window is buggy. Sometimes even after exiting multi-window mode, some apps will take up only half of the screen space

Cool Stuff

Quick Reply from notification works cool and not at all buggy (Yes, works with WhatsApp too :laugh: )

Bundled notifications makes it look arranged and tidy

app installation is fast. In fact, apk bundle install from PC finished in no time

quick access to settings

Again, this is an alpha version and IT IS buggy. If you can live with these issues make it your daily driver or else wait until the preview 4 release. :silly:
[Nexus 5X General] ibila:
Great beta, but couldn't sync my polar a360 with my phone so I went back to the MHC19J build. Will give it another shot when the next update arrives.
[Nexus 5X General] Rozalina340:
I went back to MHC19J. It's kinda laggy and I need root access for work. I will give it another shot when a new version of the Beta is released.
[Nexus 5X General] xxc0dvshal0xx:
Anyone else having problems with rapid charging on Android n beta? I plug in my charger and it was working fine until I updated.
[Nexus 5X General] wjazdbitu:
I have no issues with texting and no issues with battery percentage. You can lower DPI which is awesome. But my notification LED doesn't work.
[Nexus 5X General] sasank360:
How did you go back to 19J ? Did you flash 19J firmware ? If so, do we have to flash bootloader and radio ? along with system, boot, recovery, userdata etc .
[Nexus 5X General] dryspuri:
i have gone back to Stable version for now, for me everything whatsapp working very well.

Only problem I faced was buggy bluetooth car , it did not work straightaway first, then it connected but then other person could not hear me, and then microphone was not working after disconnection as well. So had to go back to stable version
[Nexus 5X General] WorstAndroidProgrammer:
Has anyone had issues with being able to hear the other person but to them they hear silence?
[Nexus 5X General] yanleites:
Nexus 5X Android N - root works but...

I got root, but not to system, Greenify and AdAway don't work...

Any ideas ?
[Nexus 5X General] vtmike:
Anyone that signed up for the ota beta get the ota notification to go away after reverting back to 19j?
[Nexus 5X General] Rozalina340:
I flashed the factory image , I wanted it to be as clean as possible , so I used the flash-all.bat method , it erases every user's data but at least it's clean. :)
[Nexus 5X General] payas0:
Anyone tried Facebook Messenger? I lost Video Calling feature.
[Nexus 5X General] pacman photog:
hey, anyone have issues getting adb to recognize device once N installed?

i want back to MHC, but i cant flash wont see device

any help?
[Nexus 5X General] sahilmohindroo:
your microphone is not working , same for me and quite a few other. please let us know if someone finds any solution.

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I updated my nexus 5x to android n, directly from OTA, and my phone is not rooted. Is there any way I can go back to MHC19j, or am i totally screwed as my microphone has just stoppped working
[Nexus 5X General] markjankovic:
Same question... Anyone?
[Nexus 5X General] loof13:
So I want to install the N preview on my phone. How do I install it without forcing encryption? I am decrypted, running Pure Nexus with custom kernels and ****. Also, I want to fresh install.
[Nexus 5X General] MrBlue2k10:
I use it as daily driver, but of course as you would expect from a Beta thera are some issues for me:

- I can't install APK-files, because I can't enable unknow sources a popup shows up but its to small in the middle of the screen an there are no buttons ore text visible...

- Threema does not work but I think they have to do something there are some libraries not found...

- when I add a SIP-Account to the phone APP, it seems to work fine at first, but when I activate or deactivate receive calls the phone APP stoppes working, I can't receive or make SIP-Calls because the phone app crashes

- I also can't reset APPs because I get the same popup as I get when trying to enable unknown sorces

Does anyone has a fix for that small popup message?
[Nexus 5X General] wjazdbitu:
Try to adjust display size or fonts.
[Nexus 5X General] loof13:
Same here. It no longer says "Rapid Charging" in the lock screen. Just says "Charging".
[Nexus 5X General] bobby janow:
I believe that the last version of Whatsapp regular or beta that worked correctly with proper emoji rendering (not full screen) was 2.16.95 After that it crapped out on N at least.

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Oh I appreciate the step by step, but I don't really want to mess with anything right now. Not sure what happened to me I used to flash and crap out my roms all the time. Old age? Since Flashfire is out there how about the guy that couldn't get the hosts file installed (happened to me too on the regular install) to flashfire the adaway files? If it works and SafetyNet still passes I'll do it for sure. I'm sick of the ads already. I'd also say try Viper at that point but you have popped that balloon with permissive needed. :p
[Nexus 5X General] roofrider:
I did have it on DP3 and it seems to be better on DP4. Even though MRA does exist to an extent, the resultant power use seems less. Needs more testing.
[Nexus 5X General] blinkin:
As far as I know using a couple of adb commands you can remove the security just like that so after that encryption won't help much? Assumption is you have enabled adb debugging
[Nexus 5X General] sireangelus:
can someone help me twrp won't boot after flashing it through fastboot.

Edit solved. Took me a while to figure out that the phone wa encrypted.
[Nexus 5X General] k.s.deviate:
Yes, flash fire works for flashing the host file zip for adaway. I did it yesterday, rooted with cf, installed flash fire and flashed the zip. No problems.
[Nexus 5X General] bobby janow:
Incorrect
[Nexus 5X General] AllusionPDX:
Using dp4 with elementalx dp2 kernel with ghostpepper settings definitely not getting the best battery life right now. Would probably be better with stock kernel.
[Nexus 5X General] bobby janow:
Safety net passes?
[Nexus 5X General] sireangelus:
ok has anyone noticed how if you use profiles meant for android m on the elementalx kernel/custom kernel that run just fine the phone lags in an unbelivable way?
[Nexus 5X General] bobby janow:
No.
[Nexus 5X General] drewski_1:
AdAway works for me on DP4 :)
[Nexus 5X General] Luigiesin:
The system backup tool is draining idle battery like crazy too! I just disabled it and rebooted and I got back amazing idle buttery.

Sucks we'll have to backup manually until they resolve this!

I've been checking other threads and a lot of people are having the same issues.

Also I'm experiencing tons of memory leaks!
[Nexus 5X General] k.s.deviate:
It passes using "safety net helper" to check, found on the play store.
[Nexus 5X General] vasili_defy:
Hey guys , I installed N preview yesterday, I can't download anything ,are there any permissions issues in N preview ?

I can't do it on WhatsApp or in browsers also ..
[Nexus 5X General] chris.k00:
I use the Dev. Preview since the release as a dealy driver.

I have only two Bugs: You can't make any voicenote in WhatsApp when you have plugged in a headphone and OK Google is opening when I plug in a headphone.
[Nexus 5X General] drewski_1:
Have you checked the perms in Settings?

Some apps seem inconsistent regarding asking for permissions.
[Nexus 5X General] drewski_1:
It works. You are missing a step somewhere
[Nexus 5X General] drewski_1:
TiBu not working for me 100%. Freezes on Restore
[Nexus 5X General] blinkin:
You are funny. I should probably just ignore you as you did ignore me by not providing any additional information at all but will give you last chance - how come it is incorrect?
[Nexus 5X General] bobby janow:
Come on, what do you mean how come? Your statement is incorrect period. You can't remove security with a few adb commands. Now you can ignore me.
[Nexus 5X General] dml1851:
AdAway always worked for me, bit for some reason isn't in DP4 with SuperSU 2.74-2, am I doing something wrong?

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[Nexus 5X General] Buddlespit:
Actually, I did what he did and wrote you off as 'incorrect' also. You made a claim without providing details.
[Nexus 5X General] Ja_som:
Probably, I have no issue with it...
[Nexus 5X General] roofrider:
Did you flash the systemless zip?
[Nexus 5X General] Joms_US:
Try Adguard, no rooting required... =D

Enjoy your phone, bone stock, you will love it.
[Nexus 5X General] roofrider:
By the way, fans of center clock can head to [MENTION=5346465]Tulsadiver[/MENTION]'s thread. The last page contains SystemUI and framework-res APKs for DP4 that will give you center clock, an invisible power button on the top right of the statusbar, and extended power menu (not the advanced reboot menu). As always, backup your stock APKs before proceeding.
[Nexus 5X General] dml1851:
I think I don't understand u?

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[Nexus 5X General] bobby janow:
I'm sorry, I'm just not getting your upset with my statement. He said something that was incorrect. If you said the sun was blue and I said that was incorrect what other details would you like? He said you could adb your way through security and encryption with a few simple commands. Once again, that is incorrect. An unlocked bootloader does not jeopardize your data if the phone is lost or stolen. Yes, they can reformat it and perhaps use it but your data is not compromised. Ok?
[Nexus 5X General] Buddlespit:
I was agreeing with you
[Nexus 5X General] EeZeEpEe:
Joms_US is very pro-stock Android with no mods, kernels, governors, etc. Nothing against that but not everyone wants to be that vanilla. Especially on XDA.
[Nexus 5X General] Giorgos Chatziioannou:
So installing the newest google play service did not fix the wakelocks... Evn cleared cache/restarted and the battery is still bad...
[Nexus 5X General] bobby janow:
Oops.. sorry. lol Early morning.. I should probably finish my coffee first or wait until it settles down. Apologize for the misunderstanding. Now I see what you were saying.
[Nexus 5X General] Buddlespit:
Android N is very beta software that doesn't have a lot of app support due to the API changes. I've waded thru 24 pages of "I can't figure out how to root", "I can't get TWRP to work", "AdAway doesn't work" and, my favorite, "My phone is broken after I did 'X, Y and Z', Android N is trash, I'm going back to MM". Android N just isn't stable enough at this date for me to want to root my phone, especially if the rooting method may change with the next update if the Google developers decide to change how they're doing things or to fix an issue (read: bug). Once Android N is released as the next confection, I may decide to root. Until then, I'm beta testing.

Don't get me wrong, I think some good work is happening here in this thread. But if the user has no idea how to symlink a file to make AdAway work or has no idea what the difference between system and systemless root is, then the user should go back to stock or stop messing with beta software (read: go back to Marshmallow where the hacks are tried and true and don't need a lot of hand-holding to work).
[Nexus 5X General] dml1851:
Thanks for your point of view, that's a very interesting and reasonable OPINION.

Also I think if people want to root Android N, a beta, an alpha or whatever we want, and post every doubt and suggestions about methods and mods and everything else (about Android N as the thread specifies) it's completely legit (and also you're allowed too to complain about it).

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[Nexus 5X General] pomhg:
Sorry for the late reply and thank u for the link!
[Nexus 5X General] k.s.deviate:
Just want to point out since Preview 3, I have not needed to install BusyBox in order to get Layers working.. With both set ups, encrypted with systemless root or decrypted with TWRP.
[Nexus 5X General] Mistic92:
I also have problem with battery. On preview 4 I have huge drain and no time to do wipe :(
[Nexus 5X General] roofrider:
Do you guys have location services turned on? Auto kinda works then.
[Nexus 5X General] Ja_som:
Do you mean in Sttings - Location?

There I have Battery saving mode enabled
[Nexus 5X General] roofrider:
Yep I'm on battery saving mode and it works -- half the time. Sometimes it needs to be toggled.
[Nexus 5X General] Shaolin007:
On Android N Developer Preview 4.

Most of the times i faced one issue is

" Settings has Stopped ".....

Major Issue here.

I am just noting it down here some bugs (Dont know whether to say it or not but just to check with you guys)....kindly let me know if this is the problem you have been facing guys.

1)In Settings ->Display ->Display Size when u change it from default to large after that plug in your headphones and check whether there is a delay in doing volume up and volume down during listening to music or videos.

2)In Settings ->Display ->Display Size when you change from default to large check the status bar will go missing with dates on top left side only it will show time.

So please guys if you find these bugs please report it and as well let me know for further bugs.

Thanks guy's.﻿[emoji2]
[Nexus 5X General] Shyciii:
Yes, thx.
[Nexus 5X General] blinkin:
First result on Google when you search for "adb remove password android":

http://maxoberberger.net/blog/2013/08/unlock-android-device-using-adb/

I've never written that you can disable encryption.
[Nexus 5X General] thrutheeyes:
Hey guys,

Sorry I've tried to do some reading but not had much luck. I want to try the N preview.....is there any development on the preview given by Google or there's no point and just use the Previews as they come? I presume kernel's can be developed? Is this Rom Android N but custom? [KERNEL(Marshmallow/N Preview)][ROM]Phasma Kernel/UBERMALLOW/UBERSTOCK, ROM for the LG Nexus 5X
[Nexus 5X General] k.s.deviate:
Phasma is a kernel, the ROM is M based. If you want to try the preview, check OEM unlock in dev settings - unlock your bootloader (safety) then enable debugging and flash the zip from here.

But first do a lot of reading on how to flash Roms and how to recover from mistakes.
[Nexus 5X General] thrutheeyes:
Thanks a lot. I've flashed a lot of ROMs etc over the years. I've been on Elemental X kernel and Pure Nexus but fancy a change.
[Nexus 5X General] k.s.deviate:
I used to run the same thing until the first preview dropped. Now I can't go back to any M based ROM, the touchscreen latency has been changed (my interpretation) so much that apps open within milliseconds of tapping the icon. And since the 3rd preview it's been rock solid for me.
[Nexus 5X General] bobby janow:
Apples and oranges. You said that if you have an unlocked bootloader being encrypted will not help you and basically suggesting that decrypting is of no consequence in that instance. I said that is incorrect. If your data is encrypted the above commands will not get you past the boot screen if you have a relatively secure password and then the encryption will make your data unreadable no matter what you put into adb shell. If your data is decrypted it's wide open. I'm no security expert but show me where that is wrong.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=67356655&postcount=1138
[Nexus 5X General] Joms_US:
Meaning don't make your life miserable trying to figure out how to make one app work everytime a new preview is released. If you want to block ads, us Adguard as I have suggested. Rooting here, rooting there, decryption here, decryption there, flashing here, flashing there.

There is no day and night difference in performance but in battery, usually custom ones are subpar.

People complain always if there are wakelocks, mobile radio bug, what the hell? I have been using my phone since DP1 and always getting doze properly, always getting 5-8hours SOT.
[Nexus 5X General] bobby janow:
Link it.
[Nexus 5X General] paaaulo:
@up

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2958895
[Nexus 5X General] Paradoxxx:
To summarise the last few pages and what I've been reading, to disable encryption you need a kernel that doesnt force encryption on bootup.

For the Viper4Android issue you need to flash super su and all that stuff, and for it to work you need terminal emulator, then

su

stop logd (that will pervent the reboot when passing the system into permissive)

setenforce 0 (that will set the system into permissive)
[Nexus 5X General] thrutheeyes:
What kernels are people using with the preview?
[Nexus 5X General] Giorgos Chatziioannou:
So i confirmed that the service wakelocks are "fixed" by disabling wifi (data is still on), i hope that google fix that issue i like to keep wifi on

Man, the battery is AWESOME when it works properly o.o
[Nexus 5X General] Joms_US:
Running stock N with Wifi, Data, Backup/Sync sevices for photo, phone, email are on and my phone is getting up to 8 hours SOT. What is not AWESOME about it?:)
[Nexus 5X General] roofrider:
You and a few others (I'm looking at you [MENTION=5530350]bblzd[/MENTION] ;)) might have a near flawless 5X mate, but that doesn't mean using the same set-up as yours will give us a magical 8 hour SOT. I wish it did though.
[Nexus 5X General] bobby janow:
I agree. It's beginning to sound like a broken record already. Constantly all over the boards I need to see that? I couldn't get that kind of battery life if I stood on my head and clicked my heals. But c'est la vie. I'm thinking of getting the 5.5 Nexus 2016 version which should sport a battery more like the 6P. I don't know if you ever tried one but there you can get 8 hours. I was 2 - 3 hours by the end of the day with over 70% left. Nonetheless, I'm happy with my full day no matter what remains in the evening.
[Nexus 5X General] Giorgos Chatziioannou:
Battery life depends on use so its kinda pointless to compare same phone and different people, the opposite makes sense. 5x in M with everything on was ok, in N it would be awesome if not for this wifi-services bug.

Its my first nexus and it wont be the last, it has its cons but for the price its imo unbeatable. **** all expensive flagships, cheapo nexus 4life :p
[Nexus 5X General] Joms_US:
WTH are you doing with your phone? Staring at it continuously for 4-5 hours straight? That is not a healthy lifestyle ergonomically and psychologically. :D

A good 30mins to 1 hour browsing with a pause, listening to music for an hour to two, checking emails will get you to at least 5 hours SOT. ;)
[Nexus 5X General] bobby janow:
Haha. You are too much.
[Nexus 5X General] Tigerstown:
What trap? And auto root anything is not the way to go..

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If you got 5x Or 6P I have modified boot.img for N is a choice you have.
[Nexus 5X General] PiousInquisitor:
[IMG="SOIDH"]https://cdn.meme.am/instances/500x/61314239.jpg[/IMG]
[Nexus 5X General] bobby janow:
Auto Chainfire is the only way to go. Ever. Make no mistake about it.

edit: Tigers (Detroit I presume) Are you not familiar with Chainfire's philosophy these days? He's of the mindset, it seems, that stock everything is the way to go other than root. Meaning recovery and system. He has created cf-auto-root so that you can root the device (lots of them) without changing recovery or any of the system partition. How can anyone not cf-auto-root their device? The instructions are clear and the idea even more so. I know you have a great way to modify the boot.img in order allow decryption and perhaps permissive mode. But Chainfire is the master in the sense that without him none of these threads would even exist. Without systemless root we have no AP. Without root we have stock everything. So think about it.. without Chainfire we'd be locked, unrooted and beholden to the providers. So please take a look at cf-auto-root. It might be our only future in the future.
[Nexus 5X General] Joms_US:
Here you go...

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=66569573&postcount=1067

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=67323229&postcount=1315

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=67365821&postcount=1338

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=67353765&postcount=1334

:cowboy:
[Nexus 5X General] PiousInquisitor:
So you left your phone on for a few hours at a time while it was at its lowest brightness setting? Seems legit.
[Nexus 5X General] Joms_US:
Night mode at bed and on throne, 15% indoor, 25-50% outdoor. :)
[Nexus 5X General] PiousInquisitor:
Well I just got 342 hours of screen on time. Top that.
[Nexus 5X General] bobby janow:
You beat me by almost an hour. Rats.
[Nexus 5X General] EeZeEpEe:
LOL ?
[Nexus 5X General] Shyciii:
Based on the pictures you're not using your phone, than smart phone, just browsing, So it's not authentic phone usage.
[Nexus 5X General] blinkin:
5.5 Nexus 2016? Do you have any details / links about it?
[Nexus 5X General] Joms_US:
WTH? What type of usage will make it smartphone? I am using my phone the way regular people do. If you can't get your eyes off of you phone then you need to see a doctor. :D
[Nexus 5X General] user822:
How is the ram doing. Can you keep more background apps in Android N?
[Nexus 5X General] Joms_US:
1.3-1.4GB at most with no lag running Google now, YahooMail, Inbox, Mobile@Work, Messenger, Hangout and 5-10 Chrome tabs.
[Nexus 5X General] thrutheeyes:
Lol what nexus 5.5?!
[Nexus 5X General] bobby janow:
5.5 inch screen. Just rumors. Wishful thinking.
[Nexus 5X General] lefantome:
I've installed Android N, should I wipe the cache or do something else or I'm good already?
[Nexus 5X General] bluelinebrotha:
I'd like to flash from DP3 to DP4 without losing any data. What would i need to do/flash to accomplish this? I don't care about root at this point.
[Nexus 5X General] EeZeEpEe:
Why not just go through the OTA?
[Nexus 5X General] bluelinebrotha:
I have a custom recovery. I suppose though, that I could re-flash the DP3 recovery and then apply the OTA update that is pending on my device?

It seems possible but not sure if it's worth the risk unless someone can vouch for that idea?
[Nexus 5X General] lefantome:
First impressions:

- I have around 500mb more free storage (not sure)

- Ram usage is slight lower (but still a lot, 500-700 from system?)

- Display brightness seems to be much more conservative, I have to raise it

- Mobile data "x" on the icon and suggestion in the settings menu are very annoying

- The phone seems faster
[Nexus 5X General] bluelinebrotha:
Well - I flashed stock recovery and let the OTA run but it failed on "Error!" and I had to manually reboot.

I guess I will have to flash manually afterall :( any instructions on a manual DP3 to DP4 upgrade would be appreciated.
[Nexus 5X General] alfick3:
I believe that if you do the fastboot commands and don't include the "-w" switch it'll leave the user data intact. I don't remember exactly since it's been awhile since I've done that. I did it on my N7 (2013) when I was on stock ROM and wanted to flash the next update hit didn't want to lose data. It made flashing the stock fw just like if it was an OTA.
[Nexus 5X General] dymmeh:
Correct. If you go into the flash-all.bat or flash-all.sh files and edit them to remove the "-w" from the "fastboot -w update image-bullhead-npd56n.zip" line it will keep user data. That's how I've been flashing the M monthly updates and now the N previews
[Nexus 5X General] sherincal:
I am not sure if it's due to the fact that I am running N with the modified boot.img for encryption-removal but Camera seems to be awfully wonky. They take a lot of time to render and go into the photos, it hangs the camera for long long times, slow-mo is not working properly (I cannot watch the videos from the Photos app), slow-mo videos upload to google Photos like 30fps videos slowed down. Something is bugged.